{"id":6278,"date":"2019-04-18T19:16:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2019-04-18T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:16:42","slug":"fantasy-faire-2019-literary-festival-celebrates-ursula-k-le-guin-and-elizabeth-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6278","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Faire 2019 Literary Festival Celebrates Ursula K. Le Guin and Elizabeth Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"670\" data-attachment-id=\"6279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?attachment_id=6279\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_litfest_poster.jpg?fit=474%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"474,670\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ff19_litfest_poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_litfest_poster.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_litfest_poster.jpg?fit=474%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_litfest_poster.jpg?resize=474%2C670\" alt=\"An Image Should Be Here\" class=\"wp-image-6279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_litfest_poster.jpg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_litfest_poster.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Literary Festival (LitFest) will celebrate its fifth anniversary at this year&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Fantasy Faire 2019 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fantasy Faire 2019<\/a> and this year, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the event (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/literary-festival-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\">the event<\/a> will have a decidedly science fiction, as well as fantasy element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday April 24th will be Ursula K. Le Guin Day, where LitFest will celebrate Ursula&#8217;s work with readings from her work as well as having a ball with a &#8220;A Wizard in Earthsea Party: The LitFest Ball&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will provide more details on this day when I have more information, but there&#8217;s plenty more to see and do at Litfest, including an inworld visit from special guest of honour, multi award winning author <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Elizabeth Bear (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethbear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Bear<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"670\" data-attachment-id=\"6280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?attachment_id=6280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_bear_poster.jpg?fit=474%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"474,670\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ff19_bear_poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_bear_poster.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_bear_poster.jpg?fit=474%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_bear_poster.jpg?resize=474%2C670\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_bear_poster.jpg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sl.governormarley.com\/slpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ff19_bear_poster.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Elizabeth Bear is scheduled to make two visits to Second Life (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/elizabeth-bear-at-litfest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Bear is scheduled to make two visits to Second Life<\/a> for Fantasy Faire. Elizabeth will first visit Second Life on Tuesday, April 23rd at 2:00pm to be interviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth is scheduled to visit Second Life again on Friday, April 26th at 2:00pm, where Elizabeth is set to perform a reading of her works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty more going on at Litfest during Fantasy Faire too including poetry, readings, story telling, discussion and of course <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Seanchai Library (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/irelandslstory.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seanchai Library<\/a> will have a presence where they will exemplify the excellent work they do with storytelling in virtual worlds all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details on the Literary Festival please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/literary-festival-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Literary Festival schedule (opens in a new tab)\">Literary Festival schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Literary Festival (LitFest) will celebrate its fifth anniversary at this year&#8217;s Fantasy Faire 2019 and this year, the event will have a decidedly science fiction, as well as fantasy element. Wednesday April 24th will be Ursula K. Le Guin Day, where LitFest will celebrate Ursula&#8217;s work with readings from her work as well as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6278\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fantasy Faire 2019 Literary Festival Celebrates Ursula K. 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