The winners of the 2016 WeScreenplay Feature Contest are the pair of novice screenwriters whose script scored highest after multiple rounds of blind judging. But there will be no moment in the sun for Kenlon Clark and William Rubio. They … Continue reading
Orson Scott Card will be guest of honor at the Oral Roberts University Conference on Science and Science Fiction: Science, Faith, and the Imagination on April 17-18 This two-day interdisciplinary conference – sponsored by the colleges of Arts and Cultural … Continue reading
Orson Scott Card has been named to the UNC-TV board of trustees reports the Greensboro (North Carolina) News & Record. The board of trustees is an advisory group to the UNC Board of Governors which holds UNC-TV’s broadcast licenses and … Continue reading
In “The Ornery American: Orson Scott Card,” School Library Journal, June 1, 2008, Eric Oatman asks: Orson Scott Card is charming, thoughtful, and polite. So why is he rubbing people the wrong way? [Thanks to Andrew Porter for the link, … Continue reading
Orson Scott Card suffered a mild stroke on January 1, and Hatrack River, the official Orson Scott Card website, says he’s already trying to resume work: He is now back home, retraining his brain so that the fingers of his left … Continue reading
When Book Expo America convenes in Los Angeles this week, among the offerings at the Audio Publishers Association Conference will be a short film made in 2007 by Gabrielle de Cuir that includes two noted sf authors. The Delivery is … Continue reading
(1) NICOLA GRIFFITH Q&A. “’Hild’ sequel author Nicola Griffith talks about ‘Menewood’” in the Christian Science Monitor. When did you first learn about the real Hild? I love old abbeys, old castles, all that kind of thing. But I had … Continue reading
(1) RIP MICHAEL TOMAN. South Pasadena librarian Michael Toman, who decided to become one of the rare people who pitch in every day with ideas for the Scroll, died earlier this week. How he will be missed! He was found … Continue reading
David Henrickson from Sterling, VA, was named the 2023 Grand Prize Writer Winner and Dao Vi from Sylmar, CA who was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam was named the 2023 Illustrator Grand Prize Winner at the 39th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement … Continue reading
(1) MARK HAMILL ZOOMS WITH UKRANIAN DEFENDERS. Mark Hamill answered Ukranians’ questions about the Star Wars saga. (2) A NICHE IN THE ECOLOGY. WIRED tells “How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World”. “DO YOU REMEMBER what kind of beer it was?” Andy … Continue reading