Terry McGarry and Veronica Schanoes will kick off The New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series in 2013 with a pair of weird tellings. The event begins at 7 p.m. on January 8.   

Terry McGarry, author of the Tor fantasy novels Illumination, The Binder’s Road, and Triad, who also has published short fiction in over 40 magazines and anthologies. She has been a freelance copyeditor since 1987, specializing in science fiction and fantasy, and she worked at The New Yorker magazine for 15 years. A New York City native, she has also been a bartender on Wall Street, an English major at Princeton, and a street trader in Ireland; she holds a third-level belt in Krav Maga and plays Irish traditional music at gigs and pub sessions in the city and on Long Island, where she currently lives. She’s on the web at terrymcgarry.com.

Veronica Schanoes’ short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons and Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and she has a story forthcoming in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells. She also is an assistant professor of English at Queens College-CUNY who specializes in children’s literature and speculative fiction. Schanoes is particularly interested in children’s literature, women’s writing, and fantastic literature. Her publications include such intriguing topics as “Fearless Children and Fabulous Monsters: Lewis Carroll, Angela Carter, and Beastly Girls” (Marvels and Tales) and “Book as Mirror, Mirror as Book: The Significance of the Looking-glass in Contemporary Revisions of Fairy Tales” (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.)

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The NY Review of SF Readings
presents
Veronica Schanoes
Terry McGarry

Tuesday, January 8 — Doors open 6:30 PM
$7 suggested donation
The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art
(address and links below)

We were originally going to offer this pairing in October, but things went a bit haywire — what with booking spaces and peoples? availability — and we were forced to postpone. But now that another apocalypse has come and gone, we can begin anew with a pair of weird tellings from two wonderful writers we just don’t hear from enough.

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Terry McGarry is the author of the Tor fantasy novels Illumination, The Binder’s Road, and Triad, and has published short fiction in more than forty genre magazines and anthologies, including Amazing Stories, Aboriginal SF, Realms of Fantasy, The H. P. Lovecraft Magazine of Horror, Live Without a Net, and I, Alien; her genre poetry is collected in the award-winning chapbook Imprinting from Anamnesis Press. She has been a freelance copy editor since 1987, specializing in science fiction and fantasy, and she worked at The New Yorker magazine for fifteen years, the last seven of them as a Page O.K.’er (closing editor). A New York City native, she has also been a bartender on Wall Street, an English major at Princeton, and a street trader in Ireland; she holds a third-level belt in Krav Maga and plays Irish traditional music at gigs and pub sessions in NYC and on Long Island, where she currently lives. She’s on the Web atterrymcgarry.com.

Veronica Schanoes is an assistant professor in the department of English at Queens College-CUNY, where she specializes in children’s literature and speculative fiction; she is also particularly interested in women’s writing. Her academic publications include such intriguing topics as ?Fearless Children and Fabulous Monsters: Lewis Carroll, Angela Carter, and Beastly Girls? (Marvels and Tales) and ?Book as Mirror, Mirror as Book: The Significance of the Looking-glass in Contemporary Revisions of Fairy Tales? (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts). Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Strange Horizons and Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. She has a story forthcoming in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells.

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The New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series provides performances from some of the best writers in science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, etc. The series usually takes place the first Tuesday of every month, but maintains flexibility in time and place, so be sure to stay in touch through the mailing list and the Web.

After the event, please join us as we treat our readers for dinner and drinks nearby.

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Jim Freund is Producer and Executive Curator of The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings. He has been involved in producing radio programs of and about literary sf/f since 1967. His long-running live radio program, ?Hour of the Wolf,? broadcasts and streams every Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 1:30-3:00 AM. Programs are available by stream for 2 weeks after broadcast. (Check http://hourwolf.com, follow @JimFreund, or join the Hour of the Wolf group on Facebook for details.)

The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (www.sohodigart.com) is dedicated to re-establishing SoHo as an international center for the development of new artistic forms, concepts and ideas. A screens-instead-of-canvases approach allows a wide selection of art from around the world which would otherwise never make it to the City. The SGDA is available for private gatherings and events of all kinds. For bookings call (800) 420-5590 or visithttp://sohogallerynyc.com.

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WHEN:
Tuesday, January 8
Doors open at 6:30 — event begins at 7

WHERE:
The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art
138 Sullivan Street (between Houston & Prince St.)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=138+Sullivan+St.+New+York+NY+10012

HOW:
By Subway
6, C, E to Spring St.; A, B D or F to West 4th; 1 train to Houston St; or R, W to Prince St.

There are many convenient bus lines that come within a couple of blocks of the gallery. Use the link above for an interactive transit map.

LINKS:
http://hourwolf.com/nyrsf
http://www.facebook.com/groups/157561920945872