Blogger Aims To Publicize London Fiction

Ahmed Khan has launched a new blog called Fictionlondon at http://fictionlondon.wordpress.com to promote writing (fiction, specifically) that features London, Ontario as a locale.

Ahmed enjoys featuring London in his own stories, and would like to receive information about any works of fiction (both short stories and novels) that also are set in London. His stated intent is "to provide more exposure to writers as well as the city of London, Ontario itself."

If you have written a story set in London, Ontario visit Ahmed's blog and let him know.

Eleven stories set in London, Ontario were read at Fringe Words, and you can read about them in this blog post of mine.

Volunteer Webmaster Sought By London Writers' Society

I have advised Richard Nagel, the current president of the London Writers' Society, that I must divest myself of all responsibilities  I have been carrying out for the society - website maintenance and updates, newsletter creation and editing, and maintaining the email delivery system - effective September 1, 2010.

This is year four for me,  and I need to hand things over. It's time for others to get involved and lend a fresh perspective. 

Anyone interested in volunteering to update the website (built in css) or who is interested in working with Richard to create another newsletter, please contact him at:

president(at)londonwriterssociety.ca

If no one comes forward and the society is unable to pay for website maintenance, then it is possible that the site will simply have to come down as there is nothing worse in cyberspace than a stale website with inaccurate information. 

(Well, maybe it's clicking on a link on some innocent-looking site  in a search for legitimate information about a legitimate topic and facing some hideous bit of pornography, and yes, that happened to me once.)

I don't know if I will have time to add posts to this blog; time will tell.

If, however, the LWS site must be taken down, then the issue will probably be moot since this blog was meant to be a quick way to add supplemental information to the website. 

September 1st will mark the end of four years of  extensive volunteer work on behalf of the society, so that's a great date on which to end it. 

It's been an adventure, but all adventures eventually must end and give way to new ones, and a new one awaits my full attention. 

Sultry Summer Poetry Festival July 11 2010

Ron Stewart, who will resume hosting open poetry workshops at Landon Library in October, sends this reminder for this coming Sunday:

The Ontario Poetry Society

Invites You to Attend & Participate In

The Sultry Summer Poetry Festival

Sunday July 11, 201012 Noon at the Mykonos Restaurant,
572 Adelaide St., London, Ontario

Featuring:
The Incredible Heat Wave Raffle

Sponsored By:
Key Porter Books, McClelland & Stewart,
Guernica Editions, Insomniac Press,
Mosaic Press, The Mercury Press, HMS Press
In Our Words, Canada Cuba Literary Alliance,
Creative Vocalization Studio, Magni Frame,
Hidden Brook Press, Snowapple Press, Brick Books,
Descant Arts & Letters, Passion Among the Cacti Press,
The Azrieli Foundation & Innersurf International.
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Many Exciting Prize Packages
of Brand New Books & CD's to win!
---Members Readings, Open Mic & Free Admission

Free Parking & Free Gift For Coming