Consolidated List of Announcements, Recent Information, Website Additions, & Schedule Updates

In order of date posted to ursulakleguin.com

• Department of Justice: Despite Substantial Progress Made, Issues Remain

  6 February 2010

• What’s Wrong with the Google Settlement — a Letter from a Writer, by Paulina Borsook.

  5 February 2010

• Theatermania reviews “The Hidden Sky,” a musical based on “The Masters” by UKL. New York City, Jan. 30 - Feb. 28, 2010.

  5 February 2010

• “Fantasy Island: Ursula Le Guin Remakes the World,” by Meredith Tax. The Village Voice, Oct. 30, 1990.

  1 February 2010

• Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey — Review by UKL at The Guardian.

  1 February 2010

• Lavinia is on the BSFA Shortlist

  31 January 2010

• Video: Ursula K. Le Guin & Margeret Killjoy, Anarchist Writers on Fiction. Sample at Youtube.
  
  
  

  28 January 2010

• Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement.

  25 January 2010

• “Ursula Le Guin gathers writers against Google deal,” CBC News.

  23 January 2010

• Author List update: Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement..

  23 January 2010

• The Guardian and Huffington Post on UKL Google Settlement letter.

  23 January 2010

• Author List update: Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement..

  21 January 2010

• Mediabistro reports on UKL Google Settlement letter.

  21 January 2010

• Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement..

  17 January 2010

• West Coast Meeting on Google Settlement
  NWU’s West Coast informational event for authors about the revised Google Books settlement proposal.
  Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
  7:00 p.m.
  Berkeley. CA

  12 January 2010

• Canadian Writers Oppose Google: Globe and Mail; Sarah Sheard’s blog.

  11 January 2010

• Workshop on the Google Settlement, 20 January 2010, New York City. Sponsored by ASJA, SFWA, NWU.

  11 January 2010

• “The Hidden Sky,” a musical based on “The Masters” by UKL. New York City, Jan. 30 - Feb. 28, 2010.

  9 January 2010

• Updates, comments, and more info on the Google Settlement and UKL’s Authors Guild resignation letter: The Guardian; PR Newswire.

  7 January 2010

• Schedule update: Third Angle Music, Portland

  4 January 2010

• Mark Barrett comments on UKL’s AG resignation

  3 January 2010

• Review, The True Deceiver, by Tove Jansson, first published in The Guardian.

  28 December 2009

• Notes & comments: My letter of resignation from the Authors Guild

  22 December 2009

• Notes & comments: Clif Kroeber’s Five-Point Plan for Peace and Security

  21 December 2009

• UKL reviews True Deceiver at The Guardian.
  
  “I apologise deeply and unreservedly for identifying Tove Jansson, and the setting of the novel, as Swedish. She was Finnish, and the village in the book, though unidentified, is surely in Finland. And I knew that. Some troll got into me and made me write ‘Swedish.’ I am very, very sorry!”

  — UKL

  16 December 2009

• Matthew Peterson interviews UKL for The Author Hour. Audio, transcript, and bonus questions.

  12 November 2009

• Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, new Shambhala edition of translation by UKL. Includes Two CDs

  11 November 2009

• New Lavinia review.

  10 November 2009

• Book review by UKL: The Post Office Girl, by Stefan Zweig. Literary Review 2009

  5 November 2009

• Lavinia is on the long list for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

  4 November 2009

• An exhibition of works by Russian artists from St Petersburg inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin

  23 October 2009

  
  
• New Lavinia review: “One of the master fabulists of our time...”

  22 October 2009

• Thank you for the birthday wishes:

  MANY THANKS to the many kind people who have been wishing me a happy birthday! I should like to quote Mr Bilbo Baggins on the occasion of his eleventy-first:

  “I am immensely fond of you all, and eleventy-one years is too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits. I don't know half of you as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”

  To which I add: May you all live to your heart's desire, and have fireworks by Gandalf on your birthday.

  Love,
  Ursula

  21 October 2009

• BBC Radio 7 celebrates UKL’s 80th birthday with her story “Diary of the Rose.” Read by Laurel Lefkow.

  18 October 2009

• Dream for Jeanne (Robinson) benefit auction" A Winter Solstice Ritual from the Pacific Northwest, by Ursula K. Le Guin and Vonda N. McIntyre, signed by both authors. Chapbook from Ygor & Buntho Make Books Press.

  6 October 2009

• Schedule Update: FFRF event nearly sold out.

  30 September 2009

• The Left Hand of Darkness: 40th Anniversary Edition.

  25 September 2009

• “Prolonging Death at the End of Life,” by Theresa Brown, R.N. NYTimes Blog, 9 September 2009.

  19 September 2009

• A Book of Silence, by Sara Maitland, reviewed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Literary Review 2009.

  16 September 2009

• Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction, ed. Margaret Killjoy. Includes interview with UKL.

  1 September 2009

• UKL eBooks at Book View Cafe: King Dog and Supermouse!

  28 August 2009

• Lavinia’s Voice, at A Subtle Knife.

  11 August 2009

• Notes & comments: About Literary Bests

  30 July 2009

• First Contact: A Talk with Ursula K. Le Guin, at The New Yorker Book Club.

  25 July 2009

• Elizabeth Hand reviews Cheek by Jowl, F&SF, August 2009.

  24 July 2009

• Schedule Update

  24 July 2009

• Short Biographical Note

  22 July 2009

• “On Rules of Writing, or, Riffing on Rechy”

  16 July 2009

• New Lavinia reviews.

  14 July 2009

• The Australian reviews Lavinia: “Expanding on Virgil” — George Williams

  10 July 2009

• William Alexander of Rain Taxi reviews Cheek by Jowl.

  9 July 2009

• Lord Dunsany: In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales, edited by S.T. Joshi. Book review by UKL. LA Times Book Review, 2004.

  6 July 2009

• Supermouse! comics at Book View Cafe: New every Thursday. All 13 episodes of Supermouse! are available as PDFs for a total price of $4.99.

  2 July 2009

• Locus Award for Lavinia

  27 June 2009

• “Think & Drink,” Oregon Council for the Humanities. UKL and Lani Roberts. [Photo] [MP3-1] [MP3-2]

  22 June 2009

• “Her achievement is to complement the original epic so distinctively, as if in a dialogue or dance with the poet who inspired her.” — John Garth, The Telegraph, reviews Lavinia.
• “A fantasist who lives in the real world” — Tobias Hill reviews Lavinia for The Guardian.

  15 June 2009

• “Into the cosmos with Qfwfq” — UKL reviews The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino.

  15 June 2009

• Supermouse! comics at Book View Cafe: New every Thursday.

  12 June 2009

• UKL reviews Enchanted Hunters, by Maria Tatar, for the LA Times.

  12 June 2009

• The Left Hand of Darkness — Gethen Map by Milan Dubnicky

  7 June 2009

• Excerpts from Times Literary Supplement review of Lavinia, by Diana Birch, 22 May 2009.

  31 May 2009

• “To my Overseas Readers”

  31 May 2009

• UKL comics at Book View Cafe: “Supermouse I”

  28 May 2009

• BBC Radio 3 interviews UKL on Night Waves. Audio available for one week.

  28 May 2009

• BBC Radio Three interviews UKL on Night Waves, 26 May 2008, 21:15 British Summer Time. Audio available for one week thereafter.

  24 May 2009

• “The princess with flaming hair” — Charlotte Higgins reviews Lavinia for The Guardian.

  23 May 2009

• “ Long-Time Science Fiction Writer Shines at Ottawa festival ,” Joyce MacPhee, Epoch Times.

  23 May 2009

• “How Ursula K. Le Guin led a generation away from realism,” Scott Timberg, Guardian on line

  21 May 2009

• “...a perfectly balanced blend of feeling, metre and storytelling...” Review of Lavinia by Guy Haley, Death Ray. [complete review] [240Kb PDF]

  15 May 2009

• “Cat T’ai Chi” at Book View Cafe

  13 May 2009

• “An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin,” by Lev Grossman, Time, 11 May 2009

  11 May 2009

• Scott Timberg’s Blog

  11 May 2009

• “Ursula K. Le Guin’s lasting appeal,” Scott Timberg, LA Times blogs.

  10 May 2009

• “Ursula K. Le Guin’s work still resonates with readers,” Scott Timberg, LA Times.

  10 May 2009

• Notes & Comments: “Calling Utopia a Utopia”

  6 May 2009

• “Guesswork & Archaeology & Virgil” — video, courtesy Ron Hogan.

  1 May 2009

• Powers wins SFWA’s Nebula Award for Best Novel!

  25 April 2009

• Now available on UKL’s website: China Miéville interviews UKL about her life and work for BBC Radio 4, 17 March 2009.

  24 April 2009

• Cheek by Jowl: Tales & Essays on How & Why Fantasy Matters is now available from Aqueduct Press. [more information]

  16 April 2009

• Schedule update

  14 April 2009

• Cat Dreams is now available for pre-order at Powell’s bookstore. [More information]

  7 April 2009

• About Writing #12: What Freelance Writers Get Paid and How

  3 April 2009

• Fantasy Book Review notes that UKL will appear at the Ottawa International Writers Festival (22 April-2 May 2009)

  2 April 2009

• China Miéville interviewed UKL about her life and work for BBC Radio 4, 17 March 2009. (No longer available on line.)

  7 Mar 2009

• “Spaceship of fools” — UKL reviews Journey into Space, by Toby Litt, for the Guardian.

  4 Mar 2009

• Nebula Award nomination for Powers, Best Novel 2008.

  1 Mar 2009

• Poem: “The Palindromedary”

  20 February 2009

• Oregon State Library has chosen The Lathe of Heaven, Searoad, and The World Begins Here (ed. Glen A. Love, including “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”) for its “150 Books for Oregon’s Sesquicentennial” [1.6Mb PDF]

  14 February 2009

• “On David Hensel’s Submission to the Royal Academy of Art”

  11 February 2009

• Erica Jong and the Space Crone

  11 February 2009

• Video: UKL’s Timberland Reads Together. Courtesy of TCTV (Thurston County cable tv) & Timberland Library, Olympia, WA

  5 February 2009

• Lavinia, audio download, narrated By Alyssa Bresnahan. Unabridged.

  4 February 2009

• 29 January 2009: Schedule update

  29 January 2009

• Powers appears on SFWA’s Nebula Awards® Preliminary Ballot

  19 January 2009

• Steve Lafreniere Interviews Ursula K. Le Guin at Vice magazine.

  9 January 2009

• A Mask of the Dragon Yevaud, by Ilyana Mansfield

  1 January 2009

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