Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Fantasy Minute for December 7, 2005: Episode 104

A portion of the transcript from this weekend’s BBC interview with J.K. Rowling has been posted. Ms. Rowling speaks about book six and how closely it relates with book seven and about her writing after the Harry Potter series is concluded.

The finalists for the 2005 Story Prize have been announced. They are:

The Summer He Didn’t Die by Jim Harrison (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Mothers & Other Monsters by Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer Press)
The Hill Road by Patrick O'Keeffe (Viking)

The Story Prize is an annual book award honoring the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction with a $20,000 cash award. Each of two runners-up will receive $5,000.

Link to today’s show

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