Quill & Quire review of Blue Mountain Trouble, a first novel from Jamaican-Canadian Martin Mordecai:
The story begins with a bang. A pair of twins, walking down a mountain to their village school, encounter in the morning mist a vision of a huge, disembodied goat’s head. The vision fades, and seconds later the ground in front of them trembles and slides away. Was the goat a malevolent presence, or did it save them from injury or worse? Already, the book is a grabber.
Comic Art Indigene
March 6, 2009 to May 31, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, DC
Storytelling has long been a part of Native American culture. Comic Art Indigene examines how storytelling has been used through comics and comic-inspired art to express the contemporary Native American experience. Under the larger definition of narrative art, comic art is more related to Native American art traditions than one might expect.
Policy on welcoming people of colour, with action plan, from Wiscon, the world’s leading feminist science fiction convention.
“We are proud that WisCon 33 will host the first Cultural Appropriation 101 class that we’re aware of in the science fiction world.” Wiscon also says, “We’re planning to set aside a room during the convention for discussion of moving-forward strategies and potential improvements. We will work closely with people of color to ensure that this does not become a space in which the offenses recycle.”
There’s more. Details on the Wiscon web site, here.
