Reading Archives - Maaja Wentz https://www.maajawentz.com/category/reading/ Worlds of Mystery & Wonder Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:27:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maajawentz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-maaja-at-the-mic-32x32.jpg Reading Archives - Maaja Wentz https://www.maajawentz.com/category/reading/ 32 32 Feeding Frenzy Launched at Bakka-Phoenix https://www.maajawentz.com/2023/02/12/feeding-frenzy-launched-at-bakka-phoenix/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2023/02/12/feeding-frenzy-launched-at-bakka-phoenix/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2023 02:45:11 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=2206 Feeding Frenzy: Curse of the Necromancer On March 10, 2018, Feeding Frenzy launched at my favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy book store. Bakka is one of the most unique book stores in North America, family-owned and delightfully supportive of SF&F writers. I was invited, along with seven other  authors, to take part in the store’s […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2023/02/12/feeding-frenzy-launched-at-bakka-phoenix/feed/ 2 Coming Second (after W.B. Yeats) https://www.maajawentz.com/2017/10/28/coming-second-after-w-b-yeats/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2017/10/28/coming-second-after-w-b-yeats/#respond Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:32:09 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=2120 Turning and turning in a plastic gyre The Garbage Patch grows silently. Things fall apart, degrading into plastic pills and Floating Barbie heads are loosed upon the world. The plastic-dimmed tide concentrates in filter feeders. The innocence of tossing bone over shoulder Should have died with the Neanderthals. The best want more stuff, while the worst Slave […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2017/10/28/coming-second-after-w-b-yeats/feed/ 0 Can-Con Conference and World Fantasy 2016 https://www.maajawentz.com/2016/09/01/can-con-conference-world-fantasy-2016/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2016/09/01/can-con-conference-world-fantasy-2016/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:43:38 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1815 Appearing at Can-Con Conference and World Fantasy Convention I love meeting and speaking to readers, writers, and editors. That’s why I’m so excited about my upcoming participation at Can-Con Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature. I am equally looking forward to participating in the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October. […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2016/09/01/can-con-conference-world-fantasy-2016/feed/ 0 Free Book Giveaway https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/11/19/free-book-giveaway/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/11/19/free-book-giveaway/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:10:32 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1532 Visit Bookaplaooza Book Fair & Readings: Saturday Nov. 21, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Durham College,  Centre for Food/ Bistro 67, 1604 Champlain Ave., Whitby. This weekend I will be at Bookapalooza in order to test the waters with my upcoming book, Feeding Frenzy. This will be my first visit to this […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/11/19/free-book-giveaway/feed/ 0 Feeding Frenzy Featured on Wattpad https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/08/11/feeding-frenzy-featured-on-wattpad/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/08/11/feeding-frenzy-featured-on-wattpad/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:53:35 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1373   #11 in Mystery/Thriller Sept. 7, 2015 with 25 000 reads on Wattpad Feeding Frenzy is a paranormal thriller about our obsession with food. It was inspired by the madcap pacing of Jan Evanovitch’s Stephanie Plum mysteries and the over-the-top imagination of Christopher Moore’s comic fantasy novels. — Maaja Featured on Wattpad Wattpad has officially chosen Feeding Frenzy as a ‘featured story.’ […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/08/11/feeding-frenzy-featured-on-wattpad/feed/ 1 Future Library: Message to the future https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/06/07/future-library-message-to-the-future/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2015/06/07/future-library-message-to-the-future/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:04:04 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1367 What will humanity be reading in a century? Will paper books still be read? Visionary author Margaret Atwood is the first to contribute a secret story to Future Library, a unique 100-year artwork. Designed by Scottish artist Katie Paterson, Future Library is a real place, created for Oslo, Norway. Part of this project is a forest of 1000 trees, planted […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/12/15/linda-poitevin-interview/feed/ 1 SFContario Wattpad and Feeding Frenzy Serial https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/10/30/sfcontario-wattpad-serial-novel/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/10/30/sfcontario-wattpad-serial-novel/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:40:31 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1097 SFContario is a convention which offers over 50 panelists, covering science fiction, fantasy, science, costuming, art, writing, genre television, and movies, as well as other topics of interest to fans. It runs from the evening of November 14 to Sunday November 16, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 300 Jarvis St, Toronto. I have been invited to moderate a few panels, including a […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/10/30/sfcontario-wattpad-serial-novel/feed/ 0 Feeding Frenzy – Serial Novel Experiment https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/10/25/feeding-frenzy-serial/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/10/25/feeding-frenzy-serial/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2014 19:50:37 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=1076 Starting October 31, I will be combining my love of experiment with Wattpad and NaNoWrimo to do something new. As a result I will not be blogging much about creativity. I’ll be too busy getting up at 5:00 am every day to write fiction. If we want students to experiment and create, we mustn’t be […]

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]]> https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/10/25/feeding-frenzy-serial/feed/ 1 Reading at Can-Con https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/09/13/conventions-for-creativity/ https://www.maajawentz.com/2014/09/13/conventions-for-creativity/#respond Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:03:25 +0000 http://www.maajawentz.com/?p=987 I will be doing a reading of short fiction and poetry at Can-Con in Ottawa, Saturday October 4, 2014. My co-reader will be novelist S.M. Carriere. One of the best things about conventions is meeting and discovering new authors and making new friends. Conventions are magnets for creative people in the arts and multimedia. Can-Con is an Ottawa […]

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