Okal Rel Universe NEWS

24 April 2008: Lynda gives presentation to English students at D.P.Todd Secondary school.
29 January 2008: The ORU Second Anthology is launched at the Prince George Public Library.
10 November 2007: Lynda launches Righteous Anger in Calgary at the Sentry Box.
11 July 2007: Lynda is interviewed for Dragon Page. Cover to Cover #271. Or get it here. This is a 38MB MP3 file, so only click if you have a fast connection.
14 June 2007: Lynda is interviewed on CJTR Radio, Regina, Saskatchewan. Jillian Bell talks to Lynda about the ORU and writing etc. on the show "The Book Chick ". This is a 28MB MP3 file, so only click if you have a fast connection.
14 June 2007: Righteous Anger interview with Edge's Justyn Perry is featured on Edge Podcasts this week.
9 March 2007: Prince George Citizen publishes picture of Righteous Anger launch.
8 March 2007: Launch of Righteous Anger at the Prince George Public Library. View Video of event. Warning it is 20MB!!
24 January 2007: Lynda was the featured guest in Lyn Benne's University 101 class at the University of Northern B.C., in Prince George, to discuss her novella The Lorel Experiment. Students discussed the Lorel Experiment with reference to ideas in professor Margaret Somerville's best-selling book The Ethical Imagination, which is part of the CBC Massey Lectures.
22 Nov 2006: Lynda and Brianna got a chance to tell CBC listeners about the kaleidoscope illustration project on Brianna's All About Amel ORU fansite and to mention her comic book (in progress) featuring Amel's childhood. Big thank you to CBC personality Betsy Trumpener for having us on DayBreak.
1 Oct 2006: All About Amel Website launched!
11 Sept 2006: Lynda was interviewed on UNBC radio station CFUR. She also had various fans read Okal Rel excerpts. You can download an MP3 file of the whole two hours here. Warning it is 106MB !!
27 August 2006: Lynda and Jennifer were interviewed on the CBC radio show "North by NorthWest."
28 March 2006: Lynda spoke at the Local Writers Series held at the Prince George Public Library.
07 December 2005: Launch of The Okal Rel Anthology at Books and Company.
07 October 2005: VCON 30
01 Sept 2005: Cascadia Con (NASFiC)
18 August 2005: Launch of Courtesan Prince at the Prince George Public Library.
18 August 2005: Lynda is featured on UNBC home page:

20 July 2005: Lynda is interviewed on CJTR Radio, Regina, Saskatchewan. Jillian Bell talks to Lynda about the ORU and writing etc. on the show "Saskatchewan Books Go Public". This is a 20MB MP3 file, so only click if you have a fast connection.
01 July 2005: Westercon 58 (Con-Version 21.5)
13 June 2005: Courtesan Prince and Lynda are featured on Edge's home page.

May 2005: Courtesan Prince is available from Edge

VCON 29 (October 2004)

Kath and Mekan'stan can now be ordered from Windstorm Creative

Con-Version 21 (August 2004) - short report and some pictures.

Cover for Courtesan Prince is on the artist's web site.

UNBC takes note, on their homepage, of Throne Price being up for awards (UNBC Homepage May 18, 2004).

Throne Price, is one of three finalists in the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Awards competition, in the category: Popular Fiction.

Throne Price is one of seven finalists for ForeWord Magazine's SF Book of The Year Award !

Local News

Lynda was interviewed by cable 10 community TV in Prince George, early in November 2003. Clips from the interview have been airing on and off during the month. Some feature Throne Price and the Okal Rel Universe, while others deal with her role as producer of the UNBC-based e-journal Reflections on Water.

Lynda appeared at Studio Fair in Prince George, BC, on Friday 7th November 2003 as part of "Book Nook", signing (and selling) copies of Throne Price

Windstorm News

Mekan'stan and Kath are forthcoming from Windstorm Creative in Summer 2004. Both novellas feature Amel's adventures, and are set either in his courtesan youth or his Royal Envoy period in the interval between Pretenders and Throne Price.

Lynda hopes and expects to produce at least one short novel a year, with Windstorm Creative, chronically the many stories about main characters and supporting cast which do not fit in the main line series of the saga.

VCON (October 2003) - short report

ConVersion (August 2003) - short report

THE EDGE NOVELS get named!

A dynamic spin-doctor team of namers (Brian, Lynda, Alison, David, Jennifer were there the whole time as I recall, and Marie and Kim might have been in and out of the huddle as well as a couple of friends met at the con) intrepidly tackled the task of picking names for the Okal Rel Universe "main line" novel series ... that people would not have to take ORU 101 to understand.

Edge books (including Throne Price) in Coteau Books catalog

The wall sized poster of Throne Price at the Edge booth, at conversion, was one nice surprise. Another was seeing Throne Price and other Edge books in the Autumn 2003 edition of the Coteau Books catalog from Fitzhenry & Whiteside.

Edge publisher Brian Hades is happy to be working with Coteau as distributors for his growing line of Science Fiction and Fantasy novels.

Circlet Anthology

Lynda was surprised and pleased that Cecilia Tan decided to include "Bride's Story" in her Best of Circlet Press 1992-2002 anthology, Erotic Fantastic.

This story originally appeared in the ninties, and was Amel's first appearance in print. The story is set during his courtesan period. (This sale to Circlet pre-dated contracts with Edge and Windstorm.)

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Okal Rel Universe NEWS

24 April 2008: Lynda gives presentation to English students at D.P.Todd Secondary school.

29 January 2008: The ORU Second Anthology is launched at the Prince George Public Library.

10 November 2007: Lynda launches Righteous Anger in Calgary at the Sentry Box.

11 July 2007: Lynda is interviewed for Dragon Page. Cover to Cover #271. Or get it here. This is a 38MB MP3 file, so only click if you have a fast connection.

14 June 2007: Lynda is interviewed on CJTR Radio, Regina, Saskatchewan. Jillian Bell talks to Lynda about the ORU and writing etc. on the show "The Book Chick ". This is a 28MB MP3 file, so only click if you have a fast connection.

14 June 2007: Righteous Anger interview with Edge's Justyn Perry is featured on Edge Podcasts this week.

9 March 2007: Prince George Citizen publishes picture of Righteous Anger launch.

8 March 2007: Launch of Righteous Anger at the Prince George Public Library. View Video of event. Warning it is 20MB!!

22 Nov 2006: Lynda and Brianna got a chance to tell CBC listeners about the kaleidoscope illustration project on Brianna's All About Amel ORU fansite and to mention her comic book (in progress) featuring Amel's childhood. Big thank you to CBC personality Betsy Trumpener for having us on DayBreak.

1 Oct 2006: All About Amel Website launched!

11 Sept 2006: Lynda was interviewed on UNBC radio station CFUR. She also had various fans read Okal Rel excerpts. You can download an MP3 file of the whole two hours here. Warning it is 106MB !!

27 August 2006: Lynda and Jennifer were interviewed on the CBC radio show "North by NorthWest."

28 March 2006: Lynda spoke at the Local Writers Series held at the Prince George Public Library.

07 December 2005: Launch of The Okal Rel Anthology at Books and Company.

07 October 2005: VCON 30

01 Sept 2005: Cascadia Con (NASFiC)

18 August 2005: Launch of Courtesan Prince at the Prince George Public Library.

18 August 2005: Lynda is featured on UNBC home page:

20 July 2005: Lynda is interviewed on CJTR Radio, Regina, Saskatchewan. Jillian Bell talks to Lynda about the ORU and writing etc. on the show "Saskatchewan Books Go Public". This is a 20MB MP3 file, so only click if you have a fast connection.

01 July 2005: Westercon 58 (Con-Version 21.5)

13 June 2005: Courtesan Prince and Lynda are featured on Edge's home page.