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There is a book signing scheduled for Welcome to Bordertown on Thursday, June 9 at Books of Wonder in New York City from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. I will be there, as will Holly Black, Cory Doctorow, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Alaya Dawn Johnson.For more information go to then Books of Wonder Events & Happenings page. The Bordertown event isn't clickable as I write this, but maybe it will be soon. You

Yay!Here are today's posts celebrating Welcome to Bordertown:Cabinet des FéesHolly Black's BlogTerri Windling's BlogTim Pratt's post on Tor.com<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal

Win this pendant, fashioned by artist Mia Nutick, on Christopher Barzak's blog by answering a simple question: How would you get to Bordertown?Do your research here.Christopher's story in Welcome to Bordertown is called "We Do Not Come in Peace."

The Welcome to Bordertown trailer is now up on io9.

Bordertown wallpaper is now available on the official Bordertown series website. The designs are by Tara O'Shea.If you want to sample one of the tales in Welcome to Bordertown, Cory Doctorow's story, "Shannon's Law", is now posted on Tor.com. You can also download it as a podcast from Escape Pod. It's Read by Mur Lafferty.The anthology comes out this month!

There is now an official BORDERTOWN SERIES WEBSITE. Check it out for information about the authors, the city, the news, the reviews, the art, the other books in the series, etc. You can even read three of the original stories from anthologies now out of print. According to Ellen Kushner, "there are plans for contests & blogposts & all manner of delights coming up in the next few weeks . . ."

This past year has been a great one for foreign editions. I thought I'd share a few covers here.Swedish B&CTurkish Silver KissItalian B&CGerman B&CA Croatian edition is in the works. That should be interesting.

Ellen Kushner has posted a delightfully annotated review of Welcome to Bordertown on her blog. Yay! It says there is "no weak link." Whew! It would be awful if my story was a weak link.

Ellen Kushner kindly shared pics of her workspace at the Random House offices where she was working on the galleys of Welcome to Bordertown.