Kalevala Day 2022

The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic. It helped give the Finnish people a sense of nationhood and has inspired numerous authors and artists in the West right up to the present day. The Kalevala is a collection of tales set in the forests and seas of the far North and is filled with magic and monsters.

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Dave Wolverton: A Requiem

Dave Wolverton—also known as David Farland—was an acclaimed, bestselling SFF author. In addition to his own work, he mentored numerous other successful authors. Wolverton was also one of the great defenders of the fantasy and sci-fi genres, thanks to his landmark essay, “On Writing as a Fantasist”.

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The Visage of Bran Mak Morn

Bran Mak Morn, the doomed third-century King of the Picts, is one of Robert E. Howard’s most iconic creations. Bran has been depicted by numerous talented artists on the covers of books and in comics. Unfortunately, few of those renditions are faithful to how REH actually described Bran Mak Morn and the Picts.

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