THURSDAY, October 1st at 7pm: PATRICK'S PATH

Caledonia shares another tale from her fall release of short stories A TRIO OF IRISH TALES II

"Patrick's Path" features Pat Flynn from her 2013 story "In the Mists." 

Pat is 24 now and he's tired of always walking in everyone's wake - following along behind.  He wants to find something that he is passionate about; something that he can claim as his very own. He also wouldn't mind catching the eye of Daimhin Finnegan.

Join Caledonia Skytower at the Firecircle as she shares this story, live in voice.

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AND DON'T FORGET - @ 9pm, SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT

It's another late Thursday with Finn Zeddmore and a selection from classic and contemporary Science Fiction.  Come on down!  Presented live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, September 30th at 7pm: SERAFINA AND THE BLACK CLOAK Begins!

"Never go into the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul."

Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of Biltmore Estate. There's plenty to explore in Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt's vast and oppulent home, but she must take care to never be seen. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists; she and her pa, the estate's maintenance man, have lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. She has learned to prowl through the darkened corridors at night, to sneak and hide, using the mansion's hidden doors and secret passageways. But when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows the clues to follow.

Serafina and the Black Cloak is written for both adults and young readers. It became a New York Times Bestseller in the first week of its launch and was selected as an Okra Pick for representing "the best in Southern Literature." (SIBA).

Caledonia presents Robert Beatty's award-winning adventure live in voice.

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TUESDAY, September 29th at 7pm: More from THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID

Kayden continues Bill Bryson's reminiscence on a certain magical period of simplicity - childhood.

“Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, and full of his inimitable, pitch-perfect observations, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is as wondrous a book as Bill Bryson has ever written. It will enchant anyone who has ever been young.”

Learn more about the book and the author at billbrysinbooks.com

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MONDAY, September 28th at 7pm: A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER Begins!

Image by Via Estelar from Deviant Art

“A Night in the Lonesome October” is a semi-satirical, though not comic, novel by Roger Zelazny published in 1993, near the end of his life. It was his last book, and one of his five personal favorites.

The book is divided in 32 chapters, each representing one "night" in the month of October (plus one "introductory" chapter). The story is told in the first-person, akin to journal entries and explores a tale heavily influenced by H. P. Lovecraft. The title is a line from Edgar Allan Poe's "Ulalume" and Zelazny thanks him as well as others – Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Bloch and Albert Payson Terhune – whose most famous characters appear in the book.

A Night in the Lonesome October was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1994. A similar theme of conflict surrounding the opening of a gate to another world exists in Zelazny's novel “Madwand.”

Tonight: Gyro Muggins, Trolley Trollop, Faerie Maven-Pralou, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, Live in Voice.

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SUNDAY, September 27th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street

Join the Tea Time Crew as they journey with Sherlock Holmes into THE VALLEY OF FEAR.

Holmes, Watson, and MacDonald travel to Birlstone village in Sussex. John Douglas was murdered at around midnight and had been shot in the head. The house is an old manor with a moat and drawbridge. A man named Cecil Barker was staying at the house on the night the murder took place and was a regular guest of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas. A sawn-off shotgun was found at the scene. It appeared to have been fired at close range which caused the head to have been completely blown to pieces.

Cecil Barker says that he believes a secret society of men pursued Douglas and that this fear for his life is what prompted him to live in such a quiet area of England. Mr. Douglas married his wife when he came to England five years previously. He had been married before and that first wife died of typhoid. Douglas had met and worked with Cecil Barker in America for a time and then suddenly left for Europe. Both Cecil Barker and Mrs. Douglas were aware that some danger overhung Douglas and that this danger was connected with some episode of his life in America. Mrs. Douglas says that she had heard her husband mention "The Valley of Fear".

Join Corwyn, Kayden, John, and Caledonia in the Fireside Room as they continue with Part Two of this six part presentation, live in voice.

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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

Kayden introduces us to "The Thunderbolt Kid"

It's a big week at Seanchai Libraries - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time  

Sunday, September 27th 

        ~ at 1:30 pm - TEA TIME at Baker Street Resumes: THE VALLEY OF FEAR Continues  (Part 2 of 6)
       
     ~  at 6 pm - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Selected adventures from "Pinocchio" with Caledonia Skytower at Magicland's Golden Horseshoe http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bracket/181/57/30

Monday, August 28th, at 7 pm -   A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER  Begins with members of the Seanchai Staff

Tuesday, September 29th, at 7 pm -  THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID Continues with Kayden Oconnell. 

Wednesday, September 30th, at 7 pm -  Robert Beatty's SERAFINA & THE BLACK CLOAK Begins with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, October 1st - 

     ~ at 7 pm - PATRICK'S PATH: From Caledonia's upcoming"A Trio of Irish Tales II" presented by the author at the Seanchai Firecircle

     ~ at 9 pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore

It takes all kinds to make a Seanchai Library audience - and they are welcome, too!
Rick & Dagmar at the conclusion of "Solis"

Stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted in the listing. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  
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All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity.  Our August-September featured charity is Water for People. Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people’s lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24th at 7pm: DARBY O'GILL - The Banshee's Comb

THE BANSHEE'S COMB

"All at once the side of the mountain ferninst them opened with a great crash, an' Shaun, with the coach an' horses, disaypeared in a rush, swolleyd up be the mountain, which closed afther thim. Darby was blinkin' an' shiverin' beside the King of the Leprechauns,when sudden, an' without a sound, the banshee stood before them."

Part 2 of 2

Author: Herminie Templeton Kavanagh 
Book: DARBY O'GILL and the Good People
ISBN-13: 978-1331265436

PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE at SEANCHAI LIBRARY
in SECOND LIFE, in KITELY and in INWORLDZ
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WEDNESDAY, September 23rd at 7 pm: THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Concludes

Caledonia concludes Jeanne Birdsall's second adventure with the four sisters Penderwick:

Will all mysteries will be resolved?

Will all villains un-masked. 

Will there be a happy ending? 

Of course there will, but you have to join us to find out what it is! 
Caledonia Skytower, live in voice. 

Learn more about author Jeanne Birdsall and her work at her WEBSITE.

TUESDAY, September 22nd at 7 pm: THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID Begins

More from delightful author, Bill Bryson!

 Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers (and morons)—in his head—as "The Thunderbolt Kid."

Kayden Oconnell, live in voice.

MONDAY, September 21st at 7PM: SOLIS

“SOLIS”

by A. A. Attanasio

ISBN: 978-1604504026

Charlie Outis had his brain frozen a thousand years ago, but he wakes up a slave to a machine in a world of genetically amplified neo-sapiens, andrones, and autobats--fortunately, Charlie has a plan.

Part 4 of 4

Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.

SUNDAY, September 20th at 1:30 pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street Resumes!

Join the Tea Time Crew as they journey with Sherlock Holmes into THE VALLEY OF FEAR.

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915.

Sherlock Holmes receives a mysterious cipher message from a man who writes under the pseudonym Fred Porlock, an agent to Professor Moriarty. Porlock occasionally sends Holmes insider information. Moriarty is blameless in the eyes of the law, but Holmes knows him to be "the controlling brain of the underworld." Together Holmes and Watson decipher Porlock's message which relates that a man named John Douglas, residing at Birlstone, is in danger.

Join Kayden and Caledonia in the Fireside Room as they begin with Part One of this six part presentation, live in voice.

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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

It's a big week at Seanchai Libraries - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time  

   

Saturday, September 19th at 11:30 am @ SEANCHAI IW  - FOLKTALES! As part of the opening of the new Community Library Estate, and their new Exhibition on Folk Tales.  Shandon and Caledonia will tell stories at 11:30 am followed by a Dance Party at Noon.

(https://inworldz/region/Calliope/150/6/28)

Sunday, September 20th at 1:30 pm - TEA TIME at Baker Street Resumes: Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower begin "The Valley of Fear" (Part 1 of 6)

Monday, August 21st, at 7 pm -   The Conclusion of A. A. Attanasio's SOLIS with Gyro Muggins. 

Tuesday, September 22nd, at 7 pm -  THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID Begins with Kayden Oconnell. 


Wednesday, September 23rd, at 7 pm -  
THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Concludes with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 24th, at 7 pm - THE BANSHEE'S COMB: Concludes with Shandon Loring

Shandon continues THE BANSHEE'S COMB this week

Caledonia with selections from "The Adventures of Pinocchio"

which will continue at Magicland Storytime later in the month

        

THE XERCES Society sends a Thank You 

                   _____________________________________________________

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bradley%20University/101/208/28 
Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity.  Our August-September featured charity is Water for People. Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people’s lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower

FRIDAY, September 18th at 7 PM ~ AVAST! THERE BE PIRATES! *Seanchai Special*

Pirates and Pirate stories are a long standing tradition at Seanchai Library.  So is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is Saturday, September 19th.  We gather together tonight for a few salty tales in preparation for the BIG DAY!

"And you may lay to that!"  

Timbers will be shivered! 

The Seanchai Staff live in voice.
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17th at 7pm: DARBY O'GILL - The Banshee's Comb

HALF WAY TO SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!

THE BANSHEE'S COMB

"All at once the side of the mountain ferninst them opened with a great crash, an' Shaun, with the coach an' horses, disaypeared in a rush, swolleyd up be the mountain, which closed afther thim. Darby was blinkin' an' shiverin' beside the King of the Leprechauns,when sudden, an' without a sound, the banshee stood before them."

Part 1 of 2

Author: Herminie Templeton Kavanagh 
Book: DARBY O'GILL and the Good People

• ISBN-13: 978-1331265436

PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE at SEANCHAI LIBRARY
in SECOND LIFE, in KITELY and in INWORLDZ
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bradley%20University/101/208/28
http://www.kitely.com/search?q=seanchai

AND DON'T FORGET - @ 9Pm, SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT

It's another late Thursday with Finn Zeddmore and a selection from classic and contemporary Science Fiction.  Come on down!  Presented live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, September 16th at 7 PM: THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Continues

Nope!  We don't know who the mysterious Marianne is yet - the one dating Mr. Penderwick.

Nope!  Batty and Ben have not captured Bug man yet.

Nope! Skye has not found a way to get out of doing the stupid play that Jane wrote for her, which Skye turned in as her own but which she is now doomed to play the leading role in.  Such a shame that she cannot act!

Nope! Rosalind is not really talking to Tommy Geiger, who is still dating the annoying Trilby.

It's Halloween on Gardam Street, and it is all about to explode in a delightful concussion of mayhem that only the Penderwick sisters can conjure.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.
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TUESDAY, September 15 at 7 PM: NOT THAT IT MATTERS Concludes

One last evening with Corwyn Allen to enjoy the delightful wit and humor of author A.A. Milne from his 1920 collection of essays and articles : NOT THAT IT MATTERS.

“Almost anyone can be an author; the challenge is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”

“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”

~ A.A. Milne

Corwyn Allen, Live in voice.
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MONDAY, September 14th at 7PM: SOLIS

“SOLIS”

by A. A. Attanasio

ISBN: 978-1604504026

Charlie Outis had his brain frozen a thousand years ago, but he wakes up a slave to a machine in a world of genetically amplified neo-sapiens, andrones, and autobats--fortunately, Charlie has a plan.

Part 3 of 4

Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.

SATURDAY, September 12 at Noon: STAR WARS SATURDAY Continues!

More from "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker" based on George Lucas' original screenplay.  Blast off with Luke, Ben, Han, Chewie and the droids as the make the leap to light speed and more adventure a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

Shandon Loring & Caledonia Skytower Live in Voice. (grid.kitely.com:8002/Spaceworld)

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

It's a big week at Seanchai Libraries - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time  

   

Saturday, September 12th at NOON @ SEANCHAI K: STAR WARS SATURDAY: More from "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker" with Shandon and Caledonia 

 (grid.kitely.com:8002/Spaceworld)

Sunday, September 13th at 6 pm - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Selected adventures from "Pinocchio" with Caledonia Skytower at Magicland's Golden Horseshoe http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bracket/181/57/30

Monday, August 14th, at 7 pm -   More from A. A. Attanasio's SOLIS with Gyro Muggins. 

Tuesday, September 15th, at 7 pm -  The Conclusion of A.A. Milnes' NOT THAT IT MATTERS with Corwyn Allen. 

Wednesday, September 16th, at 7 pm -  
THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Continues with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 17th, 
     ~ at 7 pm - THE BANSHEE'S COMB: Part One with Shandon Loring
     ~ at 9 pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore

Friday, September 18th, at 7 pm -  AVAST! THERE BE PIRATES - A Special Event of Salty Tales to prepare you for International Talk Like A Pirate Day on Saturday

Saturday, September 19th at 11:30 am @ SEANCHAI IW  - FOLKTALES! As part of the opening of the new Community Library Estate, and their new Exhibition on Folk Tales.  Shandon and Caledonia will tell stories at 11:30 am followed by a Dance Party at Noon.

(https://inworldz/region/Calliope/150/6/28)                     _____________________________________________________

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity.  Our August-September featured charity is Water for People. Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people’s lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10th at 7pm: THE END - Visions of Apocalypse

THE END - Visions of Apocalypse

If the end seemed imminent, would you be more frightened of dying or surviving?

Editor: N.E. White
Book: THE END - Visions of Apocalypse
ASIN: B00AVNAWSG

PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE at SEANCHAI LIBRARY
in SECOND LIFE, in KITELY and in INWORLDZ
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https://inworldz/region/Sendalonde/217/144/28

WEDNESDAY, September 9th at 7 pm: More from THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET

What'd the buzz about The Penderwicks on Gardam Street?

"THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET is a rare treat --- the family novel that the entire family, from relatively young children to adults, will enjoy reading aloud together. It is old-fashioned without seeming nostalgic, optimistic without seeming naive, big-hearted and happy without seeming saccharine. The Penderwicks are a modern literary family that families can feel good about inviting into their own homes. And, since this latest novel is but the second in a projected five-book cycle, readers can anticipate having the Penderwicks in their lives for many years to come."

~ Norah Piehl, kidsread.com

"Sometimes new people join your family and even when they are lovely it can be tricky to adjust. This book, the second in the best-selling Penderwick series, is about how the four sisters cope when their Dad starts going on dates . . . Batty and Ben are onto the mysterious Bug Man, Rosalind is feeling differently about her friend, Tommy Geiger, and Skye and Jane do each other's homework with exciting results. I love the play that Jane writes! The ending is super happy, Jeffery turns up again and the whole thing makes you want to jump into the air."

~ KayieDoglovesbooks on theguardian.com

Caledonia continues the adventure tonight, live in voice.

TUESDAY, September 8th at 7 pm: More from NOT THAT IT MATTERS

It seems that there is no subject on which A.A. Milne cannot comment with wry wit and singular humor.  Corwyn continues to read from Milne's 1920 collection of essays and articles, published together under the title NOT THAT IT MATTERS.

"We can't all, and some just don't.  That's all there is to it."

"Remember, you are braver than you believe, you are stronger than you seem, and you are smarter than you think."

Corwyn Allen, live in voice.

MONDAY, September 7th at 7PM: SOLIS

“SOLIS”

by A. A. Attanasio

ISBN: 978-1604504026

Charlie Outis had his brain frozen a thousand years ago, but he wakes up a slave to a machine in a world of genetically amplified neo-sapiens, andrones, and autobats--fortunately, Charlie has a plan.

Part 2 of 4

Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.

SUNDAY, September 6th at 3 PM: CALEDONIA IN PROGRESS

Image for the cover of A TRIO OF IRISH TALES II
Created in Second Life by Derry McMahon

Caledonia shares the draft one of the stories for her upcoming November collection of short stories: A TRIO OF IRISH TALES II.

Cale says, " 2013's A Trio of Irish Tales is by far my best selling collection, ever. Finally, the much promised second volume of stories is well on its way to completion.

"More stories, more adventure, history, romance and mythology.  Three modern tales steeped in the lore of an ancient land.  A Trio of Irish Tales II will call to your Celtic soul, even if you never thought you had one."

Today, Cale reads from "The Fairy Tree" reuniting with young Liam Killough of "The Shadow by the Gate."  He and his family have settled into life in rural County Wicklow, but Liam is at continual odds with farm manager Rose McLane. The tension has been mounting and explodes with unexpected results, leaving young Liam desperate to set things to rights again.

Presented live in voice at the Seanchai Firecircle.
Will last 90 minutes.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

Events at Seanchai Libraries this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time  

   

Sunday, August 6th, ~ at 3:00 pm - CALEDONIA IN PROGRESS. Join Cale for an informal session at the Firecircle as she reads from one of the three stories "in Draft" and scheduled  for her November release A Trio of Irish Takes II

Monday, August 7th, at 7 pm -   More from A. A. Attanasio's SOLIS with Gyro Muggins. 

Tuesday, September 8th, at 7 pm -  More from A.A. Milnes' NOT THAT IT MATTERS with Corwyn Allen. 

Wednesday, September 9th, at 7 pm -  THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Continues with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 10th, at 7 pm - THE END: Visions of Apocalypse with Shandon Loring

Saturday, September 12th at NOON @ SEANCHAI K: STAR WARS SATURDAY: More from "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker" with Shandon and Caledonia 

 (grid.kitely.com:8002/Spaceworld)

                  _______________________________________________________

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity.  Our August-September featured charity is Water for People. Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people’s lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower