King appearances, interviews, podcasts...

[Bev Vincent]

Not King but King-related:

http://www.courant.com/entertainment...018-story.html

Halloween is nearly here, and several events will feature local authors who write tales and poems ranging from the spooky to the downright horrifying.

Simsbury Public Library will host a free talk on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. called "Stephen King: The Art of Darkness." Best-selling author Stephen Spignesi, whom Entertainment Weekly has called "the world's leading authority on Stephen King," will give a slideshow on the American master of horror fiction's life and work, from his earliest efforts to movie versions of his books to his current writing. Spignesi will display a scrapbook of rare King photos and memorabilia, and attendees will receive a free brochure listing King's top-100 works from Spignesi's book, "The Essential Stephen King."

The library is at 725 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury. Registration: 860-658-7663 or simsburylibrary.info.

I've never met "Rev Steve" Spignesi, as we used to call him for reasons I no longer recall, but I've corresponded with him for decades and contributed to a couple of his books. Great guy.

[Randall Flagg]

Is Stephen Spignesi truly the "the world's leading authority on Stephen King,"?

I think there are members here who should be considered as "one of the world' leading authorities" on Stephen King "Signed limited Books, Ephemera, early works King himself lost. etc
I have no doubt Spignesi is erudite as far as Stephen King goes, but I'm not sure he is the "Albert Einstein" of Stephen King.

[herbertwest]

That's called Marketing

[Bev Vincent]

Is Stephen Spignesi truly the "the world's leading authority on Stephen King,"?

As the piece claims, EW magazine has called him that. It's a badge he should wear with pride. In my early days on USENET, I used to say that he helped make me look smart, because I used his Shape Under the Sheet encyclopedia to answer people's questions about King books all the time.

[arjupraja143]

Very Intresting...

[burial]

Short interview about election, Trump, Pennywise and Stillson

[mae]

As part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, bestselling author Stephen King and writer Eileen Myles read from their work on Wednesday, November 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. The event is free, however tickets are required. Tickets will be available to the public beginning October 28th — more details will be posted at their site on that date.
Please note that King will not sign books following the reading, however presigned books (mixed titles) will be available for purchase.

Hopefully the Princeton event will be recorded and available online soon.

[Bev Vincent]

Novelist Stephen King and poet Eileen Myles deliver joint reading

"King followed with two excerpts from his upcoming novel Sleeping Beauties, which he co-wrote with his son Owen King."

[Lilja]

Wow, I wonder if there will be any video/audio clip from it...

Lilja

[Bev Vincent]

Stephen King: Why Bob Dylan Deserves the Nobel Prize
Author discusses his favorite Dylan songs – and dismantles critics who say he doesn't deserve the honor

[herbertwest]

Does that qualifies as an interview or an essay?

[Br!an]

Essay

[Bev Vincent]

Does that qualifies as an interview or an essay?

Interview -- "As told to Andy Greene"

[NoAttitudeThisTime]

An interview presented as an essay.

[Br!an]

I think an interview requires conversation. I suppose that if they asked him a question and this is his answer that it qualifies as an interview.

I think NATT has it right.

An interview presented as an essay.

[Bev Vincent]

I think an interview requires conversation.

Not always -- some interviewers completely abstract themselves from the final result. Locus magazine, for example, publishes long interviews each month, but no questions are included. The result sounds more like a monologue.

The RS piece begins "we spoke with King about the impact Dylan has made on him" -- that's an interview.

[NoAttitudeThisTime]

It can sometimes be a bit difficult determining what is actual nonfiction (as in essay) or an interview...when it comes to classify pieces as actual nonfiction by King. Some pieces out there are short to lengthy answers from King, mostly written responses, so in that sense they can be seen as nonfiction essays, although they are responses..but written by King. Whereas, as in this RS piece, it's noted from the get-to that it's a spoken session/interview, not something that King wrote. The conversation was likely recorded, and then the author/interviever transcribed it. This piece is not one I would see fit for entry in the bibliography of King nonfiction, but there are different opinions on that.

[herbertwest]

I would be interested in Justin's opinion on the question

[Ari_Racing]

Does anyone know if it's gonna be published in the printed edition of the mag?

[you ever seen a ghost?]

I would be interested in Justin's opinion on the question

I'm struggling with this one. there have been plenty of interview excerpts in the past that were presented as by Stephen King that I have listed. I'd like to see a scan of the actual piece first. I would say that if has a byline of someone other than King, than I would not consider it. If it has a byline by Stephen King, definitely. If it has no byline, then it would be a gray area and could go either way.

[mae]

[Ari_Racing]

That was a great production! I loved it!

[mae]

There's a new podcast dedicated to King:

http://consequenceofsound.net/podcas...sode-1-carrie/

Consequence of Sound loves Stephen King.

That likely isn’t surprising to our Constant Readers, what with our extensive coverage of The Dark Tower, our thoughts on the best adaptations of his work, or, say, the sprawling cinematic universe we hypothesized a few years ago. And while King’s creations are always in demand, it delights us to see his stories benefitting from Hollywood’s renewed interest in mainstream horror as well as streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu.

That’s why we decided to start The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast, a cozy, chummy place for lifelong fans and newbies to dig deep into both his oeuvre and the myriad TV, film, print, and stage adaptations of his work. Twice a month, CoS staffers Dan Caffrey, Randall Colburn, Justin Gerber, McKenzie Gerber, Allison Shoemaker, and, of course, Editor-In-Chief Michael Roffman will gather together to dig between the pages.

In each episode, we’ll discuss and debate the themes, characters, and legacy of King’s output, book-by-book. We’ll also be sharing what freaks us out, what makes us laugh, and what makes us cringe. Our goal is to be as comprehensive as possible, which means these episodes will tend to run long, though as King once wrote, “No great thing was ever attained easily. A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time.”

So, join us, Constant Listeners, as we start from the beginning with 1974’s Carrie.

[Bev Vincent]

[herbertwest]

Comedy Central ad with SK, circa 1992 :
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