I haven't heard from Dorktown in a little while... Well, not for a few days since Mikie Seay rubbed it in that the Bakersfield hockey team got booted from the playoffs like Fresno...

Anyway...

I represent a new literary magazine for the Central Valley, the Noveltown Review. If there are any venues out there who would like a couple of copies for their store or office, please contact me: nick@noveltown.net. You can also order online. I know Fresno/Clovis writer Cindy Wathen has some copies she is trying to get into Fresno Area bookstores. She has some articles in the magazine...

We got a cool review from the Bakersfield equivalent of Fresno Famous.

Greg Goodsell writes:

Of all the literary magazines vying for space at local bookstores, the locally published Noveltown Review emerges as a breath of fresh air. The project of longtime Bakersfield media gadfly Nick Belardes, the Noveltown Review offers a both fiction and non-fiction essays about today's literary landscape. An oversized magazine boasting slick, shiny covers, the periodical is beautifully laid out. More importantly, the Noveltown Review offers highly accessible prose for readers weary of experimental efforts that often prove to be not worth the effort.

(Read the full article)

Hit me up with any questions. We want to expand further into your community...

- n.l.