The Noveltown Review looks to Modesto...

I haven't blogged here in a while since all the hubbub with Motown Mojo and the Bee. Looks like the site is still running and people are still about forming an online community.

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.

We got a cool review from the Bakersfield equivalent of Modesto 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 into your community...

- n.l.

Nick...

Thank you for the information on Noveltown. Yes, our site is still moving along thankfully and I am excited about that. Lately, I have been dealing with health concerns and other issues again so I have not been out and about as much but I still keep my finger on the pulse of Modesto.

I would love to get a copy of your Magazine and figure out a way to get it distributed here. Please keep in touch and look for me to be more active on Bakotopia soon as well.

-Mojo

Noveltown loves M-town Mojo

Hey brother,

Just send me your address and I can send you one, or a small stack to have at a venue...something like a coffeehouse would be awesome...

We'll be praying for you and your family down here in Bakersfield.

From the Noveltown crew