9/28/08: Ex Machina Press will make its third appearance at the West Hollywood Book Fair, where Peter will be a panelist on the First Fiction panel.

9/27/08: Ex Machina Press will make its second appearance at the Santa Barbara Book Fair.

7/20/08: IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California) Reads Its Own --- Peter will read an excerpt from his short novel "The Grandmaster." Watch parts 1 and 2 of Peter's reading.

7/11-12/08: "The Grandmaster" is awarded Best Science Fiction Novel at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. Peter then read three excerpts from his novel at The Grove Plaza in Hollywood.

6/21-22/08: Ex Machina Press will make its debut appearance at the Inland Empire Book Fair.

5/16/08: Peter's letter regarding Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull got published in the 5/23/08 Issue of Entertainment Weekly.  Rock and Roll!!!

5/5/08: Photos of Ex Machina Press at LA Times Festival of Books are now up.  Check it out: exmachinapress.com/photos.htm

4/26-27/08: Ex Machina Press at L.A. Times Festival of Books (UCLA)

• Our third appearance at the L.A. Times Festival of Books will be an exciting time for everybody. We will have THREE headliners this year: Our annual anthology Silent Voices: A Creative Mosaic of Fiction, Volume Four; Mark D’Anna’s book Big Brown Bag: Stories; and my supernatural thriller, The Grandmaster (courtesy of Bards and Sages Publishing). All of our books there will be sold at a discount and we’ll have free raffles. Come on by and say 'hi!'.

4/23/08: Peter will be interviewed on "The Michael Dresser Show" to talk about his book, The Grandmaster.

4/3/08: Peter will be interviewed by John Seeley on Write On!, a radio show dedicated for IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California). Click here to listen to the interview!

3/14/08: Ex Machina Press co-founders Peter A. Balaskas and Mark D'Anna will be interviewed by Martin Perlich on KCSN (88.5 FM), "Arts and Roots Forum."

3/14/08: My website is up!!!!