#Book Events

[gollancz]

That's right baybeeee - ten years after it first launched, Gollanczfest is back and it's bigger than ever!

WHEN?

16th March 2024

Leonardo Royal Hotel, London

Tickets go on sale Friday 6th October at 10am UK time!

Early presale for tickets available exclusively to our newsletter subscribers

WHO?

Our headliner? Only VICTORIA AVEYARD

Other confirmed authors: Joe Abercrombie, Natasha Pulley, Garth Nix, Dhonielle Clayton, Joe Hill, Ben Aaronovitch, @joannechocolat, Aliette de Bodard, Sarah Hawley, @jonnywaistcoat, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson . . . and MANY more

Plus: YOU

PLUS

All tickets come with a goodie bag full of Gollancz goodies work at least £30

VIP tickets are available with access to the green room, priority tickets to panels, and additional goodies

FREE SFF quiz run by the greatest quizmasters (allegedly, this may be a title they've claimed themselves and I cannot verify) Joe Abercrombie and Garth Nix!

We'll be announcing panels soon, but this is going to be a fun, friendly and festive day, full of nerdery, excitement and probably a lot of harried looking Gollancz staff stuffing their faces with sandwiches and trying to find where distracted authors have wandered off to.

PARTY TIME

#Gollanczfest #Book Events #Victoria Aveyard #Joanne Harris #Jonathan Sims #Joe Abercrombie #Garth Nix #Natasha Pulley #Ben Aaronovitch #Joe Hill #Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson #Sarah Hawley #Dhonielle Clayton #Aliette de Bodard #UK Book Events #SFF Book Events

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Seen on bird walk today w/@bklynlibrary's Adams Street branch...a Great Black-backed Gull! Join me for another birdy event at Adams Street on Saturday, 8/26 @ 3PM—book talk & signing! Info/register: bit.ly/3DxxCi7

#birds #birding #urban birding #nuts_about_birds #birdstagram #patch birding #nature blogger #nyc nature #brooklyn #brooklyn bridge park #nyc #nature #find more birds #book events

[maureenjohnsonbooks]

HELLO TUMBLR. I HAVE COME BACK TO VISIT! I will be at @yallfest  this year and would love to SEE you!

#yallfest authorevents #writers on tumblr #author event #authors #books #book events #yall fest

[yvesdot]

QUEER INDIE-PUB BOOK TALK & Q&A!

Thursday, October 12th, 6:30-8:00 PM at the Santa Cruz Diversity Center

I am having a physical, in-person event in Santa Cruz for anyone interested in hearing about the queer self-/indie-publishing journey! I'll be talking about making queer-as-in-very-strange art, financing art as the deplorable "side hustle," and not losing your mind while publishing. Also, reading aloud from Something's Not Right! RSVP on Eventbrite!

If you're seeing this and you're not Californian, do me a favor—share this post to your network! Let's get this to the weird queer artists in the area. (And, hey, let me know if you'd like me to come to your town! We'll see what I can do ^__^)

#txt #important writing updates #writeblr events #book events #bookblr #writeblr #writblr #writeblr promo #events #writing events #something's not right #snr2 #I will literally bring cookies. Do you want cookies? Come to my event. #Oh and that is a real link I've typed out on the bottom. You should type it into your address bar and see where it goes. #Wink wink! ^__-

[whilereadingandwalking]

On October 4 at the Newberry Library, Lauren Groff (Fates and Furies) and Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers) came together for a conversation about craft. The event was part of the Writers on Writing series presented in partnership with StoryStudio Chicago.

Groff is currently on book tour for The Vaster Wilds, which she says is a historical fiction triptych made up of three books “singing in different registers about how we got where we are.” In 2019, she threw all three books into her editor’s lap and “ran away crying.” She wanted to “send three books across time, sort of skipping a stone,” all in their own ways examining women in religion and nature.

For both writers, each book is purposefully very different from the last. Makkai even feels that she has to almost detonate the last book with the new one, shift completely. Themes might emerge from their books, but it’s not something they actively push for—you tell a story, and the bigger vision will appear. Groff tries not to over-intellectualize her books for risk of “killing” them. As long as you “write into your urgencies,” she says, patterns will inevitably appear across your work.

Groff has a unique drafting process, which she attributes partially to her OCD and the need to work both with and around it. To break her perfectionism, she writes her drafts long-hand, straight through, no editing. She can’t read her own handwriting, so there’s little rereading: when she’s done, she puts that draft in a box, and starts over. What she remembers is what will be important—what she cuts provides a meaningful backbone to what she keeps. “By breaking, I’m building,” she says. Each draft builds on the last.

Makkai noted that Groff scatters omniscience throughout her books, using it in unexpected moments. “For me,” Groff explains, “omniscience is a way of disrupting the linear timeline.” If a protagonist lives step by step, an omniscient voice breaks through vertically, like spikes, shaking up the storyline, reminding the reader that the character is just one person in a big world. 

Omniscience isn’t a popular point-of-view these days, and Groff has a theory about why. “I’m attracted to omniscience always, and I actually think it’s because I was raised in a Godly family,” she says. People are afraid of God nowadays, and their secular distrust and faith in the individual experience lead them to believe that 1st person POV is the most stable, truthful one to use.

Makkai’s students nowadays are drawn to polyphonic, multi-person perspectives in their novels, incorporating more and more voices. She wonders if, to Groff’s point, as we as a society decide that only the individual can faithfully transmit their own experience, and we work to privilege more and more voices, if students are attracted to including as many voices as possible rather than shift into what they might feel is a more prescriptive 3rd person POV.

Sometimes, writing a book itself can be a religious experience. Every time Groff writes a novel, there’s a point when “the world is sort of shrinking into the book, and then, the book blooms outward”—and suddenly everything you see is part of the book. Makkai says that she knows her book is ready and good when she’s clearing her mind during yoga, letting all thoughts go, and what’s left is the book. 

#writing #writing advice #writing community #rebecca makkai #lauren groff #the vaster wilds #book events

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate the End of May by Meeting Us!!

The US is celebrating Memorial Day this weekend, and all around the northern hemisphere, we’re enjoying the warming weather and the end of a lovely May!

And what better way to enjoy the end of the month than getting your book on?

For only the second time ever, people involved with Duck Prints Press – the independent press founded by fandom folks to publish the original work of fancreators, with an emphasis on works featuring LGBTQIA+ characters – will be attending cons and book events to (officially and unofficially) share more information about the Press!

Interested in learning more by meeting folks involved with the Press? Well, if you’re going to either of these events this weekend, you can!

The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales, UK

Rachael L. Young, Press staff editor, will be attending The Hay Festival today, tomorrow, and Sunday! We have no official presence at the Festival, but you’ll know Rachael by her awesome Press swag, including several of our books, our pins, our bookmarks, and this amazing Dux tote bag she got custom printed! If you see her, stop by and say hi – and don’t forget to grab one of our business cards before you leave!

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Balticon, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Author Tris Lawrence is attending Balticon tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday, where she’ll be promoting her own work and her work with the Press, including participating in multiple panels and doing a reading from her novel Commit to the Kick. She’s also got several of our anthologies for you to take a look at, a pile of business cards, the last unsold print copies of the first print run of Commit to the Kick (we’ve got a reprint in the works, though…) and the debut of our first-ever entirely free Duck Prints Press zine, assembled by author and editor Alec J. Marsh!

Want to meet Tris? Here’s her panel schedule:

Sunday 11:30am – Spear Carriers and Background Characters

Sunday 2:30pm – Works I Wasn’t Ready to Write

Sunday 4:00pm – How to succeed as an ND (NeuroDiverse) creative

Sunday 5:30pm – Reading (with Elektra Hammond)

Monday 11:30am – Small press or self-publish?

If you’re going to either of these events, we really hope to meet you there!

Not able to attend either of these events? You’ll have other chances! We’re still fleshing out our 2023 convention schedule, but we know for sure we’ll have people – and tables! – at these events:

NordCon, Hamburg, Germany – June 2nd – 4th: Alessa Riel and possibly other German Press folks will be attending NordCon! We’ll have a table there, along with cards, stickers, and some other fun freebies.

FlameCon, New York City, New York, USA – August 12th – 13th: we might be attending FlameCon! We are on the waitlist for a small table, and if we’re able to get a table, we’ll be there with bells on (possibly literally). If not, we’ll skip this year, but we’re definitely going to try to make it next year!

FandomFest, Schenectady, New York, USA – August 26th – 27th: I (Nina Waters/unforth), Tris Lawrence, Catherine E. Green, Shea Sullivan, Willa Blythe, Nova Mason, and possibly other Press authors and contributors will be attending this convention, local to where the Press is based! We’ll have a vending table with merch and books for sale, and we’ll also be hosting a panel about transitioning from writing fanfiction to original fiction. We’ll post more about that, including scheduling, once the con organizers formally announce the schedule.

Albacon, Albany, New York, USA – September 8th – 10th: Tris Lawrence and I will be at Albacon in Albany, and we’ll be vending too! We don’t yet know about panels and readings, but we’re definitely looking to get involved. When the event is closer, we’ll absolutely be sharing more information.

We’re looking to expand our con attendance in the future, so be on the look out! And if you know a local con you think would suit us, do let us know!

What about y’all – attending any fun cons or book-related events this summer?

#duck prints press #balticon #hay festival #book events #cons #tris lawrence #rachael l. young #nordcon #flamecon #fandomfest #albacon

[dramyhsturgis]

Free Online Star Trek and Star Wars Book Events!

Everyone is welcome! I'm delighted to announce a weekend of free online events celebrating two anthologies from Vernon Press, Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, edited by Emily Strand and Yours Truly. We hope you'll join us!

Register for Sept. 9 event here.

Register for Sept. 10 event here.

See more about the books here.

#star trek #star wars #book events #online events #free events #star trek books #star wars books #sff #science fiction #science fiction studies #popular culture studies #film studies #fan studies #fandom studies

[exoticarmy127]

Hot from the press!

I haven’t actually gotten my hands on them yet as I don’t fly home for another week but my baby is currently keeping guard of them for me. 

If you haven’t heard already, you can come to the book launch on April 1, 2023 (SATURDAY), 3:00 PM at National Book Store Shangri-La Plaza and have them signed by yours truly. 

JOIN THE LAUNCH *Admission is FREE!

PRE-ORDERS are still ongoing! 

ORDER AT:

anvilpublishing.com 

Shopee PH

Lazada PH

For orders outside of the Philippines, email [email protected]

#Kaye Allen Books #CRAVE #Heavenly Sins Series #iReadAnvil #AnvilTeens #newbook #books #booklaunch #booksigning #booksph #bookstragram #events #book launch #book signing #romance #series #stories #author life #book events

[stlgeekgirl]

Stuff your Kindle Day is coming. For the Fall.

Stuff your Kindle Day: Fall Edition. #Books #Kindle #event

It’s Stuff your Kindle Day time again! For those, like me, who are new to this, Stuff your Kindle Day happens four times a year with the last two dates of this year being September 20th and December 27th. Most of them are romance, but they have other genres as well: fantasy, science fiction, westerns, mystery.  All free to browse.  There are so many titles, thousands.  And while these books…

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#book events #books #Free books #Mouse&039;s Musings #Stuff Your Kindle

[ano07]

#photography #nyc #photographer interviews #activist interviews #ACT UP photographer interviews #ACT UP #HIV and AIDS #black and white photography #author interviews #photography books #ACT UP activism #HIV inspired photography #AIDS inspired photography #Alina Oswald writing #writing about HIV #writing about AIDS #AIDS activism #HIV activism #blackandwhite #book events #photography book events #manhattan #tbt photographer interviews

[clarislam]

Recently, I had the amazing opportunity to be part of the Creative Academy for Writers' Summer Book Launch Party!

The event took place and was recorded on July 8th, 2023. I had the pleasure, along with four other authors, to discuss our most recent releases and also read excerpts from our books!

Thank you to the Creative Academy for Writers for having me as part of this event, and congrats to the other authors on their releases as well!

You can purchase a copy of my amateur sleuth murder mystery "Engagement To Die For" here: https://books2read.com/u/38Wn7V Find links to my main website, newsletter + other works here: https://clarislam.carrd.co

#creative academy for writers #writeblr #book events #events #claris speaks #Engagement To Die For #book reading #panel #reading #book launch #book launch party #summer book launch party #july 8th 2023 #author events #Youtube

[gollancz]

FREE ONLINE EVENT! Peter S. Beagle in conversation with Catherynne M. Valente, 6pm UK Time, Wednesday 15th November!

This fab online event is in collaboration with Glasgow Worldcon 2024, and we're so excited for it!

And it's COMPLETELY FREE!

#Peter S. Beagle #Book Events #Online Book Events #Catherynne M. Valente #Worldcon 2024 #Glasgow 2024

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Come say hi this Sunday at Brooklyn Women's Exchange from 2-4pm! And be sure to check out their beautiful selection of handmade and craft goods!

#birds #birding #urban birding #nuts_about_birds #birdstagram #patch birding #nature blogger #nyc nature #brooklyn #brooklyn bridge park #book events #book signing

[worstjourney]

Ponting (and me) at The Atkinson (no relation)

In the seaside town of Southport is a museum called The Atkinson. This has no connection to Surgeon Lieutenant E.L. Atkinson R.N., but does have a polar connection in that Frederick Hooper, Terra Nova steward, spent the latter years of his life in Southport, and left them his Antarctic stuff. It also happens to be the town where Herbert Ponting grew up, which is why they have a show on about him, featuring many spectacular reproductions of his famous polar photographs.

The show is on now, and runs to Saturday 2 September 2023. On 12 August, I will be giving a little presentation about the Terra Nova Expedition (contextualising Ponting’s photos) and talking a bit about how I went about making the graphic novel. There will also be books in the shop! So if you are Up North, and have wanted a book but were waiting until you could support a local heritage institution, now is your chance! Also come say hi; I am friendly, I promise.

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#southport #the atkinson #herbert ponting #photography #antarctic history #book events #the worst journey in the world

[the-dust-jacket]

Books of Wonder Pride Month events, part one! 

#kidlit #YA books #book events #Pride #Books of Wonder

[whilereadingandwalking]

When best friends Gottmik and Gigi Gorgeous get together, they “spiral.” They can’t help but brainstorm their next move. That creative energy resulted in The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression―Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond, a book about their experiences, Gottmik (aka Kade Gottlieb) as a trans man and Gigi Gorgeous as a trans woman.

“This book,” Gigi Gorgeous emphasizes, “is all about safety.” She and Gottmik are able to share their journeys and their cautionary tales, as well as basic information that’s difficult to find elsewhere about transitioning, surgery, and much more. The book is a refuge and a source for youth and for parents and other allies. It also features a long list of contributors, from Sasha Colby to ALOK to their own parents, which helps bring in a wide range of experiences. “It opened my brain up,” Gottmik admitted, reading some of the stories of other contributors.

The two authors hope that the book can help fight the flood of misinformation currently out there. They opened up about how hard it was to get their ID and gender markers changed—Gottmik said it took them six months to get a psychiatrist appointment to even start the process to get hormones. “My medical transition has saved my life,” Gottmik said, and while it isn’t necessary for all trans people to do, it’s important for allies and trans people to know the facts so they can transition safely and have the support they deserve. 

Gottmik, Gigi Gorgeous, and host Aurora Sexton encouraged allies, including ones within the queer community (which has plenty of transphobia) to educate themselves so that trans people can protect their own energy and not always be the ones forced to speak up in an increasingly dangerous world for gender non-conforming and trans people. After the Chicago Humanities Festival event, the two stars spent a generous amount of their time talking to and taking photos with attendees while signing books.

“We’re going to keep fighting,” Gottmik writes in the new book. “We’re going to keep normalizing the trans experience. So, everyone’s going to have to get into it or get lost.”

Photos 1 and 3 courtesy of DT Kindler.

#gottmik #gigi gorgeous #the t guide #queer books #queer nonfiction #trans resources #trans community #book events