#author event

[brandyschillace]

We approach the launch of my book!

If you are local to Cleveland—Launch is Feb 15!

#book launch #book signing #books #book event #author event #autistic protagonist #autistic feels #autistic author #british mystery #mystery #mystery novel #cozy mystery #cleveland #Instagram

[yvesdot]

FREE IN-PERSON READING & SIGNING!

Come catch me at Bookshop Santa Cruz for a reading, signing, and Q&A on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM! I'll be talking about monsters, queer Judaism, and the weird journey I took to get to this anniversary edition of my debut short story collection. We'll have print copies of both Something's Not Right and Exhaustively as well as a real smorgasbord of transsexual stickers and some free bookmarks to boot! RSVP and please SHARE THIS POST with anyone you know in the area who might be interested in turning out for queer Jewish monsters. Bonus: the event page features a truly choice Lemony-Snicket-goes-transsexual author photo. Go ahead and check it out.

#writeblr #writeblr event #author event #authors on tumblr #lgbt books #book tour #bookshop santa cruz #book event #writeblr community #important writing updates #txt #snr2 #something's not right #events #If you were at the Diversity Center event I'll be reading some different things! #Also feel free to ask me any questions about the event obviously. Happy to help with details.

[scarlettgauthor]

See me! Buy stickers!

FYI FOR SEATTLEITES: I will be at the Sugarwall Gallery THIS FRIDAY selling and signing books at TEASE: a playful erotic art show.

I will also be selling some fresh sticker designs, as well as a few reprints of my old burlesque designs. This is my very first in-person author event, and I'm really excited about it!

Hope to see you there!

#seattle #romancelandia #books #my writing #author event #come meet me!

[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

[nthngtoseehere-blog]

In line to get books signed by Martha Wells and Ann Leckie. Ann Leckie MC'd a talk with Martha Wells and they were both an absolute delight!

#martha wells #ann leckie #witch king #author event #murderbot #imperial radch #translation state

[leannareneehieber]

Darlings! I'm heading into an event every upcoming weekend! (And 3 book deadlines! EEK!) SO, that means I'll be scarce here BUT you can come find me at any of the following places in Chicago, Ohio or Vermont this month!

Chicago Steampunk Exposition - April 12-14 - I'm so thrilled to be a featured guest! Theme: VAMPIRES!! Come hear me talk about all things Gothic and Stoker-inspired! Books available for sale and signing! More info here.

Ohioana Book Festival - Columbus Library - Main Branch - April 20th, I'm so excited to be on the HORROR panel! Books available for sale and signing! FREE to attend! More info here.

Vermont Sci-Fi & Fantasy Expo! - Champlain Valley Expo Center - April 27th & 28th! I'll be discussing the importance of ghost stories and the importance of women writers in genre fiction! More info here.

Further upcoming: If you go to Key City Steampunk in Gettysburg or DragonCon in Atlanta, I'll also be a featured guest again this year at both events!

Hope to see you there! Happy Haunting! BOOP!

*pause*

SUPER BOOP!

#gaslampfantasy #gothic #victorian #goth #con life #convention #scififantasy #sff #sff books #ghost stories #ghost story #paranormal #gothic horror #haunted house #scary stories #author event #book festival #steampunk #alternate history #retro futurism #horror #women writers #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity

[tealin]

Did you miss my livestream interview with Ink@84 Books and wish you hadn't? Fear not, you can still catch it on demand! For a limited time a ticket purchase (£5, worldwide) will get you access to the recording, which you can watch any darn time you please. I talk about making Worst Journey Vol.1 (including parts of the process you haven't seen elsewhere) and there's a generous Q&A section at the end. People have told me they like it -- maybe you will too!

#video #livestream #book event #the worst journey in the world #author event #indie bookshop #indie books #graphic novel #process #book chat #london #bookshop #interview #tealin #sarah airriess #on demand video #premium content #polar history #comic books #graphic novels #history comic #antarctic history #heroic age of polar exploration #antarctica #scott expedition #terra nova #cold boys

[suzannahnatters]

HEY GUYS I'M COMING TO THE US LET'S MEET UP ~ Book Signing Event!!! ~ WHERE: Barnes & Noble Polaris in Columbus, Ohio WHEN: June 11th from 2-5 PM WITH: RJ Anderson, W.R. Gingell, Rosamund Hodge, and Joanna Ruth Meyer!

Let me just rave about my chums for a minute - - R.J. Anderson, who writes wonderful, old-school YA fantasy about fairies and faith! (Try KNIFE, I couldn't put it down)

- W.R. Gingell, author of beloved Aussie urban fantasy series THE CITY BETWEEN (my fave is BETWEEN WALLS but you have to read the whole thing)

- Rosamund Hodge, author of dark and bittersweet parables of sin, redemption, and stabbing things (if you haven't read CRIMSON BOUND what are you even doing with yourself)

- Joanna Ruth Meyer, author of heartfelt and evocative YA fantasies (INTO THE HEARTLESS WOOD is the cottagecore tree siren story you never knew you needed).

- And ME, your favourite author of ridiculously over-researched historical fantasy!

(- Also possibly a sixth MYSTERY AUTHOR watch this space)

IF you want to purchase books, you can snag a copy of DARK CLOUDS on the day, or if there's a specific title you want, be sure to call B&N Polaris at [phone] and ask them to order it in for you.

11 June! Please come! Bring any books you want signed! It will be SO thrilling to meet you!

#rj anderson #rosamund hodge #suzannah rowntree #w.r. gingell #joanna ruth meyer #into the heartless wood #cruel beauty #crimson bound #the city between #watchers of outremer #miss sharp's monsters #miss dark's apparitions #echo north #wind daughter #faery rebels #flight and flame trilogy #ya fantasy #ya fiction #author event #book signing

[elizmanderson]

hey hey, I'm part of a virtual reading next Thursday, 21 March 2024! join us at 7:00p.m. EST for a quick round of SFFH readings by six different authors, plus a chance to win free books or merch from some of them.

(not me, bc I've got giveaways coming up in April for Edna's first anniversary, plus a goodreads giveaway running this month)

v excited for this one bc I'll be reading from one of my shorts instead of Edna! I do love her, but sometimes it's like "but. my shorts :(" bc I love those too!

the event is free, but registration through Eventbrite is required! scan the QR code in the post, or click here: https://tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

#books and reading #author event #authors #fantasy books #sci fi books #sci fi and fantasy #horror books #book reading

[wrongpublishing]

Author reading + open mic: Briar Ripley Page (16/09/23)

Also featuring:

Sera Miles

Alexandrine Ogundimu

Buy a copy of Traveler's Tales from Wrong Publishing:

#reading #author reading #author event #poetry reading #specfic #book reading #virtual reading #open mic #indie lit #small press #sci fi

[mercerislandbooks]

With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei: A Conversation with Justina Chen

Island Books is delighted to host our longtime friend and author, Justina Chen, for the release of her brand-new middle grade novel, With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei, on Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30pm. Not only is this inspirational and heartfelt book set in Seattle, but it's also filled with characters that bring home the issues of our times.

I loved this book from start to finish. Dessie Mei has always known she's adopted from China. When her family has to move to Seattle to help a grandparent with memory issues transition into assisted living, she is uprooted in the middle of the school year to a new school. Hopeful that making a new friend in 6th grade won't be too hard, imagine Dessie Mei's surprise when she walks into her first classroom and finds a girl who looks EXACTLY like her. Donna is also adopted, and the two form an immediate bond. They look so much alike that they can't help but wonder... are they twins?

With that intriguing start I was completely hooked, and I’m so glad Justina Chen was able to take the time to sit down with me and talk about her wonderful new book!

Lori: Welcome Justina! I absolutely loved With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei. Can you tell us about the inspiration for your book?

Justina: My beloved Mama—who we lost a few months ago—was such a beautiful force of community. I saw that in the way she embraced my two stepdaughters who were adopted from China into a white family. She scooped them to her heart. So when one of my dear friends told me in close conversation that she and her daughter—both adopted, one from Korea, the other from China—had never felt welcome in the Asian American community, well, that was a dagger in my heart. With the rise of anti-Asian violence, the need to write this story became urgent. We’ve become so good at calling people out at a time when we must be exceptional at calling people into community. That’s the heart of this book. I hope that every reader who picks up With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei knows with utter conviction at the Mama-level that: YOU BELONG.

L: I love that, “calling people into community.” I really saw that as I read. You are delving into quite a few challenging topics. What was the hardest part to write?

J: I knew I was handling the most sensitive material in my entire writing career: adoption and adoptees. So I listened intently to the people I love most in the world who are adopted. I found a counselor who’s adopted and who works with a number of adolescent adoptees. She gave me an incredible reading list, and from there, I dove into abandonment and belonging, complex PTSD and attachment theory, identity-formation and community-building. It was important to me that adoptees were represented in my entire team: my agenting team to my editorial team, including my authenticity reader.

L: As a reader, it was so rich to see the contrast between Dessie Mei and Donna’s adoptions, in a way that made clear everyone has a unique experience; there’s no one “right” way. So, what was the easiest part to write?

J: The story itself came to me in a flash: I knew the emotional throughline. I heard the characters and I saw the plot so clearly, I wrote the first draft in an eight-day fever dream. Aside from North of Beautiful, words have never poured out of me that fast. So fast, my fingers could barely keep up with the paragraphs that were falling out of me fully formed. Of course, the second draft took a good year to write. In that draft, I had to make sure that every word was nuanced, every sentence finessed, every idea stood on solid research. L: The care you took with your polishing really shows. I loved that you said in your author’s note that this was the book you wrote for your 10-year old self — I've read your YA and wonder if you could talk about the difference in voice between writing YA and writing Middle Grade?

J: Such a good question! In my mind, the YA voice can be snarky, but the MG voice is sassy. There is a delightful indomitability in that middle grade voice that I relish—and as a grown woman who is still growing, I strive to recapture and live that middle grade spirit. L: That is a good distinction! I can see that in Dessie Mei: she really has a willingness to try to find a way, no matter the circumstances. The title of your book is so distinct, can you share how you came to it and the meaning of "with twice the love"?

J: It took forever and a day to come up with the title, and that phrase represents so much. The long-lost twins. The love of all their different families. The expansiveness of love itself. And of course, for Dessie, it is the perfect sign-off to an important and brave open letter she writes.

Thank you so much Justina!

Join us on Tuesday May 7th at 6:30pm to see Justina Chen in conversation with Shari Leid and celebrate the publication of With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei!

— Lori

#island books #lori robinson #Justina chen #With twice the Love Dessie mei #Author event #middle grade reads

[brandyschillace]

Is the Book launch Dead? If so… Now What?

So back in 2021, full lockdown, I released a nonfiction with Simon&Schuster (it’s here if you like history of science).

It was covid. But it’s more than covid; unless you are a REALLY big name, you aren’t getting a book tour. Instead, you might do some virtual events. I did. And I realized how incredibly boring most author events can be for the audience. A talking head. No interaction. That’s what used to happen at the book signing desk. For most authors and readers, those days are gone. But I *wanted* to interact… I missed book clubs and chatting around signing tables.

So I developed a twice monthly YouTube show that’s a bit like the muppet show meets Addams family meets book club. Claymation, custom book cocktails, skits, live music, and an actual book club chat with both the authors (!) and members (who actually read the books). I called it the PECULIAR BOOK CLUB.

It’s been slow growing, but we have 10k FB followers, 2500 free group members, and a committed set of about 75 people who religiously follow and support the show through paid membership. Oh. And we also have a podcast that turns all video content into audio AS WELL AS offering book launch shows and our ‘peculiar at the movies’ series.

Here are our links of note. Subscribing to the newsletter is how you receive show links.

Website:

Instagram:

Newsletter:

YouTube:

Podcast:

Member levels:

FB page:

FB Group:

#booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book club #books #reading #authors #author event #livestream #music #cocktails #comedy sketch #youtube #writers on tumblr

[worstjourney]

Book Events this Spring

Buds are swelling, birds are singing, and book events are popping up like daffodils … Here are some upcoming dates if you find yourself on this side of the Atlantic:

NOW to 23 March – Exhibition of ‘making of’ artwork at Jam Bookshop, 21a Hackney Rd, London A lot of the artwork from my show at The Polar Museum last summer, presented in a wonderful artisan bookshop specialising in carefully curated fiction and comics.

Wednesday, 8 March – Livestream event with Ink@84 Books 20:00 GMT/15:00 EST/12:00 PST/09:00 NZDT (9 March) Accessible globally, just sign up via the website linked above and tune in. If you can’t make it live, then sign up anyway and you’ll get access to the recording. Interview with the artist (sadly the author cannot attend) demonstration of what goes into making a graphic novel, and Q&A.

Thursday, 23 March – Signing at Jam Bookshop, 18:00 GMT, 21a Hackney Rd, London I will be there! In person! To sign your book! You are welcome to bring a pre-loved copy, but if you haven’t bought one already, please support Jam and buy one there.

Saturday, 13 May – Lecture and Drawing Workshop at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich I will give a rundown of the Terra Nova Expedition and the making of the graphic novel, followed by a workshop in which we learn to do observational sketches like an old-fashioned explorer.

And of course, if you're wondering where to acquire a copy of Vol.1 for your very own, no matter where you are, there is a constantly updating list of vendors on worstjourney.com.

#book event #the worst journey in the world #terra nova #author event #graphic novel #comics #history comics #london events #spring 2023 #signing

[rasheednewsonauthor]

Mark your calendar: I will be UNDERDOG BOOKSTORE on Sunday, June 4 at 3pm, signing copies of my novel and talking with LGBTQ+ lawyer Thomas Murtland for the best titled panel of all-time: “Book Bans, Legal Attacks on LGBTQ+ Rights, and Other Proof My Government Means Means to Kill Me.”

#mygovernmentmeanstokillme #gay books #lgbtq books #queer books #booksbooksbooks #book event #indie bookstore #underdog books #author event #pride month

[stardustandrockets]

Have you attended an author event or book festival?

At the beginning of the month, I attended my first ever book festival! It was a little overwhelming because there was so much going on at once, but for a one-day event, it was fun! The @nttbfest is held in Irving, TX yearly and I'm so glad I live close enough to go.

I made the tragic mistake of leaving A Little Bit Country by @bdkennedybooks and As You Walk on By by @wintersjulian in the car so I didn't get them personally signed, but I did attend their queer books panel that morning. It was such an insightful (and emotional) discussion about being queer, writing queer books, and living in a world that's not always kind to queer people.

I found some new-to-me authors, books I didn't realize where by certain authors, picked up a few arcs, and I got to meet one of my favorites, @maureenjohnsonbooks. It was such a delight to meet someone I've been a fan of for roughly 13 years or so (back in the early YouTube days of the VlogBrothers). I had the loveliest conversation with her about my cat themed booksleeve, my shiny earrings, and the fact that she finally made it to Texas after a long delay in NYC because of a broken plane.

If you have any events like this in your area, I highly suggest going! It may have been more geared towards teens and middle grade readers, but as a bookish person it was a blast! Looking forward to 2024!

#truly devious #the vanishing stair #the hand on the wall #the box in the woods #nine liars #maureen johnson #north texas teen book festival #nttb fest #nttbf #book festival #author event #book signing #preorder incentive #stardustandrockets #backlog from march #march 24

[jandkwriting]

Our first ever joint book signing is this weekend! I’m sure we have people interested in our book across the globe, so here’s a activity you can do in the comfort of your own home if you can’t make it in person. A poetry prompt!

To become an accredited bard, Kilahym composed an original piece during his final year at the Bard Academy. A favorite form of his is the ballad ( a poem that tells a story off from a four line stanzas and rhyming example ABCB scheme) craft your own ballad and share the result! Feel free to tag us. 

#sciencefantasy #totibook #trialsoftheinnermost #epicfantasy #lgbtqbooks #2023debuts #adult fantasy #poetry prompts #writerblr #writer blog #poetry #ballad #bard #poets #book signing #author event #author #writing community