2018
Non-Academic Events
Past Events
2018
Guest of Honor at Chessiecon 2017
Radisson North Baltimore Hotel
A delightful Baltimore-area science fiction & fantasy convention not far from my home town of Annapolis!
2017
Worldcon 75 in Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
I will be attending the 2017 Worldcon! I expect to have a “Sassafrass: Trickster & King” concert with Lauren Schiller, as well as panels.
2017
Reception Histories of the Future
Uppsala University, Sweden
Conference on Byzantinisms, Speculative Fiction, and the Literary Heritage of Medieval Empire, organized by the joint Paris-Uppsala Text and Narrative in Byzantium Collaborative Research Network
2017
Guest at Balticon
202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Always excited to return to my childhood home convention of Balticon, this time for writing panels and a Sassafrass concert!
2017
Guest of Honor at Penguicon
1500 Town Center Southfield, MI. 48075
Penguicon is an”Open Source” Science Fiction Convention full of amazing creators & copyright activists. Looking forward to discussing my project on the history of censorship and information control!
2017
Launch Event for “Seven Surrenders”
57th Street Books, Hyde Park, Chicago — 6:00 PM
A public launch celebration for “Seven Surrenders” featuring a dialog between myself and the excellent scholar/critic David M. Perry, hosted at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park, here in Chicago.
2017
Neighborhoods of the World Italian Festival
Navy Pier, Chicago — 12:00 to 2 PM
I will do a hands-on presentation on the history of printing at the Italy festival on Chicago’s Navy Pier, featuring real examples of antique books and manuscripts that you can touch […]
2017
Boskone 2017
Westin Waterfront Hotel, Boston
Boskone 2017 in Boston, including a half-hour “Sassafrass: Trickster & King” concert with Lauren Schiller, and panels including “Why Libraries are (Still) Important,” “Poetry and Performance,” “Words Have More Than […]
2017
Pandemonium Books Tor Author Event
Pandemonium Books, 4 Pleasant St, Cambridge, MA 02139 — 6 PM
Massive multi-author Tor event at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge MA, featuring myself, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, Max Gladstone, Charlie Stross, Fran Wilde, and Jo Walton. We’re going to play a group […]
2017
