Events of interest to F&SF readers
Anne Petty will be a guest speaker at the 20th Annual Florida First Coast Writers' Festival in Jacksonville, FL, March 30-April 2, 2006. Her presentation topic is "Mythopoeic Fiction and Worldbuilding."
Mon 27 Mar 2006,
Susan Matthews (Warring States) signs at University Bookstore, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle WA, US, 7 p.m.
Eric Penz (Cryptid) signs at University Bookstore, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle WA, US, 7 p.m.
Tue 28 Mar 2006,
Eleanor Arnason (Ring of Swords) reads and signs at DreamHaven, 912 West Lake Street, Minneapolis MN, US, 6:30 p.m.
Kim Stanley Robinson reads at New College of California, 777 Valencia, San Francisco CA, US, 7 p.m. (debut of SF in SF, the Future of "the Future" reading series)
Robert Silverberg reads at New College of California, 777 Valencia, San Francisco CA, US, 7 p.m. (debut of SF in SF, the Future of "the Future" reading series)
Sat 1 Apr 2006,
Sherrilyn Kenyon (Unleash the Night) signs at Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank CA, US, 12 p.m.
Sun 2 Apr 2006,
Steve Berman, Holly Black, Ellen Datlow, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Frost, Delia Sherman group signing at Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, New York City NY, US, 1-3 p.m. (reading, discussion, signing, and overall celebration of the trade paperback release of The Faery Reel)
April 2, 2006 - signing for Twisted Cat Tales anthology at Dark Delicacies http://www.darkdel.com 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank CA, US, 2 p.m. Ryan Thomas, Pam Skochinski and Rosalind Barden will be signing. I've got a story in the anthology too, so I urge you to go buy a copy!
AD ASTRA 2006 (Mar 31-Apr 2 '06) Crowne Plaza Toronto Don Valley Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. GoHs: Terry Brooks, Peter David, Betsy Mitchell, David Warren, Kelley Armstrong. Memb: C$65. Info: Ad Astra, Box 7276, Station A, Toronto, ON, Canada M5W 1X9; (866) 563-5426; email: info@ad-astra.org; website: www.ad-astra.org/
ISTRACON (Mar 31-Apr 2 '06) Spomen dom, Pazin, Croatia. GoH: Brian W. Aldiss. Memb: Kuna 50.00 (Euro 7.00). Info: Gorana Rabar, ++385 98 942 62 88; email: info@istrakon.hr; website: www.istrakon.hr/
TECHNICON 23: CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (Mar 31-Apr 2 '06) Ramada Limited, Blacksburg VA. Special Guests: Holly Lisle, Diana Harlan Stein. Memb: $30 pre-reg., more at door. Info: Technicon 23, Box 256, Blacksburg VA 24063-0256; email: registration@technicon.org; website: www.technicon.org/tcon23/
WillyCon VIII (Mar 31-Apr 2 '06) Wayne State College, Wayne NE. Theme: Young Adult SF & Fantasy. GoH: Robert Reed. AGoH: John & Denise Garner. FGoHs: Townsend family. Memb: $20. Info: SF & F Club - WillyCon, c/o Ron Vick (or Stan Gardner), Wayne State College, 1111 Main St.,
Wayne NE 68787; Ron, (402) 375-7321; fax: (402) 375-7058; email: scifict@wsc.edu; website: www.willycon.com/
