Great news for those who missed my tour of the US a couple of months back: I’m going to be BACK in the US at the start of September! A brief trip this time, to appear at the National Book Festival in Washington, and to do an event with VE Schwab outside Philadelphia. Should you […]| Joe Abercrombie
I will be debating Andrew Wilson, live on stage, in Nashville, Tennessee, this November 16. Yes, that Andrew Wilson. I expect it will be a dumpster fire like it was with Sargon, and as experienced by Dillahunty last year with Wilson. But I’ll stick around. Because I only do this for real money now, as […] The post The Carrier-Wilson Debate in Nashville: Christianity Or Secular Humanism, Which Is Best for Society? appeared first on Richard Carrier Blogs.| Richard Carrier Blogs
The New Practice space at TU Berlin runs a series of talks called LOOPS. Together with my friend Malte I was invited to talk a bit about “Fascist AI”. How capitalism, fascism and AI narratives are very closely aligned and (re)produce one another. I enjoyed giving the talk (I rarely do those together with others) […]| Smashing Frames
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Baden-Württemberg hatte ich die Gelegenheit bei der Gulaschprogrammiernacht des Entropia e.V in Karlsruhe über Tech-Faschismus zu sprechen Ich befürchte, dass uns diese neue Spielart des Faschismus noch länger verfolgen wird, selbst wenn Figuren wie Trump oder die AfD, die den klassischen Faschismus heute prägen, irgendwann vielleicht wieder mehr in der […]| Smashing Frames
Ich bin nicht super gut darin, buchzuführen darüber, was ich so gemacht habe. Daher jetzt mit etwas Verzug ein paar Auftritte/Mitschnitte/Dinge, die ich in den letzten Wochen/Monaten so gemacht habe. University Future Festival Braunschweig Beim University Future Festival im Mai gab ich eine Keynotes zu “KI” und Hypes im Allgemeinen mit besonderem Fokus auf den […]| Smashing Frames
Well, well, well, my tour of the UK and US is completed, and it was quite an experience. Obviously I’ve done a lot of events in the UK before – I think I first toured with the Heroes back in the distant mists of 2011, but this was the first time since Covid I’d done […]| Joe Abercrombie
Thurs 5 June through Sunday 8 June I’m in Kansas City at the Nebula Awards Conference. I have a few things on my schedule, including a speech and my 90-minute Grandapalooza!| Nicola Griffith
This is an important one to me. My service was an eon ago but it still affects me to this day. And what’s happening now needs attention. See below for what I need. But here’s why… Hundreds of thousands of veterans (half of them disabled) are losing their jobs, including 86,000 jobs at the VA […]| Richard Carrier Blogs
We’re within a month of the Devils coming out, and in fact the dark and dangerous US hardcover from Tor just dropped through my door: Cover art by Will Staehle, with some beautiful internal illustrations by Joe Daniel Phillips classing up the joint: An update on events because there have been a few changes since […]| Joe Abercrombie
On March 23, 2025 I delivered a lecture for the Rising Tide Foundation “Breaking America: How Bioregionalism Seeks to Dismantle the Nation State.” This lecture explores bioregionalism as more than a fringe environmental idea—it is a weaponized ideology designed to fragment the United States from within. Under the guise of “local sustainability” and ecological harmony, […] The post Lecture: Breaking America—How Bioregionalism Seeks to Dismantle the Nation State appeared first on ...| Space Commune
Interview with Hrvoje Morić of Geopolitics & Empire: Fox Green discusses “bioregionalism” and apparent decentralized localist movements whose true hidden purpose is to dismantle the nation state, create feudal city-states, and pave way for the world state. Ecological, theosophic, and transhumanist movements underlie these currents. He comments on Mark Carney coming to power, the degrowth […]| Space Commune
While working on this project I’ve gotten an in-person tour of Ocean Rainforest’s pilot farm here in Southern California and read more than I can say about different farming methods and kelp life cycle stages in order to craft a big informational poster about the history of humans and kelp. Building on these experiences, plus some work I’ve done in the past for the Schmidt Ocean Institute and Mystic Seaport, I’ll be hosting an hour-long presentation on how cartoonists can help transla...| Lucy Bellwood
I’ve done a few conventions in the US, a couple of comic cons, even a smattering of bookshop appearances, but I’ve never before done anything approaching an actual proper book tour, so I’m delighted to announce that Tor US are bringing me across the pond in May for a full two weeks for the release of […]| Joe Abercrombie
Last month I curated a selection of nine games at the AGO, one of the largest art museums in North America. After the audience had a chance to play them, I went around to each game and explained th…| Jim Munroe
I’m proud to be the curator of the The Horror Short Reads Bundle, a terrific special book bundle deal available through Feb. 27. We live in a new golden age for horror fiction, spurred by surging readership and technological advances in publishing, and no form of narrative has benefited more from this renaissance than the horror novella. The notion that novellas prove the best vessels for horror has for decades been the conventional wisdom among connoisseurs. The incontrovertible evidence d...| Mythic Delirium Books
UK tour dates for the Devils have been announced today, starting on UK publication date on 6th May, and they look a little something like this: The London one is in conversation with Steven Pacey, which should be good value for I daresay you’ll get the despair not only of me talking nonsense but the […]| Joe Abercrombie
Last year was so much of a whirlwind (seven conferences and workshops, work on several research articles and white papers; preparing a science outreach comic book storyboard, a new anthology, an audio drama…) that I barely ever got to pause for a moment and report on it, and updating my website is long overdue. For now, here’s a taste of what’s coming in 2025.| Julie Nováková
Breaking the false binary of Back-to-the-land hippies vs Transhumanist Tech Bros| Space Commune
I was quite vain when I was younger due to a low self-esteem which led to a high level of insecurity. That insecurity made me feel ugly and that I was never enough, so I felt like I had to work harder just to meet the minimal standards required to exist. One of the ways...| Winnie Lim
Dear Friends, It's December 6! We're a week out from my birthday! I have scraps of letters I was writing in November that I haven't sent because that month managed to feel several months long and also vanish in an eye-blink. But since we're now less than three months out| Amal El-Mohtar
November 23, starting at 6 p.m. EST Register at Eventbrite for this free online celebration CROSSPOSTED FROM C.S.E. COONEY’S BLOG Dear friends of Speculative Fiction, Indie Presses, the Weird, the Wild, and the Wonderous, greetings! It is the 26th Anniversary of Mythic Delirium Books, a micropress run by Mike and Anita Allen, that specializes in speculative fiction and poetry, with a penchant for writing that’s challenging to classify. In the past, the imprint provided homes to Mythic De...| Mythic Delirium Books
Friends! I'm in New York City! I haven't been since 2019! Getting here was smooth and good and now these events are no longer speculative and I want to take this opportunity to tell you about them again! Wednesday, October 16, at 7PM: Ripped Bodice Event I'm so excited to| Amal El-Mohtar
Dear Friends, I'm in London, briefly, to do an event with Lindsay Ellis and to see Hadestown for the [mumble]th time, before heading up to Glasgow and Worldcon! So here's some information about that. Conversations Lindsay's a goddamn rockstar and the event was sold out before I could even| Amal El-Mohtar
First up, Colorado: Boulder, Fort Collins, Crested Butte, and Paonia. (later in August I’m also circling back to Durango). Then we branch out across the country: Portland, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC, Brooklyn, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. I’m also doing a few events in the UK in August around Worldcon. I’ll […]| Windupstories.com
Upcoming and past appearances by Ernest Hilbert| Ernest Hilbert
Chatting with Adam Gordon Bell on Corecursive—mostly TypeScript, but also a bit of Rust, type theory, and productivity!| v4.chriskrycho.com
The Centre for Social Justice, Global Labour Research Centre at York University, Socialist Project, York University Departments of Geography, Social Science, Political Science cohosted me for a book launch on December 1st at the Steelworkers Hall in Toronto. The talk was moderated by Mark Thomas of the Global Labour Research Center, with discussants Stephanie Ross, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University and Michal Rozworski, OCUFA, and blogs at Political Eh-conomy. The post Toronto, Ca...| Jane McAlevey
In early December, I headed to Canada to give a talk to thousands of teachers who are all members of the Elementary Teachers of Toronto, the biggest union of teachers in the Ontario Province. I’ve been working with this union for over a year on how to build a more high participation union. The post Keynote Speech to Thousands of Toronto (Canada) Teachers appeared first on Jane McAlevey.| Jane McAlevey
In August, I was in Canada twice to work with two different unions, each of whom was laser focused on how to end the regime of Canada’s seriously rightwing Prime Minister, Steven Harper. Though few imagine life will be easy for climate campaigners, working people and more under the new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, sending Harper and his party packing was a really good start to restoring Canada to, well, Canada. The post Go, Canada, Go! appeared first on Jane McAlevey.| Jane McAlevey
I gave one of several keynote speeches at Alberta, Canada’s premier progressive policy and research operation, called the Parkland Institute. I zero in on the different between mobilizing and organizing in this talk and discuss how we will only be able to build sufficient power to challenge the elites when we return to deep organizing. The post Keynote Speech, The Parkland Institute appeared first on Jane McAlevey.| Jane McAlevey
Siobhan is a terrific Irish activist and she did a great job asking me questions that relate to the current struggles in Ireland, including the growing anti-austerity movement, the great Irish water privatization protests, and more. The post An Interview with a leading activist in Ireland, Siobhan O’Donoghue, Trinity College appeared first on Jane McAlevey.| Jane McAlevey
This is a four part interview that was filmed in Toronto, Canada during late February, 2014. The interview was conducted in the local Steelworkers Hall and sponsored by the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly, a smart group of trade unionists who meet together in a class-based, community rooted assembly to develop a progressive labor movement, one that can overcome existing union stagnation. The post An Evening Discussion I Enjoyed with the Toronto Workers Assembly appeared first on Jane McAlevey.| Jane McAlevey
I said I had announcements, and I wasn’t kidding. I’m doing a bunch of public stuff this month, which is nice—not least because it gets me out of the house.| Velcro City Tourist Board
I’m doing what should be a very cool event with Patricia Limerick on Water in the West this September. The post Water in the West, Loveland, CO, Sept. 24, 2019. appeared first on Windupstories.com.| Windupstories.com
Wednesday, June 3: SALT LAKE CITY 7:00 p.m. — The King’s English, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105. Reading/talk, Q&A, and book signing. Thursday, June 4: PHOENIX 7:00 p.m. — Changing Hands Bookstore – Phoenix, 300 W. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85013. Reading/talk, Q&A, and book signing. Friday, June 5: PETALUMA 7:00 […] The post WATER KNIFE tour continues: Salt Lake, Phoenix, Petaluma, Berkeley, SF, San Diego, LA, Portland, Seattle appeared first on Windupstories.com.| Windupstories.com
As mentioned in January, my novel Failed State is a nominee for this year's Philip K. Dick Award. The awards ceremony will be at Norwescon again this year, but as suits our Dickian moment, it will be virtual, which means you can attend from wherever you happen to be (as long as you can jack| Christopher Brown
My new novel Failed State, the follow-on to last summer's Rule of Capture, will be published three weeks from today on August 11. As you might imagine, it's a challenging time to launch a book, with bookstores mostly closed, publishing staff and reviewers all working remotely, review copies and events all moving to exclusively digital| Christopher Brown
THE COLLECTED ENCHANTMENTS by Theodora Goss and LIKE SMOKE, LIKE LIGHT by Yukimi Ogawa have both made the latest LOCUS MAGAZINE Recommended Reading List, which doubles as the voting ballot for the Locus Awards!| Mythic Delirium Books
There are two stories I could tell you. One: I’m clinging to my roommate’s arm, trying to (re)learn how to walk in heels. Two: a friend sent me a pair of shoes. ***** One: I wore heels, once. I was in a choir, a choir that was a Really Big Deal, and the high school […]| Just Stimming…
If you’re in or near Manhattan tonight, I hope you’ll drop by to hear fiction by me and a few other excellent writers, in support of an excellent cause . . . Wednesday, October 2: 7:00-9:00 pm , 85 E. 4th St., Manhattan...| Sinister Regard
If you’re in or near Brooklyn tonight, I hope you’ll drop by to hear personal essays by me and some other excellent writers and storytellers . . . Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm , 603 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn At the “Back to School”...| Sinister Regard
New Yorkers! I’m participating in two events next week that I hope you’ll be able to come out and see: Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm , 603 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn At the “Back to School” edition of this new...| Sinister Regard
Bill will be one of more than half a dozen artists appearing at the upcoming edition of the Lyrics, Lit & Liquor perfomance series, at 2A Bar in Manhattan's East Village. He will read an excerpt from a new...| Sinister Regard
I'll be one of more than 150 scheduled performers at the , which takes place on January 1, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Greenwich Village. This year's theme is "Before the...| Sinister Regard
Chicon 2022, this year’s Worldcon, starts in a few days! I’m attending a few online panels of the hybrid-run convention – here’s my schedule. We’ll be talking planetary science (ever wondered about those single-biome planets?) and translations (not only) to and from Polish (if you wondered – no, I don’t speak Polish, but a few...| Julie Nováková
After more than two years of online-only talks, I’m back in live programming, starting with moderating the session “To Mars and Beyond” at ESOF2022 on July 14, at 2.15 p.m., in Leiden, Netherlands. Together with astrobiologist Barbara Cavalazzi, planetary geologist Angelo Pio Rossi and ESA’s Senior Strategy Officer Stefaan de Mey, we’ll discuss the future...| Julie Nováková
It’s high time I shared Ye Olde Annual Award Eligibility Post, both for the books and stories produced by Mythic Delirium Books and for the short stories I had published during 2023.| Mythic Delirium Books
THE COLLECTED ENCHANTMENTS by Theodora Goss is now available wherever books are sold. Join us, Theodora, and C. S. E. Cooney for a big Mythic Delirium 25th anniversary gathering in Boskone.| Mythic Delirium Books
If you’re in or near Manhattan tonight, I hope you’ll drop by KGB Bar to hear fiction by me and a few other excellent writers, in support of an excellent cause . . . Wednesday, October 2: 7:00-9:00 pm. Liars’ League NYC presents Accident & Emergency. KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St., Manhattan. At this long-running series, original short stories are read by professional actors. My new...| William Shunn
If you’re in or near Brooklyn tonight, I hope you’ll drop by Branded Saloon to hear personal essays by me and some other excellent writers and storytellers . . . Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm. Write This Down: A Creative Nonfiction Reading Series. Branded Saloon, 603 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn. At the “Back to School” edition of this new nonfiction series, I’ll be reading “Words and Phrases You...| William Shunn
New Yorkers! I’m participating in two events next week that I hope you’ll be able to come out and see: Monday, September 30: 7:30-10:30 pm. Write This Down: A Creative Nonfiction Reading Series. Branded Saloon, 603 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn. At the “Back to School” edition of this new nonfiction series, I’ll be reading “Words and Phrases You Must Never Use in Utah,” a personal...| William Shunn
Bill will be one of more than half a dozen artists appearing at the upcoming edition of the Lyrics, Lit & Liquor perfomance series, at 2A Bar in Manhattan's East Village. He will read an excerpt from a new short story, "This One's Easy." Also appearing are Colin Dodds, Stacy LeVine, Christie Grotheim, Ron Kolm, Cassandra Nemzer, and Becca Bernard & Ian Goldstein. Admission...| William Shunn
I'll be one of more than 150 scheduled performers at the 25th Annual Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza, which takes place on January 1, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Greenwich Village. This year's theme is "Before the Dawn." (Note: My 3-minute slot on the program will take place at some point between 7 and...| William Shunn
