Virtual Events and Appearances
Interviews, essays, booklists, and more!
Podcast
Panelist on “Fantasy Feasts” for 4th Street Fantasy’s special edition of panel-style podcasts (2020).
Interview
Exclusive Interview as Sirens Workshop Instructor (2020).
Essays
“Women Are Already Powerful: The Problem of Privileging Masculine Modes of Power in Fantasy” (Sirens, 2019).
- Video recording for Sirens 2020 available here.
“Making Society Uncomfortable: Why Monsters Matter” in Sirens: Collected Papers 2009–2011.
Selection of Recent Reviews
- Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (2019)
- The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi (2019)
- The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis (2017)
Selection of Book Lists
- Tea Princess Chronicles Read-Alikes (2022)
- Women in SFF Who Dream Big Dreams and Don’t Let Anyone Stop Them (2020)
- Fantasy Romance (2020)
- Six Contemporary Twists on Non-Western Myths (2019)
- World Guide to Non-Western Fantasy (2019)
- Six Secondary World Urban Fantasies (2015)
In Person Appearances
Here’s where you can meet me in person!
Includes regular and upcoming events.
Signing at Southcenter Barnes & Noble
Saturday, May 27, 2023, 1-3pm.
The Southcenter Barnes & Noble will be hosting me for my first ever in-person Tea Princess Chronicles book signing! This will be a pretty informal event, so if you’re in the neighborhood stop by to say hello. Barnes & Noble has ordered a LOT of copies for me to sign, so I’ll be there with my trusty dragon stamp and stickers! If you already have copies you’d like signed, feel free to bring them in.
4th Street Fantasy
June 16-18, 2023. (ETA: Likely attending remotely only.)
4th Street Fantasy is the best conference I know focused on craft and exploring the boundaries of fantasy storytelling in all its forms, always delving as far past 101-level as we can go. 2019 marked my second year working alongside Scott Lynch to develop and manage the programming for the conference, a single track of panels throughout the weekend designed to spark further conversation and consideration with a cohesive framework; starting in 2020 I have been in charge of coordinating programming, including both remote 4th Street adventures.
I can’t find any pictures of panels I’m actually ON, but here’s me in programming coordinator capacity launching a panel called The Choreography of Awe: Evoking Wonder in Prose Battle Scenes. You can listen on YouTube!
Workshop: Yeet the Patriarchy: How Fantasy Stories Can Undermine Systemic Oppression.
Sirens Conference
ETA: Due to health concerns, I’ve regrettably had to withdraw from Sirens 2021. I hope to see everyone and give a version of this talk in the future!
I was invited to be a workshop instructor at Sirens Conference, which is dedicated to celebrating the women, trans, and nonbinary people of fantasy literature. Sirens consistently demonstrates their commitment to uplifting diverse voices, and in addition to participating in programming there I contribute content and help with their bookstore that makes that focus praxis. In 2019 they published my essay “Women Are Already Powerful: The Problem of Privileging Masculine Modes of Power in Fantasy,” an analysis of the relationship of gender and power in fantasy and their wider role.
Miscellaneous
Sirens and 4th Street are my two most regular events, but I’m involved in the book and speculative fiction worlds in multiple ways. I’ve spent time as a book reviewer and more recently worked as an indie bookseller, where among wearing many other hats I put together and ran events like a panel on reclaiming history with a fantastic group of romance writers that got a write-up in the newspaper. Most recently, I moderated an event with Randall Munroe and Sarah Andersen at Powell’s!
Left to right: Lauren Dane, Olivia Waite, Somaiya Daud, Jasmine Silvera, A.J. Hackwith, and Casey Blair.