Author Readings and Signings: October-December 2010

Here are the appearances we know about for the final three months of 2010. We’ll add in new ones as we hear of them. For future events, see other files in our Readings & Signings section.
Authors, artists, bookstores, publishers: if you have appearances planned that we don’t know about, drop us a line (use the “Contact Us” link at the top of this page), and we’ll add them to our list.


1 October, various times: J.K. Rowling will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show in “a wide-ranging interview that took place in Edinburgh, Scotland.”
2 October, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Brian Froud signing the Deluxe Collector’s Edition of Faeries.
2 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Lee Carroll (actually the husband and wife team of Carol Goodman and Lee Slonimsky) signing Black Swan Rising.
5 October, 6:30PM EDT: The New York Review of Science Fiction reading series at The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (138 Sullivan St, New York, NY; 800-420-5590; sohogallerynyc.com) presents readings on the first Tuesday of each month. This reading is guest curated by Rose Fox, and will feature Seanan McGuire and Catherynne M. Valente. Most readings are taped for broadcast on Jim Freund’s “Hour of the Wolf” radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM. Updates at www.hourwolf.com/nyrsf.
5 October, 7PM PDT: Barnes & Noble Huntington Beach (7881 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
6 October, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts film director Guillermo del Toro signing his novel The Fall. – Canceled.
6 October, 8PM EDT: McNally Jackson Books (52 Prince St, New York, NY 10012; 212-274-1160) hosts John Joseph Adams, Bob Fingerman, David Barr Kirtley, Matt London, and David Wellington signing The Living Dead 2.
7 October, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts three YA fantasy authors reading and signing their works: Cinda Williams Chima will read from The Exiled Queen; Yvonne Woon will read from Dead Beautiful; and Sarah Beth Durst will read from Enchanted Ivy.
7 October, 7PM EDT: Barnes & Noble Union Square (33 E 17 St, New York, NY 10003; 212-253-0810) hosts Jessica Abel, Neil Gaiman, Matt Madden, and Bryan Lee O’Malley signing Best American Comics 2010.
9 October, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts William Gibson signing Zero History.
9 October, 12N EDT: The Garden State Horror Writers, meeting at the East Brunswick Library (12 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816; 732-276-7531; gshw.net) hosts Ellen Datlow speaking on how to “Impress an Editor”.
9 October: Word Brooklyn (Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
10 October, 5PM EDT: The Cell Theatre (338 W 23 St, New York, NY; 212-989-7434; thecelltheatre.org) hosts an evening of ghosts, vampires, augmented assassins, and something nasty in the subways, for an admission donation of $5. Readers include E.F. Watkins reading from One Blood; Jeff Somers reading from The Terminal State; Jeff Cohen reading from Night of the Living Dead; and Ameer Youssef reading from Kronman.
10 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts writer/director Brian Corder and cast members Gigi Bannister, Reggie Bannister, John Corder, Denise Gossett, Doug Jones, David Markham, Mighty Mike Murga, and Chris Staviski signing the DVD Carnies.
11 October, 7PM EDT: Borders Ann Arbor (3140 Lohr Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
12 October, 7PM EDT: Schuler Books & Music (2820 Towne Center Blvd, Lansing, MI 48912) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
12 October, 7PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts director/producer Kevin Tenney, FX makeup artist Gabe Bartalos, and cast members Joshua Benton, Andy Forrest, Sarah Grant-Brendecke, Tess McVicker, Michelle Tomlinson, and Jim Wynorski signing the DVD Brain Dead.
13 October, 5PM CDT: Uncle Hugo’s (2864 Chicago Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
14 October, 7PM PDT: Powell’s Cedar Hills Crossing (3415 W Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
15 October, 7PM PDT: University Bookstore (4326 University Way, Seattle WA 98105) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
16 October, 12N PDT: Fort Lewis AAFES Exchange (Building 5280, Ft Lewis, WA) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
16 October, 1PM PDT: Borderlands (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Dan Wells reading and signing Mr. Monster.
16 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts editor John Skipp, and authors Scott Bradley, Peter Giglio, Cody Goodfellow, Brad C. Hodson, Zak Jarvis, Christopher Kampe, R.C. Matheson, David J. Schow, and Eric Shapiro signing Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within; editor John Joseph Adams and authors Steve Barnes, Amelia Beamer, Max Brooks< Tananarive Due, David J. Schow, and John Skipp & Cory Goodfellow signing The Living Dead 2; and Francesca Lia Block and Gina McQueen signing Hungry for Your Love: An Anthology of Zombie Romance.
16 October, 4PM PDT: Borderlands (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Cherie Priest reading and signing Dreadnought.
16 October, 7PM PDT: SF in SF (582 Market St, San Francisco, CA; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Karen Joy Fowler and Claude Lalumiere.
17 October, 1PM PDT: Borderlands (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Ken Scholes reading and signing Antiphon.
17 October, 2PM PDT: Mysterious Galaxy (7051 Claremont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
17 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Karen Essex signing Dracula in Love; Harry Shannon signing A Host of Shadows; Dan Wells signing Mr. Monster; and F. Paul Wilson signing Fatal Error.
17 October, 3PM PDT: Borderlands (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts David Weber reading and signing Out of the Dark.
19 October, 7PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Robert Gaulluzzo, Tom Holland, Anthony Masi, Jermaine Stegall< Mick Garris, Chris Hendrie, Lee Garlington, Cynthia Garris, Juliette Cummins, Jon Maus, and Rolfe Kanefsky signing the DVD The Psycho Legacy; Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson signing the DVD Night of the Demons; and Rolfe Kanefsky signing the DVD There’s Nothing Out There.
20 October, 7PM EDT: KGB Fantastic Fiction Series, presented by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel (KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St, New York, NY; www.kgbfantasticfiction.org) hosts a reading by Paul Witcover and Adam Golaski.
21 October, 7PM EDT: Strand Books (828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003; 212-473-1452; www.strandbooks.com) hosts a release party for Charles Burns‘s X’ed Out.
22 October, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Gerald Scarfe signing The Making Of Pink Floyd: The Wall.
22 October, 7:30PM EDT: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s Philadelphia Fantastic reading series (The Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th St, Philadelphia PA) is hosting its monthly reading followed, as always, by a pay-as-you-go dinner. This month will feature Steve Alten reading from Grim Reaper: End of Days.
22 October, 7:30PM EDT: Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY; abookstoreinbrooklyn.blogspot.com) hosts a release party for Charles Burns‘s X’ed Out.
23 October, 4PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Simon Pegg signing his autobiography Nerd Do Well.
23 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts director Tony Elwood, producer Paul Barrett, and Joelle Carter and Nick Searcy signing the DVD Cold Storage. Also, director Kevin Tenney, and Gabe Bartalos, Joshua Benson, Michelle Tomlinson, Andy Forrest, Tess McVicker, and Sarah Grant-Brendecke signing the DVD Brain Dead.
23 October, 3PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Professor Laurence A. Rickels reading and signing I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick.
23 October, 5PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Shaenon Garrity and Jeffrey C. Wells signing Skin Horse Vol. 2.
23 October, 7PM PDT: SF in SF (582 Market St, San Francisco, CA; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts a free Halloween reading by Ray Garton, Rain Graves, John Shirley, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, followed by a screening of The Changeling.
23 October, 8PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts an art show with special effects artist Tim Gore with his life-like body parts art and artist Tony Gleeson with his Dinos & Dragons portfolio.
24 October, 1PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer reading and signing The Odious Ogre.
24 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts composers signing their CDs, including Michael Giacchino signing Let Me In, Lost: The Final Season, and Fringe; Chris Tilton signing Let Me In and Fringe; John Frizzell signing Alien Resurrection, Legion, and Office Space; Bear McCreary signing Human Target; Frederik Wiedmann signing Mirrors 2; and Christopher Drake signing Wonder Woman, Batman: Gotham Knights, and DC 75th Anniversary.
24 October, 3PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
24 October, 7PM EDT: The Jalopy Theater (315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY; 718-395-3214; jalopy.biz) hosts a reading by Jack Ketchum, accompanied by “live illustrations by Natalie Ascencios, Drew Dernavich, and Matthew Diffee; with music by Kris Gruen, Jacob Tilove, Rick Snell, Bridget Kearney, and The Bowmans.” Tickets are $10 each.
26 October, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Melissa de la Cruz signing Misguided Angel; Anna Godbersen signing Bright Young Things; Natalie Standiford signing Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters; and Suzanne Weyn signing Empty.
26 October, 6:30PM EDT: The New York Review of Science Fiction reading series at The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (138 Sullivan St, New York, NY; 800-420-5590; sohogallerynyc.com) presents a special Hallowe’en presentation: “Beyond Blacula: African-American Writers in the New Vampire Literature”, guest-curated by Terence Taylor and Sheree Renee Thomas, featuring readings by Linda Addison, L.A. Banks, Alaya Johnson, Terence Taylor. Most readings are taped for broadcast on Jim Freund’s “Hour of the Wolf” radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM. Updates at www.hourwolf.com/nyrsf.
27 October, 5PM PDT: Golden Apple Comics (7018 Melrose Ave, Hollywood, CA; 323-658-6047) hosts a signing for the release of Radical Publishing’s new horror comic Abattoir, with Darren Lynn Bousman, Rob Levin, and Troy Peteri.
27 October, 7PM PDT: Green Apple Books (506 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
27 October, 7PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts writer Sam Park, publisher Kerry Gammill, and illustrators James Farr, Chris Morena, Rafael Navarro< Charlie Largent, and Bela Lugosi, Jr. signing Bela Lugosi’s Tales from the Grave; and William Lebeda signing Memento Mori.
28 October, 6:30PM EDT: The New York Review of Science Fiction reading series at The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (138 Sullivan St, New York, NY; 800-420-5590; sohogallerynyc.com) presents readings on the first Tuesday of each month. This special reading, “Beyond Blacula”, will be guest curated by Terence Taylor & Sheree Renee Thomas, and feature Linda Addison, L.A. Banks, Alaya Dawn Johnson, and Terence Taylor. Most readings are taped for broadcast on Jim Freund’s “Hour of the Wolf” radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM. Updates at www.hourwolf.com/nyrsf.
28 October, 7PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts a signing for the release of Radical Publishing’s new horror comic Abattoir, with Darren Lynn Bousman, Rob Levin, and Troy Peteri. At the same time, writer/director John Fasano, Frank Dietz, and Andy Clement will be signing the DVD Zombie Nightmare; and John Roebuck and Dan Roebuck will sign the DVD Woke Up Dead.
29 October, 6PM EDT: Jefferson Market Library (425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011; 212-243-4334; www.nypl.org/locations/tid/39/node/93590?lref=39%252Fcalendar) hosts a “Ghosts & Graves Halloween Party” with Michelle Zink and Jessica Verday.
29 October, 6PM EDT: The Princeton Club (15 West 43 St, New York, NY; 212-596-1261) hosts Carrie Ryan reading from The Dark and Hollow Places. Admission is free, but RSVP is required, to events [at] princetonclub [dot] com.
29 October, 7PM PDT: Books Inc (301 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041) hosts Richard Kadrey reading and signing Kill the Dead.
30 October, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Karen Miller signing The Reluctant Mage.
30 October, 3PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Richard Thieme, reading and signing Mind Games.
31 October, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Bill Plympton speaking, signing, and giving away Idiots and Angels posters.
2 November, 5PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts JOnathan Stroud launching The Ring of Solomon.
6 November, 12N EDT: The Garden State Horror Writers, meeting at the East Brunswick Library (12 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816; 732-276-7531; gshw.net) hosts W.H. Horner speaking on “Surviving the Revision Process”.
6 November, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Richard Kadrey signing Kill the Dead, and Sue Ann Jaffarian signing Murder in Wein.
6 November, 5PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts a launch party for S.G. Browne‘s Fated.
7 November, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Bob Burns signing Filmfax #125. Postponed to 20 November.
11 November, 6PM EST: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts six authors presenting their latest books for young readers, all filled with fantasy and adventure: T.A. Barron with Merlin’s Dragon: Ultimate Magic; J.M. DeMatties with Imaginalis; Jake Halpern with World’s End; Barry Lyga with Archvillain; Dan Poblocki with The Mightmarys; and Diane Zahler with The Thirteenth Princess.
13 November, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith signing Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson.
13 November, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Ernest Borgnine signing Ernie; Andrew Fenady and Courtney Joyner signing Law of the Gun; and William Blinn signing A Cold Place in Hell.
13 November, 3PM PST: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-824-8203; borderlands-books.com) hosts Seth Harwood reading and signing Young Junius.
14 November, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) features Demons & Zombies, with Lisa Morton signing The Samhanach; Benjamin Kane signing Black & Orange; and Andrew P. Romine, Kaolin Imago Fire, and John N. Remy signing Rigor Amortis: A Collection of Zombie Romance Stories.
15 November, 6PM EST: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts four of the five 2010 National Book Award nominees for Young People’s Literature: Paolo Bacigalupi will share Ship Breaker; Kathryn Erskine will present Mockingbird; Walter Dean Myers will read Lockdown; and Rita Williams-Garcia will introduce One Crazy Summer.
17 November, 7PM EST: KGB Fantastic Fiction Series, presented by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel (KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St, New York, NY; www.kgbfantasticfiction.org) hosts a reading by Kathe Koja and Ben H. Winters.
18 November, 7PM EST: The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (594 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10012; moccany.org) and Andrew McMeel Publishing host a free book launch party for Doug Bratton and The Deranged Stalker’s Journal of Pop Culture Shock Therapy.
20 November, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts William Stout signing Inspirations and Bob Burns signing Filmfax #125 (Burns is rescheduled from earlier in the month).
20 November, 6PM EST: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts six authors of teen fiction reading and signing their books: Megan Crewe with Give Up the Ghost; Jenny Moss with Shadow; Jon Skovron with Struts & Frets; Rhonda Stapleton with Stupid Cupid; J.A. Yang with Exclusively Chlore; and Michelle Zink with Guardian of the Gate.
21 November, 6:30PM EST: Word Bookstore (126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222; wordbrooklyn.com) hosts a launch party for Cat Valente‘s The Habitation of the Blessed.
26 November, 5:30PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Mike Carey signing The Unwritten Vol 2.
1 December, 7PM EST: Barnes & Noble Tribeca (97 Warren St, New York, NY 10007; 212-587-5389) hosts Anne Rice signing Of Love and Evil.
3 December, 7PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Bernie Wrightson signing the illustrated Frankenstein; Steve Niles signing Edge of Doom #1 and Steve Niles Omnibus; and Jim Trombetta signing The Horror! The Horror!.
4 December, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts S.G. Brown signing Fated; Savannah Kline signing Beloved of the Fallen; Nancy Holder signing Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Volume 3; and Suzy Witten signing The Afflicted Girls.
4 December, 6PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts director David Slade signing the DVD of Twilight: Eclipse.
11 December, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Dr. Craig D. Reid signing The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s: 500+ Films Loaded with Action, Weapons and Warriors.
12 December, 12N EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts ten YA fantasy authors reading and signing their works: Matt de la Pena with I Will Save You; Lisa Greenwald with Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes; Adele Griffin with The Julian Game; Esther Friesner with Threads and Flames; David Levithan and Rachel Cohn with Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares; Flynn Meaney with Bloodthirsty; Kristen Miller with The Eternal Ones; Richard Peck with Three-Quarters Dead; and Samantha Schutz with You Are Not Here.
12 December, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts “Crustaceans Invade Dark Delicacies” with writer/director L.J. Dopp, producer Edward L. Plumb, and Peter Atkins, Bryant Dillon, Elissa Dowling, Kieron Elliott, and Caleb Emerson signing the DVD Crustacean; writer/director Caleb Emerson singing the DVDs Die You Zombie Bastards! and The Red’s Breakfast Experience; and Bryant Dillon signing the comic Playing Dead.
14 December, 6:30PM EST: The New York Review of Science Fiction reading series at The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (138 Sullivan St, New York, NY; 800-420-5590; sohogallerynyc.com) presents readings on the first Tuesday of each month. This reading is guest curated by Claire Wolf Smith, and will feature Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman. Most readings are taped for broadcast on Jim Freund’s “Hour of the Wolf” radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM. Updates at www.hourwolf.com/nyrsf.
15 December, 7PM EST: KGB Fantastic Fiction Series, presented by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel (KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St, New York, NY; www.kgbfantasticfiction.org) hosts a reading by Jon Armstrong and Beth Bernobich.
18 December, 7PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts “Zombies, Angels & Guns” with Lisa Morton and Peter Atkins signing The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse!; Max Brooks and David J. Schow signing Zombies: The Recent Dead; David J. Schow signing Internecine; and Savannah Kline signing Beloved of the Fallen.
30 December, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts director Edgar Wright signing the DVD of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.