Here are the appearances we know about for the first three months of 2011. 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.

4 January, 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 Ron Hogan, and will feature Rick Moody and Gary Shteyngart. 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.
8 January, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts director Mike Mendez, writer Brad Keene, composer Joseph Bishara, and director of photography David Armstrong signing Gravedancers/Wicked Little Things and Four Film Collection: Borderland/Dark Ride/Unearthed/Gravedancers; and director Kevin Hamedani and Cooper Hopkins signing Zombies of Mass Destruction/Graves.
9 January, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Jan Alan Henderson signing The Legendary Lydecker Brothers.
19 January, 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 Gregory Frost and Linda D. Addison.
27 January, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Joe Abercrombie signing The Heroes.
28 January, 7:30PM EST: The Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series (at The Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA) is hosting its fourth Friday of the month monthly reading followed, as always, by a pay-as-you-go dinner. This month will feature Victoria Janssen.
28 January, 7:30PM EST: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s monthly meetings include a social gathering, business meeting, and speaker program. This month will feature Ty Drago, at International House (3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA).
29 January, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (Clifton Heights, Triangle West, Britsol; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Joe Abercrombie signing The Heroes.
29 January, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Beverly Randolph, Jules Brenner, Stanzi Stokes, William Stout, Clu Gulagher, Brian Peck, Jewel Shepard, and Dinah Cancer signing The Complete History of Return of the Living Dead.
30 January, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Patton Oswalt signing Zombie Spaceship Wasteland.
1 February, 7PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts writer/director Adam Green, Kane Hodder, Parry Shen, AJ Bowen, Tom Holland, RA Mihailoff, Dave Foy, Rick McCallum, Ed Ackerman, Kathryn Fiore, Erika Hamilton, Rileah Vanderbilt, Laura Ortiz, Will Barratt, Robert Pendergraft, and Sarah Elbert signing the DVD Hatchet 2.
3 February, 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 month, it’s modified to the first Thursday to accommodate the readers’ schedules: Andrea Hairston and Pan Morigan. 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.
4 February, 8PM EST: Ravenous Nights (at Happy Ending, 302 Broome St, New York, NY 10002; 212-334-9676; happyendinglounge.com) presents an erotic reading by Cecilia Tan, Caridad Pinero, Mo Beasley, KT Grant, Debra Hyde, and Jefferson.
6 February, 1PM EST: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Cynthia Leitich Smith reading and signing Blessed, and Daniel Nayeri reading and signing Another Pan.
8 February, 7PM EST: Flyleaf Books (752 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC; 919-942-7373) hosts David Halperin reading and signing Journal of a UFO Investigator.
8 February, 8PM EST: The Chiaroscuro Reading Series (at the Augusta House, 152 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ONT M5T 1J2; chiseries.webs.com) this month hosts an event honoring Bakka Phoenix Books, featuring Robert J. Sawyer, Ed Greenwood, Michelle Sagara West, and Leah Bobet.
8 February, 7PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Meir Zarchi, Lisa Hansen, Sarah Butler, Chad Lindberg, and Rodney Eastman signing I Spit on Your Grave.
9 February, 5PM EST: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts five teen fiction authors presenting their newest novels: Ally Condie with Matched; Andrea Cremer with Nightshade; Kirsten Miller with The Eternal Ones; Beth Revis with Across the Universe; and Brenna Yovanoff with The Replacement.
10 February, 7PM EST: Regulator Bookshop (720 Ninth St, Durham, NC; 919-286-2700) hosts David Halperin reading and signing Journal of a UFO Investigator.
11 February, 7:30PM EST: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s monthly meetings include a social gathering, business meeting, and speaker program. This month will feature Jim Freund, at International House (3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA).
12 February, 12N EST: The Garden State Horror Writers meets on the second Saturday of each month at the East Brunswick Library (12 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816; gshw.net), with a business meeting at 11AM and then the speaker presentation open to the public. This month, the speaker is Jack Ketchum.
12 February, 2PM EST: McIntyre’s Fine Books (2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, NC; 919-542-3030) hosts David Halperin reading and signing Journal of a UFO Investigator.
13 February, 1PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) presents “Monserpiece” with sculptor Mike Hill unveiling his latest life-size Monsterpiece, “Monster… indeed!”
15 February, 7PM EST: Barnes & Noble Union Square (33 East 17 Street, New York, NY 10003; 212-253-0810) hosts Brian Greene discussing and signing The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
16 February, 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 Laird Barron and Nicholas Kaufmann.
18 February, 7PM EST: Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe (55 Haywood St,
Asheville, NC; 828-254-6734) hosts David Halperin reading and signing Journal of a UFO Investigator.
19 February, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Justina Robson signing the fifth Quantum Gravity title, Down to the Bone.
19 February, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Harry Saine, Devin McGinn, Kyle Davis, Barak Hardley, Gregg Lawrence, Ethan Wilde, and Edmund Lupinski signing the DVD of Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu.
22 February, 7PM EST: Tor Books and Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012; 212-334-3324; housingworks.org) presents an evening celebrating Geek Week—featuring award-winning authors Jo Walton and Charles Stross, Tor giveaways, and more.
22 February, 7PM EST: Beth David Synagogue (804 Winview Dr, Greensboro, NC; 336-294-0007) hosts David Halperin reading and signing Journal of a UFO Investigator.
22 February, 7PM CST: Schuler Books & Music (2820 Towne Center Blvd, Lansing, MI 48912) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
23 February, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Jasper Fforde signing One of Our Thursdays is Missing.
23 February, 7PM CST: Borders Ann Arbor (3140 Lorh Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
24 February, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts a signing and Q&A session with Jonathan Stroud, plus live art by Andrew Donkin and Lee Sullivan, all for the graphic novel The Amulet of Samarkand.
24 February, 7PM EST: Books & Company (The Greene Shopping Center, 4453 Walnut St, Dayton, OH 45440) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
25 February, 7PM EST: Joseph-Beth Cincinnati (2692 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45208) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
25 February, 7:30PM EST: The Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series (at The Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA) is hosting its fourth Friday of the month monthly reading followed, as always, by a pay-as-you-go dinner. This month will feature Jonathan Maberry.
26 February, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Steven Erikson signing The Crippled God.
26 February, 2PM EST: Joseph-Beth Lexington (161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY 40503) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
26 February, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Amber Benson signing Serpent’s Storm and Jeri Estes signing Stilettos and Steel.
1 March, 6:30PM CST: Des Moines Public Library (E Side Library, 2559 Hubbell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50317) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
1 March, 7PM PST: University Bookstore (4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
2 March, 7PM CST: St. Louis Public Library (225 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
2 March, 7PM PST: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
3 March, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts a launch party for David Wingrove and his Son of Heaven, with a Q&A session starting promptly at 6PM.
3 March, 6:30PM CST: Hastings Books, Music, and Video (616 NW Sheridan Rd, Lawton, OK 73505) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
3 March, 7PM PST: SF in SF Reading Series at The Variety Theater (582 Market St, San Francisco, CA) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading from The Wise Man’s Fear.
4 March, 4PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Brian Froud and John Matthews signing How to See Faeries.
4 March, 7PM CST: Barnes & Noble Tulsa (8620 E 71st St, Tulsa, OK 74133) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
4 March, 7PM PST: Barnes & Noble (7881 Edinger Ave, Los Angeles, CA) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
5 March, 1PM EST: Midtown Comics Downtown (64 Fulton St, New York, NY; midtowncomics.com) hosts Amber Benson signing Serpent’s Storm, and Anton Strout signing Dead Waters.
5 March, 2PM PST: Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
5 March, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Dave Minyard signing First Time Dead and Greg Carter signing First Time Dead 2.
5 March, 7PM CST: Murder by the Book (2342 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon, and Patricia Briggs with her new book.
6 March, 2PM EST: The Chiaroscuro Reading Series (at the Augusta House, 152 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ONT M5T 1J2; chiseries.webs.com) this month hosts an event entitled “Cory Doctorow Comes to Town”, featuring Cory Doctorow, Karl Schroeder, and David Nickle.
6 March, 2PM CST: Murder by the Book (2342 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
6 March, 3PM CST: BookPeople (603 N Lamar, Austin, TX 78704) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
6 March, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Jim Steinmeyer signing The Last Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards.
6 March, 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 month, it’s modified to the first Thursday to accommodate the readers’ schedules: Andrea Hairston and Pan Morigan. 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. Note: this event is rescheduled from February, when it was postponed due to weather.
7 March, 7PM CST: Barnes & Noble San Antonio (15900 La Cantera Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78256) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
8 March, 7PM CST: Barnes & Noble (7433 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
9 March, 7PM CST: Borders Books & Music (1500 16th St, Oak Brook, IL) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
10 March, 7PM EST: Books & Company at The Greene (4453 Walnut St, Dayton, OH) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
10 March, 5PM PST: Borders Sacramento (2339 Fair Oaks Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95825) hosts Kim Harrison reading and signing Pale Demon.
11 March, 7PM EST: Joseph-Beth Booksellers (161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
11 March, 7:30PM EST: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s monthly meetings include a social gathering, business meeting, and speaker program. This month will feature Lawrence Watt-Evans, at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA).
12 March, 12N EST: The Garden State Horror Writers meets on the second Saturday of each month at the East Brunswick Library (12 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816; gshw.net), with a business meeting at 11AM and then the speaker presentation open to the public. This month, the speaker is Aaron Rosenberg.
12 March, 2PM EST: Park Road Books (4139 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC; 704-525-9239) hosts David Halperin reading and signing Journal of a UFO Investigator.
12 March, 2PM EST: The Children’s Literary Salon at the New York Public Library’s Children’s Center (42nd Street and 5th Avenue, Room 84, New York, NY 10018) hosts “From Page to Stage: Two Peter Pans and Their Creators,” a discussion for adults, with Julie Archer, Liza Lorwin< Rick Elice, and Ridley Pearson.
12 March, 2PM PST: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Chelsea Quinn Yarbro signing An Embarrassment of Riches and Lee Rudnicki signing My Immortal: The Vampires of Berlin.
12 March, 7PM CST: Left Bank Books (399 N Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
14 March, 12N EDT: What If Reading Series at the Library of Congress (101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
14 March, 7:30PM EDT: Borders Books & Music (5871 Crossroads Center Way, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
15 March, 7PM EDT: Barnes & Noble (267 7th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
16 March, 6PM EDT: Northeastern University Bookstore at the Snell Library (360 Huntington Ave, 4 Ell Hall, Boston, MA) hosts Patrick Rothfuss reading and signing The Wise Man’s Fear.
16 March, 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 Genevieve Valentine and Carolyn Turgeon.
16 March, 7PM PDT: University Book Store (4326 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105) hosts Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert signing Hellhole.
17 March, 7PM PDT: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005) hosts Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert signing Hellhole.
19 March, 3PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110) hosts Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert signing Hellhole.
21 March, 7PM PDT: Vroman’s Bookstore (695 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101) hosts Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert signing Hellhole.
22 March, 7PM PDT: Barnes & Noble (7881 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647) hosts Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert signing Hellhole.
23 March, 7PM PDT: Mysterious Galaxy (7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111) hosts Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert signing Hellhole.
24 March, 7:30PM MDT: Tattered Cover (9315 Dorchester St, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.
26 March, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts a pre-publication signing by Dan Abnett for Embedded.
26 March, 2PM EDT: Joseph-Beth Booksellers (161 Lexington Green Cir #B, Lexington, KY 40503) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.
26 March, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Marc Scott Zicree, John Tomerlin, Dennis Etchison, Sunni Brock, and Jason Brock signing the DVD Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man.
27 March, 2PM EDT: Books & Co. at The Greene (4453 Walnut St, Beavercreek, OH 45440) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.
27 March, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Cory Doctorow signing Little Brother and Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats.
28 March, 7PM CDT: Barnes & Noble (297 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.
29 March, 7PM EDT: Eagle Eye Bookshop (2076 N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA 30033) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.
29 March, 7:30PM EDT: Madame X (94 W Houston St, New York, NY) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading from Deathless and S.J. Tucker and Anna Vasilevskaya performing songs old and new. There will be door prizes, a raffle, songs, drinks and signings.
30 March, 7PM CDT: Borders Books (965 W Bethany Dr, Allen, TX 75013) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.
31 March, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; forbiddenplanet.com/events hosts Eric Brown signing The Kings of Eternity.
31 March, 7PM CDT: Barnes & Noble (River Oaks Shopping Center, Houston, TX 77019) hosts Kevin J. Anderson signing Hellhole.