Here are the appearances we know about for the second 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.

2 April, 11:30AM EDT: Greater New York Mensa’s Regional Gathering (at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, NY; aNewYorkStateofMind.org) presents SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock talking about “How to Keep from Getting Published.”
2 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Ellen Datlow signing Teeth.
3 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Del Howison, Jeff Gelb, Eric Red, Maria Alexander, and Victor Salva signing Dark Delicacies III: Haunted.
3 April, 7PM EDT: Sunday Night Fiction at the KGB Bar (85 East 4th St, New York, NY) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading from Deathless and Valerie Laken reading from Separate Kingdoms.
5 April, 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 month will feature Lev Grossman and Barbara Krasnoff. 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 April, 7PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Darren Stein, Judy Greer, and Julie Benz signing the DVD of Jawbreaker.
8 April, 12N EDT: Barnes & Noble (555 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10017; 212-697-3048) hosts Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill signing Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Season DVD boxed set. Wristbands are required, and will be handed out starting at 9AM.
8 April, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts a special pre-KAPOW! signing with Andy Diggle, Jock, and Jamie Delano signing Rat Catcher and Hellblazer: Pandemonium.
8 April, 7:30PM EDT: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s (psfs.org) monthly meetings include a social gathering, business meeting, and speaker program. This month will feature Catherynne Valente, at International House (3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA).
8 April, 7PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts a fundraiser for Japanese Tsunami Survivors, with Lance Henrikson and others selling their photos and and charging to sign other items. All proceeds will be donated.
9 April, 12N EDT: 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 Jonathan Maberry.
9 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Philip Riley signing script books The Reconstruction of London After Midnight, Dracula’s Daughter, The Wolf Man vs Dracula, Dracula Starring Lon Chaney, War Eagle, and Cagliostro; and Todd Spoor signing The World’s Rarest Movie Posters.
10 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Dan Wells signing I Don’t Want to Kill You.
11 April, 5:30PM GMT: Forbidden Planet (38 Priory Queensway, Birmingham B4 7LA; 0121 236 3026; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts James Wan and Leigh Whannell launching their new film Insidious.
12 April, 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 month’s special second event is “a 90th birthday fete for Carol Emshwiller.” 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 April, 5:30PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts James Wan and Leigh Whannell launching their new film Insidious.
16 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts composers Christopher Lennertz signing Hop; Stu Phillips signing Battlestar Galactica and Three Scores; Scott Glascow signing Lo; Ryan Shore signing Jack Brooks Monster Slayer; Jeremy Zuckerman, and Ben Wynn signing DC: Showcase: Green Arrow, Jonah Hex, Shazam, and The Spectre; Mark Isham signing The Mechanic and The Conspirator; and Cliff Martinez signing The Lincoln Lawyer and Solaris.
16 April, 6PM EDT: Pandemonium Books and Games (4 Pleasant St, Cambridge, MA) hosts Catherynne Valente reading and signing Deathless.
19 April, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Lavie Tidhar signing Camera Obscura.
20 April, 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 Kit Reed and Kris Saknussemm.
21 April, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts David Weber signing A Mighty Fortress.
22 April, 7:30PM EDT: 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 Lawrence M. Schoen.
23 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Whitley Strieber signing Hybrids.
30 April, 2PM PDT: Dark Delicacies (3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-556-6660; darkdel.com) hosts Amber Benson signing Demon Father John’s Pinwheel Blues and Dan Wickline signing Blood-Stained Sword.
3 May, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts China Mieville at a special prepublication signing of Embassytown.
3 May, 2PM EDT: Guy Gavriel Kay appears in an online chat to celebrate the paperback launch of Under Heaven. To register, see pollstream.com/underheaven. To participate, log in at isay.it/b023aca9be.
3 May, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Holly Black presenting Red Glove; Cassandra Clare presenting City of Fallen Angels; and Lauren DeStafano presenting Wither.
3 May, 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 “a Theodore Sturgeon retrospective with Noel Sturgeon, Samuel R. Delany, and N.K. Jemisin.” 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 May, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Trudi Canavan signing The Rogue.
5 May, 7PM PDT: University Bookstore (4326 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105) hosts Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm signing The Inheritance and Other Stories.
6 May, 6PM PDT: Barnes and Noble (1530 Black Lake Blvd SW, Olympia, WA 98502) hosts Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm signing The Inheritance and Other Stories.
10 May: Parkplace Books (348 Parkplace, Kirkland, WA 98033) hosts Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm signing The Inheritance and Other Stories.
11 May, 4PM PDT: Pasadena Library (285 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
11 May, 7:30PM PDT: Skylight Books (1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
12 May, 5:30PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Nick Frost and Joe Cornish promoting their film Attack the Block.
13 May, 7:30PM EDT: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s (psfs.org) monthly meetings include a social gathering, business meeting, and speaker program. This month will feature Elizabeth Hand, at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA).
14 May, 12N EDT: 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 C.J. Henderson.
14 May, 12N EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3462; booksofwonder.com) hosts “The Diversity Tour”: Malinda Lo with Hunter; Cindy Pon with Fury of the Phoenix; Rita Williams-Garcia with One Crazy Summer; Jaqueline Woodson with Peace, Locomotion; Matt de la Pena with I Will Save You; Kekla Magoon with Camo Girl; Neesha Meminger with Jazz in Love; and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich with Eighth-Grade Superzero.
14 May, 3PM PDT: Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
14 May, 4PM PDT: Powell’s Bookstore (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005) hosts Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm signing The Inheritance and Other Stories.
15 May, 2PM PDT: Hicklebee’s Children’s Books (1378 Lincoln Ave, San Jose, CA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
16 May, 5:30PM PDT: Dark Carnival (3086 Claremont Ave, Berkeley, CA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
17 May, 7PM PDT: The Belmont Library (1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94022; 650-591-8286; smcl.org/content/belmont) hosts Robert Silverberg and Lawrence Block speaking about “mystery and SF, and [their] shared pseudonymous past in the dear old soft-core days.”
17 May, 7PM PDT: Books, Inc (301 Castro St, Mountain View, CA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
18 May, 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 Elizabeth Bear and Felix Gilman.
19 May, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts a signing and Q&A with Vic Armstrong for The World’s Greatest Stuntman.
20 May, 5:30PM EDT: SFWA at the Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut NW, Washington, DC) hosts the Nebula Awards weekend mass signing with John Joseph Adams, Christopher Barzak, J. Kathleen Cheney, Aliette de Bodard, Tom Doyle, Scott Edelman, Timons Esaias, Cynthia Felice, Andrew Fox, Kerry Frey, Laura Anne Gilman, Anne Groell, Joe Haldeman, Peter Heck, Vylar Kaftan, John Kessel, Alethea Kontis, Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoffrey A.Landis, Allen Lewis, Tom Lewis, Lee Martindale, James Morrow, Catherine Petrini, Stanley Schmidt, Lawrence Schoen, Lansing Sexton, Bud Sparhawk, Allen Steele, Eric James Stone, Michael Sullivan, Robin Sullivan, Michael Swanwick, Brandie Tarvin, Mary Turzillo, Michael Whelan, Alexander Whitaker, Connie Willis, and more.
20 May, 7PM PDT: Powell’s Beaverton (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
21 May, 12N EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Andrea Davis Pinkney with Bird in a Box; Derek Benz with Grey Griffins; Julie Sternberg with Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie; Jack D. Ferraiolo with Sidekicks; Diane Zahler with A True Princess; and John Kloepfer with The Zombie Chasers.
22 May, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Casey Scieszka and illustrator Steven Weinberg with To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story; Elizabeth Scott with Between Here and Forever; Amy Ignatow with The Popularity Papers: Bppl 22; Robert Sharenow with The Berlin Boxing Club; Megan McCafferty with Bumped; Julie Chibarro with Deadly; and Mellisa Kantor with The Darlings are Forever.
23 May, 7PM PDT: Third Place Books (17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA) hosts Catherynne M. Valente reading and signing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
24 May, 6PM EDT: Harvard Bookstore at the Brattle Theater (1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138) hosts China Mieville reading and signing Embassytown.
24 May, 6:30PM EDT: The New York Public Library’s Mid-Manhattan Library (455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016; nypl.org) hosts “Speculating on Fiction” with Lev Grossman, John Scalzi, Cat Valente, and Scott Westerfeld, emceed by Gavin Grant with original music by Brian Slattery.
25 May, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts young adult and middle grade authors and their 2011 debut novels: Julia Karr with XVI; Bettina Restrepo with Illegal; Amy Holder with The Lipstick Laws; Angie Smibert with Memento Nora; Carole Estby Dagg with The Year We Were Famous; Gae Polisner with The Pull of Gravity; Christina Mandelski with The Sweetest Thing; Sheila O’Connor with Sparrow Road; Alissa Grosso with Popular; Amy Fellner Dominy with OyMG; Geoff Herbach with Stupid Fast; Carrie Harris with Bad Taste in Boys; Kiki Hamilton with The Faerie Ring; and Trinity Faegan with The Mephisto Covenant.
25 May: Toadstool Bookshop (Lorden Plaza, 586 Nashua St, Milford, NH 03055) hosts China Mieville reading and signing Embassytown.
26 May, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Kim Newman signing Anno Dracula.
26 May, 7PM EDT: Barnes & Noble (West 82nd Street at Broadway, New York, NY) hosts a cavalcade of The Steampunk Bible contributors, including Jeff VanderMeer, S.J. Chambers, Dexter Palmer, artist Aleks Sennwald, editor Liz Gorinsky, Evelyn Kriete, G.D. Falksen< and Jaymee Goh.
27 May, 7:30PM EDT: 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 L.A. Banks.
28 May, 12N EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Daniel Kirk with Elf Realm: The Road’s End; Bianca Turetsky with The Time-Traveling Fashionista; Gail Carson Levine with A Tale of Two Castles; Maurissa Guibord with Warped; and Sarah Rees Brennan with The Demon’s Covenant.
28 May, 7PM PDT: University Bookstore (4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105) hosts China Mieville reading and signing Embassytown.
29 May, 4PM PDT: Powell’s Bookstore (Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR) hosts China Mieville reading and signing Embassytown.
31 May, 7PM CDT: Barnes & Noble (2100 N Snelling Ave, Roseville, MN 55113) hosts China Mieville reading and signing Embassytown.
1 June, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood signing their graphic novel Hope Falls.
1 June, 8PM EDT: Word Bookstore (Public Assembly, 70 N 6th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY) hosts China Mieville reading and signing Embassytown.
4 June, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts Brandon Sanderson signing The Way of Kings, Parts I and II.
7 June, 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 month will feature Michael Swanwick and Gregory Frost. 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.
9 June, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts an event celebrating Welcome to Bordertown with Holly Black, Cory Doctorow, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Annette Curtis Klause, Ellen Kushner, and Delia Sherman.
11 June, 12N EDT: 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 John French.
11 June, 3PM EDT: The Jefferson Market Library (425 Avenue of the Americas at 10th Street, New York, NY) will host a reading/signing of Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow’s YA anthology Teeth, featuring Steve Berman, Jeffrey Ford, Delia Sherman, Holly Black, Ellen Kushner, and Genevieve Valentine.
15 June, 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 Glen Hirshberg and Sarah Langan.
23 June, 6PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts a multi-author signing: Nine Authors in One Event. Celebrating the release of Elspeth Cooper‘s Songs of the Earth will be Ben Aaronovitch, James Barclay, Stephen Deas, Jaine Fenn, M.D. Lachlan, Tom Lloyd, John Meaney, and Chris Wooding.
24 June, 7:30PM EDT: 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 Benjamin Tate and Barbara Campbell.
25 June, 1PM GMT: Forbidden Planet Megastore (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR; 0207 420 3666; forbiddenplanet.com/events) hosts a triple Doctor Who signing with Naomi Alderman signing Borrowed Time, George Mann signing Paradox Lost, and Jonathan Morris signing Touched by an Angel.
26 June, 1PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) presents Fantastic Fiction for Teens, with Leah Cypress signing Nightspell; Caragh O’Brien signing Birthmarked; Jen Nadol signing The Mark; Caitlin Kittredge signing The Iron Thorn; Kate Milford signing The Boneshaker; and Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban signing Two Moon Princess.
30 June, 6PM EDT: Books of Wonder (18 W 18 St, New York, NY 10011; 212-989-3270; booksofwonder.com) hosts Kimberly Derting signing Desires of the Dead; Lisa Schroeder signing The Day Before; Adele Griffin signing Tighter; and Laurie Faria Stolarz signing Deadly Little Games.