Southern Reach Annihilation Book Tour Schedule: LAT Festival of Books and More

Well, it's been a ridiculously busy spring, with Annihilation taking off, including a featured review in Entertainment Weekly, and great press in GQ, the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Salon.com, and many more. I'll share links in a separate blog post in a week or so. In the meantime: all three animated gifs for the Southern Reach series!The next leg of the tour is swiftly approaching, and here are all the details. Authority is out May 6 and Acceptance in early September.LOS ANGELES Sat. April 12 at 4:30pm, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (USC Campus)--Panel “Fiction: Outside the Margins,” with Aimee Bender and Karen Joy Fowler. Moderated by Joy Press. Taper Hall, THH 101. Followed by book signing.--Also catch me at 1pm at Black Clock (booth #121) and 3pm at Skylight (booth #138)--I'll be at the LAT book awards Friday night, too.Mon. April 14 at 7:30pm, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in Redondo Beach (2810 Artesia Blvd., Redondo Beach CA)--Reading from Annihilation, signing, and discussion. As well as teasers from Authority. Check out their facebook page for the event here.--From 12 noon to 1pm on April 14, catch me at io9.com, answering questions; their bookclub is discussing Annihilation.Thurs. April 17 at 7:30pm, California State University Channel Islands (One University Drive, Camarillo, CA, at Del Norte 1500)--"In Other Worlds: An Evening of Fantasy and Science Fiction," with Jeff VanderMeer, Sofia Samatar, and Nikko Nguyen. Reading and Q&A. Samatar is the 2014 recipient of the Crawford Award for her novel A Stranger in Olondria (published by Small Beer Press).ARKANSASThurs. April 25 thru Sat. April 26, Arkansas Literary Festival (Main library campus and other venues)--Wonderbook Workshop, discussion of Annihilation (with slideshow), school visit. Check the schedule for my events.UPCOMING EVENTS (more info soon, with more events TBA)May 8--WORD Bookstore tumblr (virtual event; answering questions online)July 9--Hub City Bookstore (Spartanburg, SC)July 10--Quail Ridge Books (Raleigh/Durham, NC)July 12--Malaprop’s (Asheville, NC)July 15--Hub City Bookstore (introducing Carrie Vaughn; Shared Worlds event; date tentative)July 25-26--Comic-Con (San Diego; with Ann VanderMeer)July 30--Mysterious Galaxy (Clarion Writers Workshop event, San Diego, with Ann VanderMeer)Aug. 14-28--United Kingdom Book Tour (WorldCon, Edinburgh, Bath, and more; with Ann VanderMeer)Aug. 29—31, Decatur Book FestivalAug. 31--Blue Train Books event (Hogansville, GA)