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Things are getting off to a bit of a slow start but seem to be picking up in February.

Jan. 19 – 7 p.m. – Sci-Friday Book Discussion Group – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.  Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale (in person and virtual)

Feb. 5 – 7 p.m. – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Chain Gang All Stars: A Novel – Changing Hands, Phoenix – Registration via Eventbrite. 

Feb. 5 – Fourteen Days with Douglas Preston and Diana Gabaldon.  – Poisoned Pen bookstore.  Ticketed event at The Scottsdale United Methodist Church, 4140 North Miller Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 

Award winning author Ted Chiang with multiple events:

Feb. 14 – 6:20 pm – Ted Chiang in Conversation with Barbara VanDenburgh – Changing Hands Phoenix.

Feb. 15 – 5:30 p.m. – ASU Event: Exhalation and Other Worlds with Ted Chiang in conversation with Matt Bell – Humanities Institute Distinguished Lecture, ARM101, Armstrong Hall, 1100 S McAllister Ave Tempe AZ 85281

Feb. 16 –  6 p.m. – ARRIVAL screening with author Ted Chiang, Majestic Tempe 7 Theater, 1140 E. Baseline Rd Tempe AZ 85283

Feb. 16 – 7 p.m. – Sci-Friday Book Discussion Group – 11/22/63 vy Stephen King.  Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale (in person and virtual)

Feb. 22 – 6 p.m. – Coinneach MacLeod discusses The Hebridean Baker At Home Hosted by Diana Gabaldon!  – Poisoned Pen bookstore.  Ticketed event at The Scottsdale United Methodist Church, 4140 North Miller Road, Scottsdale, Arizona United States

Tucson Festival of Books

March 9-10 – Tucson Festival of Books, U of A campus, Tucson– Genre Authors include Olivie Blake, Ryan Britt, Roseanne A. Brown, Isabel Cañas, Seth Dickinson, Cherie Dimaline, Cory Doctorow, Constance Fay, Kim Harrison, Liz Kerin, TJ Klune, Jonathan Maberry, Melissa Marr, Lisa McMann, Matt McMann, Marissa Meyer, Axie Oh, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Moses Ose Utomi, Adam Rex, Kristen Simmons, Jasmine Skye, David R. Slayton, R. L. Stine, Misa Sugiura, Emma Törzs , Gene Luen Yang, Amélie Wen Zhao

Feb 2024

Cult Classics Presents True Romance – the 17th, 9:30 am, Landmark Theatres Scottsdale Quarter
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 17th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 18th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 24th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 25th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival

Mar 2024

Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 2nd, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 3rd, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Kikori Con 2024 – the 8th, All Day, Little America Hotel Flagstaff
Kikori Con 2024 – the 9th, All Day, Little America Hotel Flagstaff
ZapCon 2024 – the 9th, All Day, Mesa Convention Center
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 9th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Kikori Con 2024 – the 10th, All Day, Little America Hotel Flagstaff
ZapCon 2024 – the 10th, All Day, Mesa Convention Center
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 10th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Game On Expo 2024 – the 15th, All Day, Phoenix Convention Center
Game On Expo 2024 – the 16th, All Day, Phoenix Convention Center
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 16th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Game On Expo 2024 – the 17th, All Day, Phoenix Convention Center
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 17th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 23rd, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 24th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 30th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – the 31st, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Arizona Renaissance Festival

Apr 2024

Scottsdale Comic Book Show aka Old Man Con – the 21st, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, Scottsdale Plaza Resort & Villas

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Lee Whiteside

Lee Whiteside

Lee Whiteside has been writing about science fiction and fantasy in various forms online since before the WWW existed. His website, sftv.org, keeps track of genre TV shows. He also is quite involved with organized fandom, having chaired CopperCons (16 & 23), LepreCons (28 & upcoming 36), The 2006 Nebula Awards, and the first North American Discworld Convention. And he runs the official Connie Willis Website at ConnieWillis.net.