Event Archive

An archive of previous and past events.

DISCON III PANEL: Why Won’t You Stay Dead?!?

Washington DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 5:30pm EST to 6:30pm EST

Why Won’t You Stay Dead?! Characters have come back from the dead so often in superhero comics that it’s become a running joke, sometimes cheapening the impact of the death […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON III: Book Signing

Washington DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 2:30pm EST to 3:20pm EST

Signing – Ada Palmer Get books signed by Ada Palmer, award-winning author of the Terra Ignota series,  at Discon III! Autographs 2, 2:30 pm EST

18 Dec
2021

DISCON III PANEL: LARPing: 2021 and beyond

Washington, DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 1:00pm EST to 2:00pm EST

LARPing: 2021 and beyond Live action role-playing games, or LARPs, have developed a rich repertoire of practices across many communities. How can newcomers get involved? How have these communities adapted […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON III PANEL: The Nuts and Bolts of Chapters

Washington, DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 10:00am EST

Panel Discussion, “The Nuts and Bolts of Chapters” (available online) Do you even need chapters? How long should they be? Should you title your chapters or just number them? Where […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON 3 (WorldCon 79)

Omni Shoreham Hotel

Worldcon, or the World Science Fiction Convention, is the annual gathering of science fiction and fantasy fans, writers, artists, musicians and other creators from across the globe. DisCon III is […]

15 Dec
2021

November 12-14: WINDYCON

70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148

Ada Palmer is the Toastmaster for Windycon 47, celebrating the Urban Fantastic this year. Urban Fantasy is a subgenre wherein urban elements feature strongly in the narrative. Many examples feature fantastic elements […]

12 Nov
2021

"Warm, generous, and inviting," Inventing the Renaissance provides a witty and irreverent journey through the fantasies historians have constructed about the supposed Dark Ages and golden Renaissance, and exposes the terrible yet often tender reality beneath.