ANNA NORTH

BookCourt reading, Sept. 24

I'm very excited to be reading in the Sackett St. Writers' Workshop Reading Series at BookCourt in Brooklyn on Monday, Sept. 24. I'll be reading with Catherine Chung, Aryn Kyle, and Joe Sullivan — come see us do our thing!

Also at BookCourt, this Saturday (Aug. 25), is the release party and reading for the lovely Hanna Pylväinen's debut novel, We Sinners. Go help Hanna celebrate her awesome new book.

North Carolina readings and book recommendations

Excited to announce that I'll be reading at Malaprop's in Asheville on August 9 with the wonderful Eric Sasson, author of the short story collection Margins of Tolerance. And at The Regulator in Durham on August 13 with the equally wonderful Kristen-Paige Madonia, whose debut novel Fingerprints of You comes out August 7. Come see us if you're in NC, and wherever you are, do check out Kristen-Paige and Eric's books!

Also, I just finished Madeline McDonnell's sad, funny collection There Is Something Inside, It Wants To Get Out, and you should read it if you like good books. It reminded me of Lorrie Moore's Who Will Run The Frog Hospital, but is also its own awesome thing. I recommend it highly.

Coming to Comic-Con July 12

I'm excited to be moderating a panel at Comic-Con on Thursday, July 12, at 3 PM. It's called "Hungry for Dystopia," and will feature panelists Neal Shusterman (Unwind trilogy), Lissa Price (Starters), Paolo Bacigalupi (The Drowned Cities), Michael Grant (BZRK), Daniel H. Wilson (Amped), Gennifer Albin (Crewel), and Marie Lu (Legend trilogy). We'll be talking about the end of the world, which is always fun, so come see us if you're at the Con. Signing will follow.

Paperback release and events in New York (and elsewhere)

 

So after a little downtime, my book is doing a thing again, which is: coming out in paperback. Its official release date is June 12, and you can order it on Amazon. I'll also be doing a couple of fun things in NYC in the coming weeks: I'm reading in the Hatchet Job series at 7 PM on June 5 at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St, Brooklyn), with the lovely Jenny Zhang, Guy Pettit, and Rachel Glaser. And on June 6 at the Hungarian Consulate, I'll be doing a panel discussion on dystopian classic Voyage to Kazohinia with the also-lovely Benjamin Hale, Gregory Moynahan, Francesco Crocco, and Ralph Dumain, moderated by Edie Meidav. Then I'll be reading/paneling in San Diego in July and North Carolina in August — more details to come!

Happy new year!

Happy new year everyone! Some fun new year's news: my book was listed among the Chicago Tribune's favorite books of 2011, along with work by Kevin Brockmeier, Benjamin Hale, Alan Heathcock, Lily Tuck (who wrote this year's incredibly good I Married You For Happiness) and other awesome writers.

Also, He Is A Voice made a snippet of music inspired by America Pacifica, which is pretty cool.

Thanks to everyone who has come to readings, read the book, and generally been wonderful in 2011. I wish a lovely 2012 to all of you.

Talking about dystopia on Oct. 3

Another fun event in New York this coming week: the Center for Fiction is celebrating Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, and I'll be doing a panel there on utopias and dystopias with Charles Yu and Kathleen Goonan. There meaning the Center for Fiction, not Earthsea. Come see us Monday, Oct. 3 at 7!

Telling a story at Story Collider, 9/27

I'll be reminiscing about ninth grade at Story Collider's Science and Writing event on Tuesday, 9/27. If you'll be in New York, come out to Union Hall at 8 PM to see me and several other rad storytellers.

A post of thanks

Many, many thanks to everyone who came out to my events this summer! It's been such a fun tour and it's been wonderful to see and talk to all of you. Special thanks to the Sewanee Writers' Conference and rockstar organizer Kevin Wilson for feeding, housing, and entertaining me for the past two weeks and giving me the opportunity to hang out with so many awesome writers and a snapping turtle. I'll likely be doing more events in the future, but at a less breakneck pace. In the meantime, here is a picture the rad Nicole Weston took at my Los Angeles reading. Imagine I am smiling my thanks at you through the Internet.

Upcoming events in New York and DC

Two upcoming NYC events featuring me and other cool people: I'll be reading as part of the Animal Farm Reading Series on Thursday, 7/14 at 8 at the Happy Ending in Manhattan. Then on Monday, 7/18, I'll be discussing science, fiction, and science fiction with the amazing Carl Schoonover and Lawrence Weschler at 92Y Tribeca.

And for those of you in DC, I will be reading at Politics and Prose this Sunday, 7/17, at 1 PM.

Two events in San Francisco this week

San Franciscans, I am reading in your town! First, at Booksmith on Thursday, July 7 (7:30 PM) and then at The Make-Out Room on Saturday, July 9 (also 7:30). The latter is part of the awesome Writers With Drinks reading series, and will feature several other awesome folks. Come hang out with us! Also: next weekend I will be at Politics & Prose in DC -- details forthcoming.