Things are getting off to a bit of a slow start but seem to be picking up in February.
January 19 – 7 pm – Sci-Friday Book Discussion Group – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale (in person and virtual)
February 5 – 7 pm – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Chain Gang All Stars: A Novel – Changing Hands, Phoenix – Registration via Eventbrite.
February 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:
February 14 – 6:20 pm – Ted Chiang in Conversation with Barbara VanDenburgh – Changing Hands Phoenix.
February 15 – 5:30 pm. – 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
February 16th – 6:00 pm – ARRIVAL screening with author Ted Chiang, Majestic Tempe 7 Theater, 1140 E. Baseline Rd Tempe AZ 85283
February 16 – 7 pm – Sci-Friday Book Discussion Group – 11/22/63 vy Stephen King. Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale (in person and virtual)
February 22 – 6:00 pm – 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
March 9,10 – Tucson Festival of Books, U of A campus, Tucson, AZ 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