It’s May and that means it’s finally here: The Wildcraft Drones is officially on shelves THIS MONTH. Of course, publication is nonlinear, pre-orders have already started shipping, and I’ll be signing books on the 17th at SF in SF as well as the official launch party on the 21st, and a slew of events after. In fact, I’m going to do my future self a favor and list them all now, so I don’t have to remember to do a newsletter in June. You’re welcome, future self.

May 17
SF in SF
3–5pm at San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
100 Larkin Street, 3rd Floor, Hormel LGBTQIA Center San Francisco

May 21
The Wildcraft Drones launch party
4-7pm at Cafe Suspiro
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco

May 26
The Racket
7pm at The Sycamore
2140 Mission St, San Francisco

May 28
Literary Speakeasy at Martuni’s
4 Valencia Street, San Francisco

May 31
Bay Area Book Festival
Post-Disaster Futures:
Sci-Fi Visions of Survival and Renewal
4-5pm at The Marsh
2120 Allston Way, Berkeley

June 4
Nebulas
Building emotional resonance with hard science and facts
3pm at the conference center (room TBD)
Chicago

June 6
Nebulas
Worldbuilding in General Short Fiction and Middle Grade Fiction: How is it different?
1pm at the conference center (room TBD)
Chicago

July 2
Stir: Foggy Season (hosting) at Cafe Suspiro
1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco

July 10
Kitchen Table
San Francisco

July 19
Solarpunk Farms
Guerneville

August 27-31
WorldCon
Los Angeles

Oct 22-25
World Fantasy
Oakland

Lots of details from June on are still TBD, so check my website and follow my socials (instagram & bsky) for updates.

Art

If you’ve been following my socials or seen a review copy of the book, you’ve probably seen the illustrations I made for it. These are all little standalone vignettes that were best told visually, and I had a lot of fun creating them. They’re now available as limited edition fine art prints on my website, and if you’re in the Bay, they’re up on display at Cafe Suspiro. There’s also $20 risograph prints at the cafe and at Dog Eared Books on Valencia. The fine art prints (which turned out luxurious) were made at Electric Works, and my friend Sarah Maloney (awesome comic artist) helped me get the risographs colored and printed. I love supporting local artists and small businesses, so these prints feel really good to have out there in the world — but they’re also (hopefully!) going to help fund my travel this summer! So, take a look, and know that each purchase really, really helps me out! (Also, this is the first time I’ve built an online shop with this platform, so PLEASE let me know if you have any technical difficulties <3)

More pictures:

From my TBR: The West Facade by Lauren C. Johnson

“In Paris, at the dawn of the Bubonic Plague, the statues that guard the Notre Dame Cathedral are forbidden from experiencing human pleasures…”

My friend Lauren’s debut novel The West Facade came out last month and the little peek I’ve had so far is so luscious I can’t wait to take it with me on the airplane to Chicago. Let’s read it together this summer?? And come see Lauren in the lineup with me at The Racket on May 26!

That’s all for now —

T. K.