Tor Books, Tor Teen, Tor.com Publishing, and Forge will be at BookExpo America (May 30-June 1) and BookCon (June 2-3)!
Click through for the complete schedule, your guide to in-booth signings and giveaways, plus awesome SFF panels. V.E. Schwab, Charlie Jane Anders, Seth Dickinson, and more will be in attendance to talk LGBTQ gender and identity in SFF and #FearlessWomen! Plus, Susan Dennard and Marissa Meyer wax poetic about NaNoWriMo, while Naomi Novik tells tiny stories live! And did we mention that there’s a bookstagram photo opp at Tor Booth 2444/45?
Wednesday, May 30th
- School Library Journal Day of Dialog / Middle Grade Buzz Panel
9:30am-10:20am, Kimmel Center (60 Washington Square)
Featuring: Marie Miranda Cruz (Everlasting Nora)
Thursday, May 31st
- Readership Round Table: Publishers on Publishing
9:45am-10:45am, Downtown Stage
Featuring: John Sargent, Carolyn Reidy, Markus Dohle - Tor Presents: LGBTQ+ Authors on Gender and Identity in SFF
10:00am-10:50 am, Room #1E16
Featuring: V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful), S.L. Huang (Zero Sum Game), Seth Dickinson (The Monster Baru Cormorant), Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
Moderated by Emmet Asher-Perrin from Tor.com
- In-Booth Giveaway: Nomad by James Swallow
11:00am, Tor Booth 2444/45
- Signing: Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
11:00am-12:00pm, Tor Table #7 (Autographing Area)
- Signing: Seth Dickinson (The Monster Baru Cormorant)
11:00am-12:00pm, Tor Table #8 (Autographing Area)
- Signing: S.L. Huang (Zero Sum Game)
11:00am-12:00pm, Tor Table #11 (Autographing Area)
- In-Booth Ticketed Signing & #FearlessWomen Giveaway: V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful)
1:00pm-2:15pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
Ticketed Signing and #FearlessWomen Tote Giveaway
Friday, June 1st
- Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz Panel Presentation
11:00am, Room #1E12
Featuring: Editor Diana Pho presenting Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz
- Criminal Element Presents Two Truths and a Lie Featuring Your Favorite Macmillan Authors
11:30am-12:15 pm, Uptown Stage
Featuring: Hank Phillippi Ryan (Trust Me), Peter Blausner (Minotaur), Zoje Stage (SMP)
Moderated by Joe Brosnan from Criminal Element
- In-Booth Giveaway: The Echo Room by Parker Peevyhouse
12:30pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- In-Booth Signing: Hank Phillippi Ryan (Trust Me)
1:15pm-2:30pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- In-Booth Giveaway: The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams
1:30pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- Meet the Middle Grade Authors Buzz Panel
2:00pm-2:30 pm, Uptown Stage
Featuring Marie Miranda Cruz (Everlasting Nora)
- In-Booth Signing: Marie Miranda Cruz (Everlasting Nora)
3:00pm-4:15pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- In-Booth Giveaway: Finding Baba Yaga by Jane Yolen and Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
3:30pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- In-Booth Event: Tor Teen Anniversary Celebration, Starring Jennifer L. Armentrout (The Darkest Star)
4:00pm-5:15pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
Blind date books will be given with any purchase of three or more Macmillan books, and included are galleys of Dare You to Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch!
Saturday, June 2nd
- Fierce Reads Breakfast
10:15am-11:30am, Macmillan Meeting Room
Featuring: Jennifer L. Armentrout (The Darkest Star), Susan Dennard (Sightwitch, Bloodwitch), Mark Oshiro (Anger is a Gift), and V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful)
50 ARCs of The Darkest Star will be added to tote bags for giveaway
- In-Booth: Guest Bookseller: Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
11:00am-12:15pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- Time Traveling Fantasies
11:30am-12:15pm, Room #1E10
Featuring: V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful), Deborah Harkness, Naomi Novik, Petra Mayer
- In-Booth Bookstagram Prop Station
12:00pm-2:00pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
Join Macmillan in taking Instagram-worthy pics with our Bookstagram Prop Station! Here’s what Tor Books is featuring:
The Darkest Star (Jennifer L. Armentrout) – Beanie, Inflatable Aliens, Large sunglasses
Vicious (V.E. Schwab) – Black and Red Domino Masks, Skull
Truthwitch / Windwitch / Sightwitch / Bloodwitch (Susan Dennard) – Large emoji-esque pictures of the different elements (earth, wind, water, air)
Roar (Cora Carmack) – Umbrella with weather elements hanging off it
Anger is a Gift (Mark Oshiro) – Pride flag, Inflatable globe, #AngerisaGift protest sign
- The Game Nanofictionary: Authors Telling Tiny Stories Live
12:30pm-1:15pm, Room #1E07
Featuring: Mark Oshiro (Anger is a Gift), Naomi Novik, Sarah Beth Durst
- Tor Presents: LGBTQ+ Authors on Gender and Identity in SFF
12:45pm-1:30pm, Room #1E16
Featuring: V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful), S.L. Huang (Zero Sum Game), Seth Dickinson (The Monster Baru Cormorant), Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
Moderated by Kayti Burt from Den of Geek
- Panel: #FearlessWomen
1:30pm-2:15pm, Room #1E10
Featuring: V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful), S.L. Huang (Zero Sum Game), Seth Dickinson (The Monster Baru Cormorant), Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
Moderated by Kaila Hale-Stern from The Mary Sue
- In-Booth Ticketed Signing: V.E. Schwab (Vicious / Vengeful)
3:00pm-4:15pm, Tor Booth 2444/45
- Signing: Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
3:45pm-4:45pm, Tor Table #1 & #10 (Autographing Area)
- Signing: Seth Dickinson (The Monster Baru Cormorant)
3:45pm-4:45pm, Tor Table #1 & #10 (Autographing Area)
- Signing: S.L. Huang (Zero Sum Game)
3:45pm-4:45pm, Tor Table #1 & #10 (Autographing Area)
Sunday, June 3rd
- Voices In and Out of This World
11:30am-12:15pm, Room #1E16
Featuring: Jennifer L. Armentrout (The Darkest Star), Susan Dennard (Sightwitch, Bloodwitch), Mark Oshiro (Anger is a Gift)
Moderated by Princess Weekes from The Mary Sue
- NaNoWriMo: The Power of Writing With Abandon
12:30pm-1:30pm, Room #1E07
Featuring: Susan Dennard (Sightwitch, Bloodwitch), Marissa Meyer, Kami Garcia, Danielle Page, Grant Faulkner
- Tor Teen Meetup & #NoBounds Signing Party
1:30pm-2:45pm, Macmillan Meeting Room 2446 (connected to Macmillan booth 2444/45)
Featuring: Jennifer L. Armentrout (The Darkest Star), Susan Dennard (Sightwitch, Bloodwitch), and Mark Oshiro (Anger is a Gift)