Events! Microcosm In Your Town

Want to meet us in person, check out our books, or see an author speak? We’ve got author events and convention events coming up!

Upcoming Author Events

Dive into a more prosperous promotional path for your writing life with Joylynn Ross, author of the new Your Book Is Your Business: Money-Making Sales Strategies. She’s sharing the book—and the valuable practices that have led her to sell millions of copies of her own titles—in these upcoming events:

• Wednesday, June 17 | Private Event: Small Business Opportunity Program, Clark County Government Center—Las Vegas, NV | More info
  
• Saturday, June 20 | “Short Tall Tales” Writing & Storytelling Workshop for Adults, West Las Vegas Library—Las Vegas, NV | FREE, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
  
• Thursday, June 25 | “Short Tall Tales” Writing & Storytelling Workshop for Adults, West Charleston Library—Las Vegas, NV | FREE, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
  
• Monday–Tuesday, June 29–30 | 9th Annual “Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference,” Multicultural Bookstore—Las Vegas, NV | More info
  
• Saturday, July 11 | “Short Tall Tales” Writing & Storytelling Workshop for Adults, Whitney Library—Las Vegas, NV | FREE, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
  
• Wednesday, July 15 | “Short Tall Tales” Writing & Storytelling Workshop for Adults, Enterprise Library—Las Vegas, NV | FREE, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
  
• Saturday, July 25 | “Short Tall Tales” Writing & Storytelling Workshop for Adults, Centennial Hills Library—Las Vegas, NV | FREE, 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
  
• Friday–Saturday, September 11–13 | The Cavalcade of Authors—Chicago, IL | More info
  
• Saturday–Sunday, September 12–13 | Printers Row Book Fest—Chicago, IL | More info
  
• September 14–November 2 | Writing & Storytelling Workshop for Veterans, 8 weekly 90-minute sessions at the Neon Museum—Las Vegas, NV | More info
  
• Wednesday–Sunday, October 14–18 | Columbus Film, Author & Photography Festival—Columbus, OH | More info
  
• Sunday, November 15 | Reading With Soul Book Club—Columbus, OH
  
• Monday–Friday, February 22–26 | From Port to Purpose Writers Retreat—Fort Lauderdale, the Bahamas, Key West | More info
  
• Friday–Sunday, April 2–4 | Black Girls Who Read—Dallas, TX | More info
  
• Thursday–Saturday, May 20–22 | IBPA PubU2027 Preconference Workshop Presentation
  
• Thursday–Sunday, May 27–30 | Book Lovers Con—New Orleans, LA

You’re invited to the book revolution! Danny Caine is taking How to Defend Books and Why: Book Bans and How We Fight Them on tour this spring and summer:

• Thursday–Friday, June 18–19 | Tomorrow Books Poetry Night and Meet & Greet—Indianapolis, IN | More info
  
• Thursday, June 25 | Plum City Reading Series, Loganberry Books—Cleveland, OH | More info
  
• Tuesday, July 7 | The Read Up Expert Social Hour, Birdie Books—Westerville, OH | More info
  
• Thursday, July 16 | Panel and fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans with Josh Cook, Celeste Ng, and Maris Kreizman, hosted by Porter Square Books—VIRTUAL EVENT | More info
  
• Friday, August 21 | Beach Read series, Hamlin Beach State Park—Hamlin, NY | More info
  
• Tuesday, September 29 | McConnell Arts Center—Worthington, OH | More info

Generous Press’s Tati Richardson is taking Struck Speechless on the road! See where you can catch an event for this latest release in her Boss Chicks Village Series:

• Saturday, June 13 | Mis Amores Bookshop—Knoxville, TN | More info

…And if you can’t catch her events in person, signed copies are available for sale from Atlanta’s All the Tropes!

Generous Press’s Ayla Vejdani has events lined up to celebrate the release of sapphic story collection You x Me! Check out the schedule and see if your town is her next stop:

• Tuesday, June 16 | Hopeless Romantic—Toronto, ON | More info
  
• Saturday, June 20 | Evermore Books—Ottawa, ON | More info
  
• Saturday, June 20 | Signing at Perfect Books—Ottawa, ON | More info

…Stay tuned for more events with Another Story and Type Books in June—details to come!

Upcoming Tabling Events

None listed. Want us to table at your event? Reach out to daley (at) microcosmpublishing.com!

Upcoming Trade Shows and Industry Events

Usually not open to the public, these industry events are a chance for store buyers to peruse our books, write orders, and chat about terms. We plan to either attend or exhibit at the following events. If you’ll be there too, drop us a line—we’d love to meet you.

Interested in having an author at your store or event? Reach out!!

Planning an event and want us to be part of it (speaking, author readings, movie screenings, setting up a book and zine pop-up shop, etc.)? Let us know!!

In the Portland area? We can set up a book fair at your workplace like the ones your school used to have.