Here are a few things I’ll be doing this summer:

June 4-7: Attended the Nebula Awards in Chicago, where I presented the Best Novel Award as voted on by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

June 25-28: Scholar guest of honor at Archipelacon, the Nordic Science Fiction Convention, in Mariehamn, Aland Islands, Finland. I’m delivering the plenary address, titled “Dialogues with the Impossible.”  Other guests of honor include George R.R. Martin and Johanna Sinisalo.

July 9-12: Guest of Honor at Readercon Science Fiction Convention, Burlington, Massachusetts. The other Guest of Honor is writer Nicola Griffith.

August 19-23: Attending the World Science Fiction Convention, Spokane, Washington.