We invited our speakers to tell us a little bit more about themselves in a brief interview, and the answers have started coming in. We can now report that of responding speakers, the majority are very open in their peanut butter preferences, but split down the middle on writing style. Who is the peanut butter hater? Find out here. Don’t have your tickets yet? Get them for $20 off!
This week is full of Book Riot Live action. We’ve revealed our first batch of panels, and what a fine bunch they are! We’ve got live podcasts and discussions about humor, writing craft, making change, and more. And today is your last shot at VIP tickets. If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, GO FORTH — you have through midnight tonight, August 31, to grab the VIP passes with all their lovely perks (including first crack at RSVPs to limited-seating panels), and you can get $20 off on top of that using code BOOKNERD.
Hello, VIP ticket holders. As promised, you’re getting the first look at the programming for Book Riot Live 2016, and we are SO EXCITED to be sharing it with you. Seriously, all of the muppet arms are happening! Which is making typing kind of hard! I will have to let last year’s cheering squad do it for me!
Please feast your eyes upon … drumroll please …. the Schedule page! Wherein you shall find details about this year’s podcasts and discussions about humor, writing craft, making change, and more. This is just the tip of the programming iceberg, so stay tuned: same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.
But wait, there’s more. Our partner bookstore WORD has been kind enough to set up convention pre-orders, which means you can have books set aside for you to pick up at Book Riot Live. No more agonizing over how you’ll pack them all into your suitcase! They’ve also agreed to give you a special discount, so use code VIPBRL2016 when you’re checking out — and don’t forget to note that these are for pick-up at Book Riot Live 2016.
Rioter Wallace is reading ahead for Book Riot Live 2016, and documenting the experience! One of her first picks is Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina:
Get more recs for reading ahead right here, and get your VIP tickets for $20 off through August 31.
A few of our podcasts will be returning to Book Riot Live 2016; while you wait to find out which, why not revisit the delightful antics of last year’s live recordings? Listen along below, and register here with code BOOKNERD for $20 off!
This month’s Read Harder Book Groups are sponsored by A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev.
Do you like books? Do you like talking about books? Have we got a group for you. Join your fellow readers-at-large at Read Harder Book Group, meeting in your city this month! It’s an “any book” book club, which means anything you’re reading counts. You’ll get occasional goodies from our month’s sponsor and recs for your Read Harder Challenge (or just recs in general, Challenge not required).
Hope to see you soon!
Toronto, ON – 8/13
Vancouver, BC – 8/18
Chicago, IL – 8/18
New York City, NY – 8/20
Los Angeles, CA – 8/20
Glasgow, GB – 8/20
Boston, MA – 8/20
Portland, OR – 8/21
Philadelphia, PA – 8/21
Washington, DC – 8/21
Houston, TX – 8/21
Ready to find out more about our speakers?
Get your tickets for $20 off your weekend pass with code BOOKNERD!
VIP perks are disappearing soon — don’t throw away your shot! Register by August 31 and get these bonuses:
– First notice on additions to the event, new programming, etc.
– Early access to RSVP for limited-seating panels
– A special discount on pre-ordered books from our con bookstore
Go get ’em, and use code BOOKNERD during check-out to get $20 off your weekend pass!
Two of our speakers will be included in this year’s Best American Science-Fiction and Fantasy; one of them helped her library win a 2016 NYC Neighborhood Library Award; one of them won the 2016 RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Futuristic Romance; and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Keep an eye on the line-up here!
More VIP perks are coming soon, so if you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, go go go.
Book Riot Live 2015 was a blast — and we’re planning on making 2016 even better. We hope you’ll join us again, because we couldn’t have done it without you!
There are just a few days left for our returning-attendee discount. Take $30 off your weekend pass or $15 off your day pass, through July 31, with coupon code CLASSOF15. See you in November!
