Confluence / DogCon 3

July 25-27, Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North

This year DogCon 3 is being held during Confluence. Dog Star Books authors Matt Betts & Albert Wendland will be involved in the regular programming as Michael Arnzen, Lucy Snyder and John Edward Lawson from parent publisher Raw Dog Screaming Press. There will be a rapid-fire reading, we'll announce the winner of this year's Readers' Choice award and host an End of the World launch party for Lucy Snyder's Soft Apocalypses. Below you'll find a schedule all the events our authors will be involved in.

Friday

4 pm Opening: John E. Lawson

5 pm Making the Science Sing: Albert Wendland

6 pm Happiness in Horror: Michael Arnzen, Lucy Snyder

My (Girlfriend, Mother, Sister) will Kick your Butt: J.L. Gribble

Kaffee Klatsch: Matt Betts

7 pm The Games We Play: Lucy Snyder

Autographing: Matt Betts

Kaffee Klatsch: Michael Arnzen

8 pm RDSP Rapid Fire Reading: Matt Betts, Michael Arnzen, Lucy Snyder, J.L. Gribble, Albert Wendland, John Edward Lawson
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER OF THE READERS’ CHOICE AWARD

9 pm ***SOFT APOCALYPSES launch party*** Lucy Snyder, Room 525

Saturday

10 am What Dreams May Come: Albert Wendland

Writing Workshop: Matt Betts, J.L. Gribble

11 am Non-SF books every SF reader should read: Albert Wendland

What Makes You Think That? John Edward Lawson

Autographing: Michael Arnzen

12 pm SF as Games; Games as SF:  Lucy Snyder

Making it on Mars: Albert Wendland

1 pm Humor and Genre: Michael Arnzen

2 pm The Writing & Publishing Game: John Edward Lawson

Autographing: Albert Wendland

4 pm Collaboration: Lucy Snyder

5 pm Why did Steam punk? Matt Betts

Want to see something REALLY scary? Michael Arnzen

These Kids Today: J.L. Gribble

Kaffee Klatsch: Albert Wendland

7 pm Beyond the Experiment: John Edward Lawson

9 pm Movies as Series: Michael Arnzen

10 pm Erotica: Writing, reading in more than 50 shades of grey: Lucy Snyder

Sunday

12 pm Writing and the Day Job: Lucy Snyder

SF Art and Illustration: Albert Wendland

1 pm How Alien is too Alien: J.L. Gribble

Truly Creative: Financial realities of the writing life: Lucy Snyder, Matt Betts

2 pm The Amazon’s Right Breast: Women in Combat: Lucy Snyder

SF Rediscovers the Solar System: Albert Wendland

ODD MEN OUT is a Hoffer Award Finalist

It's been announced that ODD MEN OUT by Matt Betts is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Less than 10% of the titles under consideration become finalists so we're quite honored that it received this recognition You can see a complete list of winners here.

In addition, the cover that Bradley Sharp created for the book is also a DaVinci Eye finalist! Congratulations to Bradley Sharp who works hard to infuse every cover he creates for us with the true essence of the book inside. He is also the single force behind the cohesive look and feel of Dog Star Books. See the complete list of book covers recognized by The Eric Hoffer Award. Check out Brad's website for more amazing art.