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

Event: In Your Write Mind

June 26-29 • Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 
 

Every year Seton Hill hosts a writing workshop that includes classes on various professional writing topics, guest lectures and workshops from industry professionals, pitch sessions a massive book signing (free and open to the public) and a costume ball. This is an excellent way for writers to hone their craft and make connections. To learn more and sign up for the workshop go here.

The MASSIVE author signing is FREE and OPEN to the Public!
Friday, June 27, 7-10pm

DSB authors who will be signing books this year include:
Matt Betts
Heidi Ruby Miller
K. Ceres Wright

In addition to the book signing, Dog Star Books will be debuting THE MAN WHO LOVED ALIEN LANDSCAPES by Albert Wendland.

Stop by to meet our authors and pick up some great summer reads!

EVENT: Dog Star Books Author at Anthocon

Anthocon 

November 8-10, 2013 • Portsmouth, NH

Scott Christian Carr will be at Anthocon moderating the following panels and doing both an official reading and impromptu readings throughout the weekend. More information can be found at the official Anthocon site.

Writing From the Fringe: Voices from Beyond the Wall

Does an author need to walk the walk in order to talk the talk? We'll assemble a panel of writers who live in the bizarre worlds that they write about, who share the beliefs, behaviors and motivations of their characters - writers who are brave (or crazy) enough to live on the Fringe and report back.

There Used to Be a Moon: Exploring the Apocalypse

From blowing up the Moon to zombie epidemics, global warming, economic meltdown and disease to tried and true full-scale nuclear catastrophe, we'll explore the current trends in end-of-the world fiction. How do new mindsets and social paradigms, rapidly advancing technology and more sophisticated worldviews change the ways that it can all hit the fan?

Dog Star Books Philosophy

"Science Fiction That Goes for the Throat"

WHAT? Science Fiction Adventure imprint of Raw Dog Screaming Press
WHY? To infuse the popular sub-genres of SF with Raw Dog culture
HOW? By presenting readers with the futures that never were or will be
WHO? Authors, new and established, launching their unique worlds
Dog Star Books, like its mother, Raw Dog Screaming Press, is smart, fun, and sexy. We're the girl who was not only voted most likely to succeed, but was also prom queen!

Because Dog Star Books is named after Sirius, the biggest and brightest star in the sky, we want our authors to shine among the best Science Fiction writers today by amplifying RDSP's decade of beautifully thought-provoking and consummately cool books.

Dog Star Books brings readers' favorite sub-genres of Science Fiction Adventure under the imprint's unifying brand. Our explosive covers by artist Bradley Sharp rely on negative space to invoke the ideas of new pulp, strange worlds, and futures that never were or will be.

Our authors are taking their place among an award-winning and best-selling writing community by writing with the intent of burning their words permanently upon the eyes of the industry, marking Dog Star as the destination where meta meets pop, where intellect is fun, and where imagination pulses in all its sensual glory.