2022
January:
- North Country Gaylaxians Book Club – January 11th, 7-9PM CST. Online discussion of The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J.Fitzwater. Preregister to join in.
- Online celebration of Queen of Swords Press’s 5th birthday! Details coming soon!
February:
- Capricon 42 – February 3-6th. Chicago, IL and online. Catherine will be on an online panel on queer speculative fiction and doing an author reading.
March:
- 13 Gears Steampunk – March 6th, Minneapolis, MN. 12-6 PM. Queen of Swords Press will have a booth with local authors Michael Merriam and Patrick W. Marsh. In person.
- Marscon 2022 – March 11th-13th, Minneapolis, MN. Catherine will be the Author Guest of Honor this year. Currently planned for in person.
- Write on! Radio KFAI – March 15th, 7-8PM CST. Streaming or on your radio dial. Catherine, Jennie Goloboy and Michael Merriam will be on this long running local radio show to talk about Queen of Swords Press and their work.
- SMOLFair – March 19th-26th. Online. Based in Philadelphia. This is an online small press fair – Queen of Swords Press has a virtual booth. We’ll also be participating in “More Than Escapism: Why We Need Speculative Fiction” with some other cool small presses on 3/26 at 4PM EDT.
April:
- Flights of Foundry – April 8th-10th. Online. Queen of Swords Press will have a virtual booth and Catherine Lundoff and Rem Wigmore are on programming.
- We’re releasing The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones on 4/14/22! Stay tuned for a reading video on our YouTube channel and a book giveaway on Twitter, plus more to come!
- So You Want to Put Together an Anthology? – Online at the Rambo Academy. April 24, 9:30-11:30 PST. Catherine is teaching this popular class again for Cat Rambo.
May:
- SFWA Nebula Weekend – 5/20-5/22. Jenny and A.J. were on programming.
- Rochester Pride – May 21st, 12-5PM. Rochester, MN. Queen of Swords Press will have a booth.
- WisCon – May 27-30th. Madison, WI. Queen of Swords Press will have a table in the Dealer’s Room and Catherine and Heather are on programming.
June:
- Pride Month StoryBundle – June 1 – July 1st. Our annual event, this year featuring books by Melissa Scott, Heather Rose Jones, Rem Wigmore and others to be announced. It will once again benefit Rainbow Railroad.
- Finding Your Path: An Agent and a Publisher Spill the Tea on Agenting and Small Press Publishing – Clarion West Writers Workshop – June 5, 11AM-12:30PM PST. Online. Jennie Goloboy and Catherine Lundoff will be teaching this workshop where you can get your questions answered and learn cool and nifty things about what agents do, what publishers do and what to consider doing with your books.
- “Creating New Worlds” – Geek Girl Con Twitch, June 14th, 7PM PST. Catherine will be on a panel about world building in science fiction and fantasy.
- 4th Street Fantasy – June 17-19. Minneapolis. Catherine is on programming; Jennie Goloboy, Michael Merriam and Catherine will be around and about in any case.
- Queering Small Press Publishing – June 21, 12-1PM. Library of Congress. Catherine will be on a panel for Library of Congress staff with publishers from Neon Hemlock, Stelliform Press and BLF Press. Not open to the public, alas, but very cool anyway.
July:
- BayCon 2022 – July 1-4th. San Francisco. Look for Heather Rose Jones on programming.
- West St. Paul Pride – July 9th. Queen of Swords Press will have a booth.
- r/Fantasy Small Press AMA – July 15th. Queen of Swords Press will once again have a Small Press AMA on Reddit Fantasy. All our authors will be there!
- Book Release/Birthday Party at DreamHaven Books! July 21st, 6:30PM. Queen of Swords Press is doing a re-release/first time in print edition of Michael Merriam’s homage to early 2000s Minneapolis with a queer romance and the ghost of the old streetcar line, Last Car to Annwn Station in July, and Jennie Goloboy and Catherine never got in person releases for their books last year so we’re going to make up for lost time
August:
- Novel in Progress Book Camp: Speculative Fiction Edition – July 31-August 6th, West Bend, Wisconsin.Catherine will be returning as a guest instructor.
- Tiny Diner Farmer’s Market – August 11th, 5-8PM. Minneapolis. Catherine will have a book table with selected titles and some artwork by Jana Pullman.
- Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate – August 14th, 9-2PM. Minneapolis. Publisher Catherine Lundoff will be there with our books and lovely handmade journals and boxes made by her wife, Jana.
- To Market, To Market: How Professionals Look at Your Manuscript– August 20th, 1-4PM CST. The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis. Jennie Goloboy and Catherine Lundoff will be teaching this workshop together.
- Secrets revealed! Getting Your Books into the Right Hands!– August 21, 11:30-1:30 CST at the Rambo Academy. Jenny and Catherine are teaching this one together too! This will be publisher/agent workshop about researching your options, prioritizing your submissions and other fun stuff.
- WORD Christchurch – August 31st-September 4th. Look for A.J. Fitzwater on programming!
September:
- Chicon 8/Worldcon – September 1-5th. Catherine Lundoff and Jennie Goloboy will be on programming.
- Pagan Pride Fall Festival – September 10th. Minneapolis. Look for Michael Merriam’s book table, where he’ll have a selection of his books and ours!
- St. Cloud Pride in the Park – Saturday, September 17th, 11-3PM. St. Cloud, MN. Queen of Swords Press will be back!
- Crypticon on September 16th- 18th in Plymouth, MN. Look for Michael Merriam in the Dealer’s Room with copies of Last Car.
October:
- Open Streets Minneapolis (Minnehaha) – October 1st. Big street festival in Minneapolis – we’ll have a booth and will be peddling books!
- Columbia Heights Pride – October 8th. We’ll have a booth!
- Twin Cities Book Festival – October 15th. St. Paul, Fairgrounds. Queen of Swords Press will have a table and Michael, Jennie and Catherine will be there.
- Crimson Peaks and Menacing Mansions: Writing Gothic Horror – Catherine Lundoff will be teaching on 10/23 at the Rambo Academy!
November:
- Publishing Basics for Genre Fiction – November 15th, Springboard for the Arts. Online, CST. 6-7:30 PM. Catherine will be offering this free workshop through Springboard again.
December:
- Minnesota Women’s Art Festival – 12/10, Minneapolis. We’ll have a booth with artist Jana Pullman.