Event Appearances | Alex Shvartsman's Speculative Fiction

Event Appearance: Literary Festival in Ruse, Bulgaria

May 19, 2026

I will be a guest at the literary festival in Ruse this coming weekend, where I will participate on panels, do a reading and a kaffeeklatch. If you happen to be in that part of Europe, I hope you will consider attending!

https://fantasyriver.libruse.bg

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Boskone 2026 Schedule

February 12, 2026

I will be in sunny, warm Boston this weekend attending the Boskone convention. Here’s where to find me!

In unrelated news, The Best of All Possible Planets ARC has gone out to reviewers! If you should have received a copy but haven’t, please reach out ASAP!

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Books, Booze, and Good News

February 6, 2026

Good news #1: “Pollen” by Anna Burdenko is the Clarkesworld Readers’ Poll finalist! I am so glad people enjoyed this excellent story. You can vote for your favorites here, up until February 15.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/

Good news #2: “Origin Story,” an epistolary tale of an advanced AI model responding to queries from its unhinged billionaire owner, has been accepted at Nature Futures. It should be published sometime in the next few months.

Books & Booze: I am going to be a part of this brand-new book fair organized by Randee Dawn tomorrow. Stop by and see many and many fabulous authors, as well as a few literary agents, at Industry City.

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New York Comic Con 2025

October 6, 2025

I’ll be at the New York Comic Con this Thursday through Sunday! My friends at the Department of Lore generously invited me to use a small part of their booth to promote and sell my books. (And, of course, I will help them promote Maya as well.)

If you plan on attending and would like to say hi, you can find me in the exhibitor hall booth 3325:
https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/exhibitors-and-artists/exhibitors/showroom.html?gtID=636323&exhibitor-name=Department-of-Lore-Inc

Meantime, major kudos to the Maya team for their runaway success of the Kickstarter, which has just entered its final week. They’ve raised $168,000 so far! The book is fabulous (I should know, I performed the developmental edits on it), so do grab a copy for yourself!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/741743042/maya-1

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Flights of Foundry 2025 Schedule

September 27, 2025

This Sunday I will participate in several programming items for Flights of Foundry, a virtual SF/F convention. Please check it out here as there are many other programming items happening throughout the weekend.

Here’s what I’ll be doing (events listed in East Coast time):

10am: Chill-N-Chat. This is an informal chat with me about my upcoming projects or anything else you wish to ask. It’s limited to 6 participants so you may want to register in advance.

12pm: Interview with 2025 Dream Foundry writing contest winner Victoriia Silina, author of Kharkiv: A War City.

3pm: Building the Sum of Its Parts: The Joy and Challenges of Publishing an Anthology, with Sheree Renee Thomas, Ann LeBlanc, and Dawn Vogel

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Capclave 2025

September 18, 2025

I’ll be in Rockville, MD this weekend attending Capclave! Here are the panels and events where you can find me (and I will also be at the Mass Signing on Saturday at 7pm.)

https://www.capclave.org/capclave25/Admin/individual_schedule.php?pid=203

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Worldcon 2025 Schedule

August 13, 2025

As per the previous post, I will spend much of my time at the Card Advantage Games booth, but here are also some panels, signings, readings, etc. where you can find me in the coming days. Please do say hi if you see me! I am friendly and (mostly) house-broken.