Denver Signings and Salt Lake City Con

One last post before intrepid webmistress Priscilla zips off to join Jim and Kitty at Salt Lake City Con!

First off, we have a couple more events to announce for 2017:

September 28, 7:00pm
Colorado State University
Lory Student Center Ballroom (1500)
1101 Center Ave Mall
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Contemporary fantasy author Jim Butcher, a Hugo Award nominee and #1 New York Times bestselling author, will be speaking about his latest book and the dozens more he’s published during his long career. THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT SEATING IS LIMITED. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

November 21, 6:30pm
Author Talk and Book Signing
Denver Public Library, Park Hill Branch
4705 Montview Blvd
Denver, CO 80207
720-865-0250

If you can’t attend, you can always whet your appetite for more juicy tidbits and hilarious stories by checking out 5280 Geek’s podcast interview with Jim from the Straight Outta Tombstone release party!

And now, this weekend’s main event:

SALT LAKE CITY CON SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21:

Fantasy: Blending Realism with Magical Systems
5:00 – 6:00pm, Room 250A
Jim Butcher, Jody Lynn Nye, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, Tad Williams. Moderator: David Farland

Signing with Shadow Mountain Booksellers
7:00 – 8:00pm, Booth 1807

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22:

Signing with Bard’s Tower
12:30 – 1:30pm, Booth 301

A Shadowy Reflection of You: A Villain’s Story
2:00 – 3:00 pm, Room 151D
Jim Butcher, Charlie Holmberg, Emily R. King, Tad Williams, Timothy Zahn. Moderator: Michael A. Stackpole

Worldbuilders Party (TICKETS REQUIRED–SEE DESCRIPTION)
4:00 – 8:00 pm, Room 355 B & C
Jim’s table is long-since sold out, but you can still snag a ticket to hang out and game with Timothy Zahn, Brian McClellan, Zoraida Cordova, Dan Wells, Kai Charles and Kay-B of Black Girl Nerds, and many more! Read more about the event, then grab your seat here.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23:

Fantasy Tropes: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
12 – 1:00 pm, Room 255B
Jim Butcher, Larry Correia, Matthew J. Kirby, Brian McClellan, Patrick Rothfuss. Moderator: Brian Lee Durfee

Signing with Badali Jewelry
1:30 – 2:30pm, Booths 720 & 722

Signing with Shadow Mountain
3:00 – 4:00pm, Booth 1807

Spotlight on Jim Butcher
5:00 – 6:00pm, Room 151D

Plot and Character and Scene and Setting: A Guide to Story
8:00 – 9:00pm, Room 150G
Jim Butcher (Moderator), Michaelbrent Collings, Tyler Jolley, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jody Lynn Nye, J. Scott Savage

BONUS:

Night Light: A Dresden Files Noir Fan Film Screening
Thursday, 8pm — 255E
When some of Chicago’s minor magical talents become the targets of abuse, the police chalk it up to isolated incidents of self-inflicted harm. But Harry Dresden’s not waiting for someone to die. He’s planning a solid pre-emptive strike against whomever or whatever is stalking the city’s most vulnerable practitioners. The screening will be followed by the extended trailer of Tower of Turtles’ Fall 2017 release of RED SUN: an action fan film of The Dresden Files.
Amy Gruss, Suzanne Solomon, Priscilla Spencer

Hope to see you there!

Side Jobs Sale and DragonCon Awesomeness

We’re back from DragonCon, and we have all kinds of Butchery goodness to report!

SIDE JOBS SALE!

First off, there’s a massive sale on Side Jobs going on now! For a limited time, fans can nab the Ebook of the first anthology of Dresden Files shorts for $1.99! Download it from the vendor of your choice (Amazon, B&N, Books A Million, Google Play, iBooks, or Kobo) via Penguin Random House. This sale ends September 17th, so don’t miss out!

COMICS WIN BIG AT DRAGON CON

To our surprise and delight (and slight confusion), Jim and his collaborators at Dynamite Entertainment took home two Dragon Awards: Best Graphic Novel for “Wild Card” and Best Comic Book for “Dog Men.” No, we’re not certain what the difference between the categories is either, but we’re nevertheless grateful for your support! Jim had a signing at the same time as the ceremony and was unable to attend, but he sent his friend Landon Solomon, Dresden cosplayer and lead actor in the Dresden Files fan films Night Light and Red Sun, to accept the awards on his behalf. We hope DragonCon’s AV setup can recover from the proximity to Harry’s Murphyonic field! Watch the video here.

Congratulations to the entire Dynamite team, including Jim’s fellow writer Mark Powers, artists Carlos Gomez and Diego Galindo, colorist Mohan, letterer Bill Tortolini, editor Anthony Marques, and Thematic Consultants Pamela Shaw Alexander, Mickey Finn, Fred Hicks, and Priscilla Spencer.

PANEL VIDEOS

Disappointed you didn’t get to attend Jim’s panels? We have the next best thing. Check ’em out!

And finally…

BONUS HAMILTON COSPLAY EPICNESS

       

Aaron Burr: Torre Neal
Thomas Jefferson: Wayne Adams
Maria Reynolds: Alie Holden
Peggy Schuyler: Shauna Lloyd
Angelica Schuyler Church: Priscilla Spencer
Eliza Schuyler Hamilton: Kitty Krell
Alexander Hamilton (in green): Jim Butcher
Alexander Hamilton (in black): James Butcher
King George: Suzanne Solomon

Photographs by Torre Neal. Costumes by Kitty Krell, with the exception of Wayne’s, Suzy’s, James’, and Shauna’s bodice.

And that’s it for this year!  Hope to see you later this month at Jim’s final con of 2017, Salt Lake City Comic Con!