January 31st at 6:30 PM Pacific (Seattle) live on YouTube Originally posted to our Patreon The hall is reserved. The stars are aligned, and most importantly, the new moon is nearly ready to welcome our stunning cavalcade of Luminaries to our festivities. Our Third Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards is this Friday, January 31st, at … More Third Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards: This Friday!
My darling sparkle glitter unicorns! Whilst the newsletter is on hiatus*, I realize that a regular schedule of events is not making its way to you in any form! Quelle horreur! I am pleased as punch that posting the calendar to Patreon and our website is successfully filling in this gap of communication for now. … More October — November Calendar
The Sea is Ours edited by Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng Sunday, May 19th, at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) For our May book club pick, we are reading an astounding anthology of Steampunk short stories, “The Sea is Ours: Steampunk Tales of Southeast Asia,” edited by Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng. This collection is packed … More May Virtual Book Club
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear April 21st, 4:30 pm Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) Our monthly virtual book club returns this Sunday, April 21st, at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson)/7:30 PM Eastern (Montreal). After taking March off, I am thrilled to return for a delightful conversation about one of my favourite steampunk books, Karen Memory* by Elizabeth Bear. What … More April Virtual Book Club
The Temporal Textual Talks Reading List for 2024 Originally posted to our Patreon Thanks to the very hard work of our own Buttery Goodness, Mr Bill Bodden, we have our book list for 2024. Bill and I started putting together this year’s list back in September of last year. We poured through a variety of … More Steampunk Book Club
Babel by R.F. Kuang Join our avid band of Steampunk readers on January 21st at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle) in our virtual tea parlour on zoom or follow along with our live stream on Facebook. Become a subscriber on our Patreon to support our monthly book club and be part of the ongoing conversation. Our … More January Virtual Steampunk Book Club
This was originally posted on our Patreon My dearest darlings! Jolabokaflod is coming up and of all the holiday traditions around Christmas time, this is one of my personal favourites. Certainly, I am a bit biased as I am a well-known avid reader so any excuse to share more books is a good excuse in … More 10 Books I am Gifting for Jolabokaflod
This was posted originally to our Patreon I am often asked for book recommendations for newcomers to Steampunk and I realize that I have a short list of books that I use regularly as suggestions depending upon the genres that the reader enjoys already. I wanted to share this list particularly because we are in … More 6 Book Recs for the New Steampunk Reader
The December Sip the Tea Show will be on Saturday the 16th at 10 AM Pacific/11 AM Mountain/Noon Central/ 1 PM Eastern. I am thoroughly delighted to announce my December “Sip the Tea” guest author, David R Slayton! Mr Slayton is the author of the marvelous Adam Binder Series, an urban fantasy trilogy set in … More Sip the Tea with Madame Askew and David R. Slayton
This post was originally published to our Patreon This past weekend, I had the pleasure of returning to TusCon for its 50th year. TusCon is one of those old style, fan-run conventions. There’s an intimate scale to the event that really nurtures a sense of community and connection. Guests, panelists, and attendees are able to … More Classic Convention Chat: TusCon 50 Review
Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter 