Originally posted to our Patreon My dearest darlings, My favourite way to celebrate almost everything is a good cup of tea and an excellent book. When I can combine that with elevating authors I admire, well, it’s practically perfect in every way! As we are honouring Black History this month in the United States, I … More Celebrating Black History Month
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
February 9th at 6:30 PM Pacific, live on Zoom Posted Originally to Our Patreon The time is coming to celebrate some of our luminaries from the past year! The Grand Arbiter, Eve Riot, and I had a grand time hosting and organizing this event last year, and I am thrilled that we are able to … More Tippy Golden Teacup Awards
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 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
I cannot express how much I adored visiting with Beth Cato for my inaugural Sip the Tea event! we had so much fun chatting about all manner of things from books to baking to cheese and everything in between. In truth, these are my favourite sorts of chats and we don’t always have time for … More November Sip the Tea with Madame Askew and Beth Cato
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
The Strangely Beautiful Tales of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber Our August book club read is the gothic and lyrical, “Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker,” book one of the Strangely Beautiful series by Leanna Renee Hieber. (This collection combines the first two books. We are only reading book one.) A happy … More August Virtual Book Club
A Marvelous Light by Freya Markse Sunday, June 25th, at 4:30 pm Pacific/7:30 pm Eastern Our June book club read is the charming A Marvelous Light, by Freya Marske. An engaging tale of mystery and romance in an alternative Edwardian England, this novel is sure to keep fans of comedies of manners glued to the … More June Virtual Book Club
“Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess” by Phil and Kaja Foglio Sunday, April 16th, at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) Time Our April book club read is the delightful and enthralling “Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess,” by two absolute luminaries of steampunk, Phil and Kaja Foglio! We are so happy to welcome the Foglios as … More April Virtual Book Club
Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter 