steampunk event – Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter

Nominations and Voting Are Open for the 4th Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards!

January 17, 2026

As the golden rays of dawn pierce 2026 so too do the first nominations for the Tippy Golden Teacup Awards emerge! Your contributions, nominations, and votes will help us in celebrating our CommuniTea! Please take your time, but know that nominations end February 9th, 2026. (The Monday after CONpossible!) Bibliomancy Award – Vote for the … More Nominations and Voting Are Open for the 4th Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards!

The Return of the Monthly Meowsive!

January 7, 2026

So much is happening behind the scenes in the Workshop of Doom, and we have many plots afoot for the coming months. So my heart is very full, indeed, with joy and relief that I can announce the re-launch of the Monthly Meowsive, our cheeky little newsletter. If you are already a subscriber from before, … More The Return of the Monthly Meowsive!

January Tea and Tomfoolery

January 2, 2026

The last year has been filled with adventures from the wild to the sublime. We started our year of travels with the wonderful folk at CONpossible in February and found our way home to Wild West Con in March. We survived calamity there with all of that wonderful, stalwart community, and continued onward with a … More January Tea and Tomfoolery

Temporal Textual Talks: A Steampunk Book Chat

November 22, 2025

The 2026 Reading List Originally posted to our Patreon After gathering recommendations, hunting through our own lists, and debating, genteelly over cups of tea, Bill Bodden, our Official Buttery Goodness, and I are ready to share our reading list for 2026. And oh my! I am, as always, terribly excited for this year’s list. Our … More Temporal Textual Talks: A Steampunk Book Chat

Friday Tea with special guest the Airship Ambassador

November 21, 2025

Friday, November 21st, at 6:30 PM Pacific (Seattle) Friday Teatime is nearly upon us, and whilst I feel as though I am still at sixes and sevens, I am thrilled that we delve into a little holiday cheer this evening with our dear friend, the Airship Ambassador. Whenever the Ambassador and we two gather together, … More Friday Tea with special guest the Airship Ambassador

November Calendar

November 4, 2025

October turned into Guestober and sped by in a cloud of spooky season fog and glitter. What an absolutely marvelous adventure! I am so grateful to all of our lovely guests and to all of you for joining us for our sundry shenanigans. November is already drenched in the flavours of masala chai, with enough … More November Calendar

September Virtual Book Chat

September 21, 2025

Sunday, September 21st, at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) — 7:30 PM Eastern (Montreal/Atlanta) Ah! Today is the day! Our September Book Chat is nearly upon us! We’re discussing this month’s pick, our first ever graphic novel, “Monstress, Volume One,” by Marjorie Liu and illustrated by Sana Takeda. This is an evocative, intense start to spooky … More September Virtual Book Chat

Friday Virtual Teatime: WorldCon Edition

August 1, 2025

Friday, August 1st, 6:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) — 9:30 PM Eastern (Montreal/Atlanta) The Grand Arbiter and I are heading to Seattle WorldCon, and we want to spill the tea on our plots, looks, and hopes for this adventure. We’ll delve into our super secret Patrons’ Corner topic and share a few hints as to the … More Friday Virtual Teatime: WorldCon Edition

June Virtual Book Club

June 22, 2025

June 22nd at 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) — 7:30 PM Eastern (Montreal/Atlanta) I am positively aflutter with excitement for this month’s book club. Catherine Lundoff, the stalwart editor and mastermind behind Queen of Swords Press, is joining us along with our author guest Micheal Merriam to chat about Mr Merriam’s thrilling Weird West tale, Terror … More June Virtual Book Club

Friday Tea: Troptastic Tourney!

June 20, 2025

June 20th, 6:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson) The Grand Arbiter and I welcome our dear friends, Eve Riot and T.M. Kuta to join us for teatime tonight for our literary throw-down to fight for the honour of our favourite tropes and to see which one is the One Trope to Rule Them All: or at least … More Friday Tea: Troptastic Tourney!

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Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter

Tea, Fashion, Chaos

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