#the bookcon

[thisblackwitch]

Join me next weekend at Write Hive, the all virtual, all free writing conference. I will be on two panels:

"Historians on History in Fiction" (11:30 AM - 1:00 PM/Sat, June 8th) &

"War and the Long Term Effects of War in Fiction" (3:00-4:30 PM EST/Sat, June 8th)

But! I will be around all weekend long under my fiction penname MultiMind ('cuz I also write fiction now, too)

[nerdsworld]

Society of Illustrators Presents: MoCCA ARTS FESTIVAL 2024🗯️ 🪅🎨🖌️🖍️🎭📝📖📚

MARCH 16 & 17

SI MOCCA FEST

11:00 am-6:00 pm

SI MoCCA Festival is Manhattan's largest independent comics and cartoon art festival.Over 500 exhibitors display and sell their work at Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W 18th St.) and award-winning artists conduct lectures and panels discussion at the SVA Flatiron Gallery (141 w 21 St.

Spring has sprung at this in year's "Graphic Artist Festival".

Dune

Eli Lin Taiwan Graphic Artist.

Jack Kirby Museum

SI MoCCA Arts Festival Album 👇🏾

Saturday

March 16,2024

L.George

[michellevolansky]

I designed this cute tote for Workman Publishing for Bookcon 2017

[cdgorri]

Good morning ☀️You might have heard, I'll be joining an incredible author lineup for 4 days of bookish fun with some pretty amazing readers at Literary Love Savanna this July. I hope you can make it! I plan on having exclusive swag, limited edition paperbacks, plus a 6ft photo op! A couple of us attending authors decided to introduce ourselves by promoting our books in this awesome #bookfair! Check it out: https://books.bookfunnel.com/lls2023sales/3ke2k1c3e5 #lls #readercon #authorsigning #bookcon #savannah #cdgorribooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPm6svul43/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stochastique-blog]

Why Not...

I am so excited for my 1st book festival next month! I will be at The Write Women Book Fest on October 8th in Glen Dale, MD. This is a FREE event highlighting women authors and publishers. Check out @thewritewomenbookfest for more details. #bookfest #bookcon #booknerds #bookworm #TWWBF2022 #authorfest #authorcon #authorsigning #authorappearance #publishing #womenauthors #womeninpublishing #cdbscholarship #layingthefoundation #authoress https://www.instagram.com/p/CiFvtmsuAum/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[soupsnakessss]

just found your blog and i’m a big fan!! i’ve always thought that something was “up” with those two but never cared to look into it further until now, when tumblr recommended you and i spent hours reading all the posts i could lol 🫣 i have two questions for you: first, what are your top mindy and bj moments? second, any other blogs like yours that you recommend? i’m rapidly becoming obsessed with them i fear 🤪

** this has been in my drafts for like two months now- sorry anon but here you go!**

This is such a fun but hard question.  It's impossible to narrow it down…

When BJ suddenly got choked up and started crying about Mindy on NPR last year.

When Mindy was talking about this tweet from him on the Today show in 2018 and also, suddenly started crying.

This IG post (caption!) from Mindy in 2012 and the way BJ is looking at her.

This tweet from BJ on Halloween 2011 and the way Mindy is smiling at him- that he deleted shortly after because all the replies were asking why she’s kneeling.

Being the cutest parents together this May when they attended the spring fundraiser gala for Kit’s school.

When BJ was away in Europe in 2014 and was caught obsessively liking all of Mindys IG posts.

When BJ described Mindy as having “skin the color of a caramel latte, and the voice of a studious songbird”

This birthday present Mindy gave him.

And this birthday present- the expensive necklaces BJ bought her while he was in Paris in 2013.

Mindy’s “Happy Birthday, Rude Boy” post for him.

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The “come home” saga / BJ & Kit’s FaceTime 😭

“You autocomplete me”

These videos:

The two of them at BJ's 40th birthday party.

The legendary Bookcon talk - which includes the "love of my life" moment.

Mindy explaining how he was going to dress up as Santa for the kids in 2020.

All of the times Andy Cohen has gotten them to talk about their relationship.

BJ talking about their relationship last year and saying she is the most important person in his life.

Or saying that having "multiple generations" all together with Mindy, the kids, and both families in Boston this summer was "a dream come true"

Sightings like:

Out and about in NYC when she was secretly pregnant with Kit.

Mindy going to New Mexico to visit him on his movie set when she was secretly pregnant with Spencer.

The Hawaii trip no one knew about in 2012.

BJ spotted carrying and kissing baby Kit in 2018. And BJ spotted kissing baby Spencer in 2021, while Mindy held him.

The sweetest Central Park stroll with Kit before Mindy did the Met Gala in 2019.

This old sighting of them kissing and laughing in NYC.

Any and all of thirsty comments he leaves on Mindy’s IG.

These portraits from 2018 & 2020.

The time they were spotted getting cozy at the 2019 VF Oscar Party.

When BJ referred to them as eternal.

This quote from Mindy

This quote from BJ

And lastly this one

❤️❤️❤️ Everything is a top moment!

Blogs i recommend are: @heartcm /@karenwalkerdesigns / @aflawedfashion / @livelovecaliforniadreams / @bjkaling / these and any of the ones I previously linked, to look through their archives and tags.

[edwinspaynes]

Another fun thing is that I would trade the entire SoBH book for the Cordelia BookCon poster or Illumicrate TLH dust jackets. Probably not other things but yeah

[a-love-poet-at-heart]

Im looking through my book stash and culling stuff and i find this grimms fairy tales audio book i got like in 2016 for free at bookcon. Im like hmm i wonder who voices all the stories? Wouldnt it be funny if alfr....-ALFRED MOLINA??????

turns out he reads the shoes that were danced to pieces on this

I am fucking Screaming

[mallorysquare0]

Mallory Square in Orlando, FL

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Orlando, FL

Currently, we know that creating a travel itinerary is wonderful. If you’re searching for pre-scheduled activities in Orlando, FL, it is essential to check out online posts. Here are examples from Eventbrite website. First, there will be Cellular Activation Technology is coming to ORLANDO FL event this coming Saturday, July 20, 2024, at around 9:00 AM at 801 John Young Pkwy. Second, the Orlando Greek Picnic is scheduled on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at around 12:00 PM at Central Florida Fair. Lastly, you can also opt to attend the Romantasy BookCon and Midnight Masquerade this coming Thursday, October 3, 2024, at around 2:00 PM at Orlando.

Orlando International Premium Outlets

Nowadays, many people visit the Orlando International Premium Outlets as a famous tourist attraction situated in Orlando, FL. Besides, it’s a perfect place to shop with your family and friends. Orlando International Premium Outlets, formerly Prime Outlets-Orlando, is an outdoor outlet mall in Orlando, Florida, United States along the northern end of International Drive. Initially, the complex was named "Belz Factory Outlet World" and included 175 stores in two indoor malls, four annexes and an outdoor designer outlet center when it opened in 1990. In Summer 2005, Prime Retail, who owns four other outlet malls in Florida, acquired the center and named it "Prime Outlets-Orlando."

Florida removes digital driver’s license app. Here’s why

We know that there are many interesting news reports in the Orlando, FL. One of the stories has something to do with driver’s license app. As reported, Florida’s relatively new digital identification application is apparently being scrapped while state leaders look to find a new app developer for the program. In addition, it was mentioned in the news that the state has now removed the Florida Smart ID app from app stores. In May, News 6 investigated the Florida Smart ID app. Then, Florida is one of only a handful of states that uses the technology. Lastly, Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles told News 6 that more than 521,000 people have used the app that was launched in 2022.

Link to map

Orlando International Premium Outlets 4951 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819, United States Get on I-4 Express from W Oak Ridge Rd 4 min (0.9 mi) Take FL-528 E to Narcoossee Rd. Exit from FL-528 E 17 min (17.2 mi) Follow Narcoossee Rd to Las Olas Ave in Orlando 3 min (1.2 mi) Mallory Square 8810 Albury Dr, Orlando, FL 32827, United States

[acourtofpaperandink]

ALA 2023 recap

So this was my first ALA. I had planned to go in 2020 but we all know what happened there. What is ALA? ALA= American Library Annual conference If you have been to Bookcon or BookExpo, this was very similar but also very different. More similar to BookExpo than Bookcon. You do need to work in the industry to attend. As it is a library conference it is mostly for librarians but teachers and…

[jessryno]

ALA 2023 recap

So this was my first ALA. I had planned to go in 2020 but we all know what happened there. What is ALA? ALA= American Library Annual conference If you have been to Bookcon or BookExpo, this was very similar but also very different. More similar to BookExpo than Bookcon. You do need to work in the industry to attend. As it is a library conference it is mostly for librarians but teachers and…

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Are you planning on attending any cons in the near future?

Probably not. There’s Gamescom, but as much as I like videogames, it seems to be more for people who unironically call themselves "Gamers“, and I’m not far enough into the scene to know what I‘d do at Comic-Con. There’s also this pretty big and free to enter bookcon focused on Turkish Literature, which I have been to before twice, but all the books are pretty much always just one of two genres (and 1 third of the con is for selling home utensils??) had pretty good lahmacun (Turkish pizza? Is that it’s English name too?) the last time tho. Tbh that’s all the cons I specifically know about firsthand XD

Theres also Japan Day but that’s more of a culture festival than con (even if the main attractions are the cosplay contest and anime shopping street). Missed the first half that had all the actual events when I was there last year, so if anything I‘d go there again.

[lothloriencosplay]

The whole BookCon squad!! Cassian, Amren, Elain, Lysandra, and Mor Representing @worldofsarahjmaas (And the queen herself saw us and said we made her day!)

[kadet-pise]

Letos asi poslední akce, na které se objevím. V mém rodném Hradci Králové, v knihovně pobočka Kukleny, odkud to nemám do práce daleko, bude probíhat BookCon! Naše knihovna je doslova fantastická, naše knihovnice taky a BookCon pofrčí 24 hodin!

V sobotu budu mít přednášku o podivných dracích. Budu s sebou mít knihy na prodej a pro ty chudé bude možnost vyhrát O dracích a lidech nebo O dracích a Sedmi v tombole!

Já tam budu po celou dobu, takže mě nemůžete minout. Leda bych byla na noční hře.

No a pro ty, co se do HK nedostanou, podívejte se, jestli BookCon neprobíhá i u vás. Je to akce knihoven z různých koutů republiky, tak můžete jít a podpořit autory na vašem lokálním BookConu!

[cassandraclare]

[soupsnakessss]

Help! Was it a fever dream I had or did Mindy and BJ have a book deal to co-write something forever ago? Like 5+ years ago?

It was real! I’m surprised how often this question is asked so I’ll leave this up for everyone.

In 2015 they made a book deal together with Penguin Random House for a rumored 7.5 million. However there was never a projected release date and BJ even said at the end of the Bookcon talk with Mindy “that book will be far off in the future.”

So I don’t think the deal has been rescinded or they paid it back like some have assumed. It was never planned to be released quickly to begin with and personally it always seemed to me like a project they would want to do together when they are older. I do think the kids have pushed it back for them even further. They’re busy with their separate projects now and their joint project currently is the kids ❤️