This week will be accompanied by a slow-down of reviews as I rev up my end-of year speaking schedule.  I was honored to address students at Hunter College, in NYC yesterday. Thank you all for your great questions! If I can post that lecture on Yuri Studio, I will do that at the end of the year!

Now to get ready for AnimeNYC, November 18-20 in NYC. The first 20 people to buy a copy of By Your Side: The First 100  Years of Yuri Anime and Manga at the event will get a mini-button of one of the cover couples! I also have a few postcards to give away to folks after that. Supplies are very limited, because I am literally dragging my boxes in myself by train and I have a severely limited supply of arms. ^_^

Also available will be some of our ALC Publishing manga books: WORKS, by Eriko Tadeno, Shoujoai ni Bouken, Volume 1 (the only volume of this goofily-named series that was printed, but its on my 2023 schedule to finish the third part and collect the whole set as one volume,) and remaining volumes of Yuri Mongatari. These will all be going for reduced prices, as I need the space. ^_^

While at AnimeNYC, I’ll be on two panels. Catch me on Sunday at Defending Manga, with the Manga in Libraries (11:00 am–11:45 on Community Stage (River Pavilion)) folks and  Writing About Japan, (1:30 PM )with Abby Denson and Zack Davisson! (1:30 – 2:15 in Panel Room 3)

For those of you who won’t be able to make it, I’ll also be speaking with the folks at Kinokuniya NYC, for an interview that should go up on their social media next month.

December 16-18 will see the return of Casa Con to a Discord near you. ^_^ This year James Welker and I will be interviewing each other about our respective work in BL and Yuri!

Folks looking at 2023 will be able to catch me on a podcast near you and at the Michigan State University Translation Workshop once again.

If you’d like me to speak at your organization, podcast, university or event, do drop me a line via our Yuricon Contact form. I’d love to chat with you.