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San Diego! I’m keynoting the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Public Library tomorrow (then: UCLA and LA Times Festival of Books)

Tomorrow night (Thursday, April 11), I’m headlining a free event celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library from 7-9PM: it’s at the Central Library’s Neil Morgan Auditorium (330 Park Blvd., San Diego 92101). The tl;dr of my speech: “libraries as one of the few remnants of a world where people were valued because of their humanity, not their money, and how that works in the current moment of extreme inequality, epistemological incoherence, and fear of immi...

Interview with the Left Field podcast about Radicalized and the EU Copyright Directive

While I was out on tour with Radicalized, I recorded an interview (MP3) with the Left Field podcast (“A couple of socialists with a couple of beers. We talk about Canadian politics and current events around the world”). We covered a lot of ground, particularly around the catastrophic EU Copyright Directive and, of course, the new book.

Occupy Gotham: my essay about the class war at the heart of Batman

The book Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman commemorates the 1000th issue of Batman comics; my contribution is an essay called Occupy Gotham, about the terror of letting a billionaire vigilante decide who is and isn’t a criminal (featuring Lessig and Piketty jokes!).

Burbank! I’ll be at Dark Delicacies this weekend (then San Diego, UCLA, LA Times Festival of Books)

Next week is my Southern California nonstop Radicalized and advocacy week: I’m starting with a signing at Burbank’s Dark Delicacies on Sunday at 4PM, alongside Leslie S. Klinger & Lisa Morton, who are signing their new anthology Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror & Suspense.

Next, I’m keynoting the San Diego Public Library’s 40th anniversary celebration with a talk on Thursday from 7-9PM at the Central Library’s Neil Morgan Auditorium (330 Park Blvd., San Diego 92101), talking about how...

Talking about Radicalized with the CBC: Privilege, atavism, techno-realism and seizing the means of information

The CBC’s Ryan B Patrick interviewed me about my latest sf book, Radicalized and how the four novellas in it relate to struggles for liberation, racial justice, technological self-determination, inequality and a sustainable climate plan.

Some of the stories in Radicalized are darker than the ones I’ve written in the past decade, reflecting my own anxiety (I call this my “Trump derangement syndrome book,” and the stories were written to master my own concerns as the darkest timeline has only...

Video from my Radicalized tour appearance at Toronto Public Library’s Metro Reference Library

As part of our spring 2019 lineup for the eh List series, Cory Doctorow discussed Radicalized, his timely novel on the social, technological, and economic visions of today and what society could be in the near, near future.

Watch Cory Doctorow in conversation with Barry Hertz.

This event was held in the Atrium of Toronto Reference Library.

Interview with My Summer Lair

Another great podcast interview from my Radicalized book tour: this one with My Summer Lair (MP3) where host Sammy Younan and I discussed the book from a Canadian perspective (we recorded in Toronto) and really dug into some of the book’s themes.

Talking Radicalized, rum, writing, self-care and technological self-determination with Security Sandbox

During my book tour for Radicalized, I recorded a podcast interview (MP4) with the Security Sandbox podcast (formerly Hacker Culture). Host Sean Sun and I carried on a wide-ranging, hacker-centric discussion that covered everything from the EU Copyright Directive to writing discipline to my recipe for ginger liqueur — and, of course, the new book.

Socal! I’ll be in Burbank on April 7, San Diego on April 11 and UCLA on April 12

I’ve got a couple of hometown appearances coming up, including a rare west-side event: on Sunday, April 7 at 4PM, I’ll be at Burbank’s Dark Delicacies for a final signing in their old store before they occupy their new digs around the corner, and then I’m taking off my writer hat and putting on my activist hat to do two more events in the area.

On Thursday, April 11, I’m helping the San Diego Public Library celebrate its 40th anniversary with a keynote speech from 7-9PM at the Central Libra...

Come see me this weekend at Anaheim’s Wondercon!

This weekend, I’m wrapping up the tour for my new book Radicalized at Anaheim’s Wondercon, where I’m giving a keynote appearance on Saturday at 4PM (Even if You’re Paying for the Product, You’re Still the Product, room 211), followed by a panel on Sunday at 11AM (Technology Is Cold; People Are Warm, Room 300B), followed by a signing from 1215PM-1PM (in the Author Signing Area). I hope you can make it! (Image: Brandon Locke)