Peter here filling in for Brandon since he's on a flight to Taiwan for the book expo. Below you'll find most of Brandon's convention schedule for 2012. There might be a couple more one-day stop-ins with Utah conferences, and we're waiting to hear back about an invitation to an autumn convention somewhere in Canada.

April will be Brandon's first visit to Australia. Swancon and Supanova have pooled resources to fly him out, so we hope Australian readers can send them the message that this was a good idea by attending in droves.

This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode talks about sensory writing with Sam Sykes, and there's an ALCATRAZ annotation talking about the lack of a map in the book.

Taipei International Book Exhibition

Dates: February 2–4, 2012<br/>Place: Taipei International Book Exhibition 2012<br/>Address: Taipei World Trade Center<br/>District 5, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Sinyi District<br/>Taipei City<br/>Taiwan 110<br/>Type: Signing<br/>Schedule: FRIDAY 2012/2/3<br/>14:15–15:15 TIBE HALL1<br/>Reading/Q&A/Signing

SATURDAY 2012/2/4<br/>14:00–15:00 TIBE HALL2<br/>Signing<br/>19:00–21:30 Eslite Shin-Yi store, 3F<br/>Main Event: Interview/Q&A/Signing

Notes: Brandon is a guest of Fantasy Foundation.

Life, the Universe & Everything, Orem, Utah

Dates: February 9–11, 2012<br/>Place: Life, the Universe & Everything 2012<br/>Address: Sorensen Student Center<br/>Utah Valley University<br/>800 W University Pkwy<br/>Orem, UT 84058<br/>Type: Convention<br/>Schedule: Brandon will be there Friday and Saturday only. There will be a live recording of Writing Excuses at 2:00 on Friday, and Brandon is currently scheduled to be on panels at 11:00 and 2:00 on Saturday.<br/>Notes: Remember that this year, LTUE will be held at UVU.

Doom-Con, Swancon 37, Perth, Australia

Dates: April 5–9, 2012 (Easter weekend)<br/>Place: Doom-Con, Swancon 37<br/>Address: 207 Adelaide Terrace<br/>Perth, Western Australia 6000<br/>Australia<br/>Phone: +61 8 9224 7777<br/>Type: Convention<br/>Notes: Brandon is International Guest of Honor.

Supanova Melbourne 2012, Australia

Dates: April 13–15, 2012<br/>Place: Supanova Melbourne 2012<br/>Address: Melbourne Showgrounds<br/>Epsom Road<br/>Ascot Vale<br/>Victoria 3032 Australia<br/>Type: Convention

Supanova Gold Coast 2012, Australia

Dates: April 20–22, 2012<br/>Place: Supanova Gold Coast 2012<br/>Address: Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre<br/>2684 Gold Coast Highway, Broadbeach<br/>QLD 4218, Australia<br/>Type: Convention

Superstars Writing Seminar, Las Vegas

Dates: April 30–May 2, 2012<br/>Place: Superstars Writing Seminar<br/>Address: Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino<br/>129 East Fremont Street<br/>Las Vegas, NV<br/>Type: Writing Conference<br/>Notes: Brandon is an instructor alongside Kevin J. Anderson, David Farland, Rebecca Moesta, and Eric Flint, with special guest speakers Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith.<br/>Prices go up April 1, 2012.

BayCon 2012, Santa Clara, CA

Dates: May 25–28, 2012<br/>Place: BayCon 2012<br/>Address: Santa Clara Hyatt<br/>5101 Great America Parkway<br/>Santa Clara, CA 95054<br/>Phone: (408) 200-1234<br/>Type: Convention<br/>Notes: Brandon is a Guest of Honor.<br/>The official con name this year is BayCon 2012: Pleasure Cruise, but we're pretty sure there is no actual cruise involved.

Comic-Con International, San Diego

Dates: July 12–15, 2012. Preview night July 11.<br/>Place: Comic-Con 2012<br/>Address: San Diego Convention Center

111 W. Harbor Dr.

San Diego, CA 92101<br/>Type: Convention<br/>Notes: Brandon is a Special Guest.

LibertyCon 25, Chattanooga

Dates: July 20–22, 2012<br/>Place: LibertyCon 25<br/>Address: The Chattanooga Choo-Choo<br/>1400 Market Street<br/>Chattanooga, TN 37402<br/>Phone: (800) 872-2529<br/>Type: Convention<br/>Notes: Brandon is a Guest of Honor.

Gen Con Indy 2012

Dates: August 16–19, 2012<br/>Place: Gen Con Indy 2012<br/>Address: Indiana Convention Center<br/>100 S Capitol Ave<br/>Indianapolis, IN 46225<br/>Phone: (800) 529-EXPO<br/>Type: Convention

Bubonicon 44, Albuquerque, NM

Dates: August 24–26, 2012<br/>Place: Bubonicon 44<br/>Address: Albuquerque Marriott Uptown<br/>2101 Louisiana Blvd NE (Louisiana & I-40)<br/>Albuquerque, NM 87110<br/>Phone: (800) 228-9290 — make sure to mention Bubonicon<br/>Type: Convention<br/>Notes: Brandon will be a Guest of Honor. This is a small convention and in recent years memberships have been close to selling out in advance, so preregistration is strongly recommended.

Dragon*Con 2012, Atlanta

Dates: August 31–September 3, 2012<br/>Place: Dragon*Con 2012<br/>Address: Various hotels in the Peachtree Center area. See the website.<br/>Type: Convention

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