DogCon 2
August 2-4, Columbus, OH
DogCon 2 was, by far, the biggest event we’ve ever planned. We celebrated RDSP’s 10 year anniversary and debuted Red Horses by Donna Lynch, the prequel to Isabel Burning. We also launched our science fiction imprint, Dog Star Books, by releasing its first 3 titles: Odd Men Out by Matt Betts, Cog by K. Ceres Wright and A Miracle of Rare Design by Mike Resnick. We chose Columbus because that is Matt Betts hometown but also because it has a vibrant arts scene.
The festivities kicked off with lunch at the North Market on Friday. After that we headed to Kafe Kerouac for the most epic reading to date featuring: Donna Lynch, K. Ceres Wright, Matt Betts, Stephanie Wytovich, John Edward Lawson, Jason Jack Miller, Michael Arnzen and D. Harlan Wilson. The place was packed for the whole 2 hours!
The next day we celebrated RDSP’s 10 year anniversary with a free event at The Thurber Center where we tried to have a little something for everyone. The authors with books launching gave a brief introduction and signed books. There were writer’s workshops and The Airship Archon came dressed in their steampunk finery to give a talk. For the kids we had a ghost tour of The Thurber House, steampunk dress up costumes and a reading by artist and children’s author Steven Archer. We also had cake! It was a truly unique event.
After that we headed to The Bexley Public Library for another well-attended reading. It was covered in the local paper so you can read about it in more detail here. And of course in between all the events we had a blast hanging out at restaurants and room parties. It was the perfect way to celebrate the DIY nature of the press.
For an attendee’s perspective on the event read Emory Pueschel’s blog.
Here’s a video of the 10 Year Anniversary Toast, photos and more videos are below.
- Lunch at North Market
- Donna Lynch at Kafe Kerouac
- Jason Jack Miller at Kafe Kerouac
- John Edward Lawson at Kafe Kerouac
- D. Harlan Wilson at Kafe Kerouac
- Donna Lynch, Steven Archer & Emory Pueschel
- Michael Arnzen at Kafe Kerouac
- Stephanie Wytovich at Kafe Kerouac
- A rapt audience at Kafe Kerouac
- Matt Betts at Kafe Kerouac
- K. Ceres Wright at Kafe Kerouac
- The Thurber House
- The gang at The Thurber Center
- Steampunk panel from Airship Archon
- Steampunk panel from Airship Archon
- K. Ceres Wright, Heidi Ruby Miller & Mike Arnzen
- Steven Archer reading LUNA MARIS
- We had steampunk dressup for the kids
- The kids
- Dog Star Books cake
- The audience
- Airship Archon
- The evil Dr. Cog.
- Airship Archon
- Wait…what?
- No words
- C.V. Hunt, Anderson Prunty & D. Harlan Wilson
- Michael Arnzen at Bexley Public Library
- John Edward Lawson, Jon R. Meyers, D. Harlan Wilson
- D. Harlan Wilson at Bexley Public Library
- Matt Betts at Bexley Public Library
- Jason Jack Miller at Bexley Public Library
- Hanna Gribble and audience
- K. Ceres Wrigth at Bexley Public Library
- Stephanie Wytovich at Bexley Public Library
- Matt Betts signing ODD MEN OUT
- Dog Star authors
Videos from DogCon 2