On August 25th, Vanessa MacLaren-Wray will be a featured author at the San Jose Woman's Club ice cream social and book fair. The free entry ticket delivers access, music, dance, author panels, and readings. And ice cream. Click here for a free entry ticket.

Also the very busy Vanessa and member Ellen McBarnette will join two other Bay Area authors at the Mechanics Institute Library in San Francisco on September 12 for a roundtable discussion on speculative fiction and worldbuilding, sponsored by the Women's National Book Association. Admission is free, and refreshments are provided. Sound interesting? Here’s a link for admission.