Artists will include Loren Cameron, Jordy Jones, and Diane Torr. There will also be a series of community forums and discussions. The event will include book vendors, video showings, art displays, food, entertainment, and speakers including Susie Bright, Robert Anton Wilson, Kathy Acker, and Jello Biafra. Bound Together, and the vendors at the fair, feature not just alternative political works, but also books, comics, 'zines, records, and other materials addressing such topics as self-defense, hacking, magic, drugs, and, of course, sex. The book fair will be held on March 30 from 10 am until 6 pm at the San Francisco County Fair Building near 9th Ave and Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park.
Admission is free.
A new SM rap group will soon be coming together in San Jose for people interested in discussing SM-related topics. The group will meet the fourth Thursday of each month starting on March 28. The third annual Different Light Reader and Writers conference will take place April 19-20. As in past years, the roster of speakers and panelists includes many from the kink communities and those whose writing addresses alternative or radical sexuality. This year's preliminary lineup includes Red Jordan Arobateau, Kris Kovick, Jill Posner, Susan Stryker and Chea Villanueva.