Many people predicted that 2018 will be remembered as the year when blockchains entered mainstream life, beyond the domain of intrepid adventurers.

Books and community engagement are as mainstream — and global — as you can get. If that prediction holds true, then Publica has a busy year ahead!

As CEO, my contribution means getting out there. Talking to authors, agents, marketers, partners, institutions, publishers, writers’ organizations like the Alliance Of Independent Authors, etc.

Publica’s world tour 2018 will be an adventure. The Publica platform will mature, authors and readers and organizations will become familiar with it, and blockchains in general will evolve in the media landscape. We’ll blog and podcast from the road, keeping you informed of what will be an amazing year.

Writers conferences and other events on Publica’s World Tour 2018. See you there!

We’ll add more as we can fit them in. [Updated March 29.]

February

San Francisco CA, writers conference https://sfwriters.org/

London, exclusive writers conference http://20bookslondon.com/

March

Tampa FL, Assoc. Of Writers & Writing Programs www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/overview

April

Austin TX, Independent Book Publishers Association April 5–7 https://www.publishinguniversity.org/

London Book Fair http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/ and the ALLi Self-publishing Advice Conference (SPACON) April 9–14 https://selfpublishingadvice.org/what-is-indie-author-fringe/

May

Amsterdam, Chainges May 4–5 https://chainges.co/

New York, Consensus https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2018/ May 14–16

June

Lillehammer Norway, UNESCO World Heritage Site For Literature, World Literature Festival May 29 — June 3 http://www.litteraturfestival.no

Seoul Korea, Int’l Book Fair June 20–24 http://2017.sibf.or.kr

July

Hong Kong, Int’l Book Fair TBA http://hkbookfair.hktdc.com

August

New York, Writers Digest Aug 9–12 http://writersdigestconference.com

Beijing China, International Book Fair TBA

September

Tokyo Japan, International Book Fair TBA

October

Nashville, Digital Book World Oct 2–4 https://www.digitalbookworld.com/

Frankfurt Book Fair Oct 10–14 https://www.buchmesse.de/

Ann Arbor MI, Publishing Disrupt by Center for Book Publishing Oct 19–20 http://centerforbookpublishing.org/

November

Denver CO, EDUCAUSE Oct 30-Nov 2 https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference

Singapore, Writers Festival TBA https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com

December

London, FutureBook, the anniversary of the event where we announced Publica to authors and the publishing industry for the first time on December 1, 2017 https://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook-conference

Singapore, BookFest TBA