Karen has spoken for local clubs, at pop culture events, and book launches. She loves attending steampunk, costume and writing events. Links to videos below.
2024
- March Book Highlight: Mrs Hudson Investigates NEW!****
- Local Author Market at Burton Library (South Aust) NEW!**** (March, 2024)
- February Book Highlight: A Fey Tale. NEW!****
- January Book highlight: Aunt Enid: Protector Extraordinaire.
2023
- Author Night Market (Dec, 2023)
- Blood Ties Online Book Launch (Sept, 2023)
- Adelaide Oz Comic Con (June, 2023)
- Wimmera Steampunk Festival, Dimboola (April, 2023)
- eBook Series Re-Launch – The Adventures of Viola Stewart (April, 2023)
2022
- FB Live eBook launch The Case of the Forgotten Letter (November, 2022)
- Adelaide Supanova 2022 (November, 2022)
- Adelaide Comic and Toy Fair (October, 2022) NEW!****
- Author Panel Saturday Adelaide SP Aetherfest 2022
- Author Panel Sunday Adelaide SP Aetherfest 2022
- A Foot in Both Worlds – Author Talk by Karen J Carlisle at Adelaide Steampunk Aetherfest 2022
- Adelaide Steampunk Aetherfest 2022 – Karen J Carlisle on Tiktok (and some behind the scenes)
- Tea duelling Adelaide Steampunk Aetherfest 2022
- Watch the official Facebook ONLINE Mrs Hudson Investigates LAUNCH to launch my first eBook short Holmesian mystery’s release into the big wide world! We drank tea, shared a new booktrailer, and there were eBook giveaways.
- Mrs Hudson Investigates Instagram (pt1) launch 2022
- Beginners Guide to Writing Speculative Fiction – Karen J Carlisle 2022 (talk to Northeastern Writers Group – May, 2022)
- You can see the replay of Steampunk and the Other “Punk” Subgenres panel (July, 2022) on AF Stewart’s youTube channel. This author panel was part of the The Authortube Writing Conference – author panel on aspects of, and writing different ‘punk’ genres.
- Australian Discworld Convention’s Discworld Fund Day: I was asked to sit on their book Panel to discuss Sourcery (via Australian Discworld Convention youTube channel).
- Adelaide Oz ComicCon (May, 2022) – OCC’s return to Adelaide, after five years.
- Adelaide Comic and Toy Fair (April, 2022) This was my first public event with my new book, A Fey Tale.
2021
- Terror Australis Book Pitch 2021 (Nov, 2021) I was asked to do a video book pitch for A Fey Tale – as part of their cosy mystery afternoon teas.
- Conquest Brisbane Guest Author Talk – (October, 2021)
- Coming soon – Adelaide Steampunk Festival video (September, 2021)
Behind the Scenes at the event coming soon.
FB lives Adelaide Steampunk Festival, 2021 - Conquest Upcoming Events video – youTube (October)
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival 2021 Costume Competitions (published 2022) NEW!****
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival FB Live videos (September)
- Write Now! Salisbury Writing Festival – Salisbury Library and Community Hub (August 2021)
- Conquest (Brisbane) July 2021 meeting (via FB) for this year’s convention, (also with author, Lee Wood)
- Adelaide Toy Comic Fair 2021 (April, 2021)
- Wild Wild West Con Online: watch panel, Steampunk: Don’t Just Stick a Cog on It (Please!), with fellow Aussie steampunk authors, Michael Pryor, Ged Maybury, and SM Kemmett, and Canadian author, Geoff Genge. (March, 2021) Also on youTube.
2020
- Geek Markets Live 2.0: Author Talk on Indie Publishing and how/why I do it – watch the video on the Canberra Geek Markets youTube channel – session two (at about 31 minutes in) (September, 2020)
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival – virtual attending with: FB live event reminder – FB lives: During set up day, and Day 1 Intro – Day 2 Intro – and and Day 2 – My table and books at the festival.(Sept, 2020)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Adelaide Fairy Doors: Adelaide Steampunk Festival 2020 – Author Talk – NEW ***
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival event video – with a sneak peek (listen) to my new song as background music (Sept, 2020)
- Sanctuary Online – Lincoln Asylum’s Online Lit stream: My Author Intro and Author Q & A (apologies for sound on second video – due to technical difficulties) (August, 2020)
- Well Versed 2: Anthology 2020 Audiobook Launch (February)
- Author For Fireys 2020 – Winner’s Loot (February)
2019
- Time Travellers’ Picnic (December)
- Brisbane Supanova event video (November)
- Adelaide Supanova event video (November)
- Official Book Launch of ‘The Department of Curiosities’. Adelaide Steampunk Festival (Sepetember)
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival (September)
Tea Tasting at Adelaide Steampunk Festival - Oamaru Steampunk Festival – Street Parade and Airship Races (June)
2018
- Time Travellers Picnic (December)
- Adelaide Supanova (November) event video.
- Adelaide Supanova (November) speaking/talk #1: Creating a Steampunk World or Persona
- Adelaide Supanova (November) Indie Author panel/talk #2: Plotting your Pants Off: Differing approaches to writing your book.
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival (Sept) event
- Adelaide Steampunk Festival: Parasol Duelling Demonstration
(Sept) speaking - Interview Live video: Interview by Hal Crompton on Lincoln Radio, UK – on music, Littmus Steampunk Band and steampunk books. You can hear the interview (and full episode here: ‘The Steampunk Hour Ep: #28‘). (July, 2018)
- Steampunk Panel Pop Con 2.0! (apologies for sound)
- Melbourne Supanova (April)
2017
- Time Travellers’ Picnic (Dec) event
- Adelaide Supanova (Nov) event
- Steampunk in Discworld, Nullus Anxietas VI – panel
- Libcon17 (July)- event
- Talking Steampunk (June) – speaking
- Adelaide Independent Authors: Open a Book to the World of Self Publishing. OzComicCon(April) – panel
- Oz Comic Con Adelaide (Apr) – event.
- On Steampunk (30th anniversary of steampunk) – online event/speaking.
- Salisbury Secret Garden (Feb) – event
2016
- Time Travellers’ Picnic (Dec) – event
- Adelaide Supanova (Nov) – event
- Steampunk Festival (Sept) – event/book launch
- A Trail of Tales (Feb-Mar) Adelaide Fringe – event
2015
- Time Travellers’ Picnic (Dec) event
- Steampunk Festival (May) – event/ book launch.
2014
- Time Travellers’ Picnic (Dec) event
- Steampunk Festival. (Sept)
You can find more events on Karen’s youTube channel.
All videos and photos ©Karen Carlisle.