Ken Rand:
Previous Appearances

(list begins November 1999)


  • The First Page Clinic: A Writer's Primer, June 17, 2006, Salt Lake Community College Campus
  • Norwescon, April 13-16, 2006, Seattle.
  • League of Utah Writers Salt Lake Chapter, March 14, 2006, Salt Lake City Library.)
  • BYU Symposium, Feb. 16-18, 2006, Provo, UT.
  • Writer's Weekend, Seattle, WA, June 9-12, 2005

    CONduit, Salt Lake City, May 27-29, 2005

  • "Ken Rand's Pretty Good Wyoming Book Tour":
    1. Monday, May 30, 2005, 9-11 p.m. Fossil Country Museum, Kemmerer.
    2. Monday, May 30, 2005, 2-4 p.m., Dee's Books, Evanston.
    3. Monday, May 30, 2005, 6 p.m., Farson Mercantile, Farson.
    4. Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 10-11:30 a.m., Book and Bean, Green River.
    5. Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 2-4 p.m., Main Street Books, Lander.
    6. Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 6 p.m., Storyteller, Thermopolis.
    7. Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 10-11:30 a.m., Park County Library, Cody.
    8. Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 3:30 p.m., Sweetwater Station gas station.
    9. Thursday, June 2, 2005, 10:30-noon, Goshen County Library, Torrington.
    10. Thursday, June 2, 2005, 3-5 p.m., Grand Newsstand, Laramie.
    11. Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, 2005, Wyoming Writer's Inc., annual conference, Plains Hotel, Cheyenne. (group book signing, 7:30 p.m., Sat., June 4 at the hotel.)
  • "I Am a Writer" seminar, Edmonds, WA, May 14-15, 2005
  • Spearfish, SD, April 2, 2005
  • Norwescon, Seattle, March 24-27, 2005
  • Ken held his "I Am a Writer" seminar in Sandy, Utah, Feb. 26-27, 2005, Sam Weller's Bookstore, Main St., downtown Salt Lake City.
  • Ken taught a six-week course, "Writing SF," at the University of Utah, Lifelong Learning Center, Oct. 26-Nov. 30, 2004.
  • Write on the Sound, Edmonds, Washington, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004. "From Ideas to Story in 90 Seconds: A Writer's Primer."
  • Twin Falls chapter, Idaho Writers' League, Friday-Saturday, September 10-11, 2004
  • "I Am a Writer" seminar, Saturday, August 7, 2004, Rock Springs
  • Wyoming Writers, Inc. annual conference, Casper, Wyoming, June 5-6, 2004.
  • Conduit, May 28-30, 2004
  • Idaho Book Fair (Coeur d'Alene), May 20-22, 2004
  • King's English Bookstore, Salt Lake City, UT: signing Phoenix and Bad News from Orbit, Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
  • Sam Weller's Bookstore, Salt Lake City UT: signing Phoenix and Bad News from Orbit, Saturday, May 15, 2004, 4:00 p.m.
  • WRWA (Wisconsin), May 1, 2004
  • Norwescon, April 8-11, 2004
  • "I Am a Writer" seminar, Saturday, March 27, 2004, Sandy, Utah.
  • Incon, Spokane, Oct 17-19, 2003
  • Utah Book Festival, Sept. 13-14, 2003
  • "I Am a Writer" seminar, Sept. 27, 2003
  • "The Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Writers." The secrets of successful writers aren't so secret after all. Award-winning 'semi-fulltime' professional writer Ken Rand tells all in this lively discussion. Handouts. Come prepared to take lots of notes. Sat., Sept. 6, 2003, 2 p.m., Kearns branch of the Salt Lake County Library, Kearns, UT.
  • Wyoming Writers, Inc., Cody WY, June 6-8, 2003.
  • Norwescon, SeaTac, WA, April 17-20, 2003.
  • " I Am A Writer" Seminar and Critique Workshop, March 1, 2003
  • Life, the Universe & Everything, Provo, UT, Feb. 12-15, 2003.
  • August 29-September 2, 2002: ConJosé, San José, CA.
  • June 8, 2002: "Breakthrough" Writers' Seminar, Sandy, UT.
  • May 24-26, 2002: CONduit, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Feb. 21-23, 2002: Life, the Universe, & Everything, Provo, UT.
  • Conestoga, Tulsa, OK., July 27-29, 2001.
  • CONduit, Salt Lake City, UT., May 17-19, 2001.
  • Book signing: Borders Books, Crossroads Mall, downtown Salt Lake City, Sunday, May 6, 2001, 4-5 p.m.
  • Book signing: B. Dalton's Bookstore, Valley Fair Mall, West Valley City, UT, Saturday, April 21, 2001, from noon to 2 p.m.
  • Norwescon, SeaTac, WA., Apr. 12-15, 2001.
  • Ken will appear at the Wheelock Branch Library, Tacoma, WA, 7-8:45 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, 2001, where he will read chapter three from his new novel The Paradox Stone. The Wheelock Library is at 2733 N. 26th St. in Tacoma, Washington.
  • The BYU Symposium -- Life, the Universe & Everything , 19, Mar. 1-3, 2001
  • League of Utah Writers Round-up, Sept. 15-16, 2000, Salt Lake Airport Hilton Hotel.

    9 a.m., Sat.: "Where Ideas Come From and How To Get Them"

    11 a.m., Sat.: "The 10% Solution: Self-Editing for the Modern Writer"

    1 p.m. Sat.: "Writing in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Market."

  • Ken has been invited by the crew of the USS Ticonderoga to speak at their regular meeting at the Weber County Library, in Ogden, UT, Saturday, Sept. 9 at 3:30 p.m. Topic: "Where Ideas Come From and How To Get Them."
  • CONduit, Salt Lake City, May 19-21, 2000
  • World Horror Convention, Denver, May 11-14, 2000
  • Norwescon, SeaTac, April 20-23, 2000: Fairwood Writers Group writing workshop at Norwescon. ("Where Ideas Come From and How to Get Them.")
  • Life, the Universe, and Everything (the BYU Symposium), Provo, UT, March 23-25, 2000
  • B. Dalton Bookstore, University Mall, Orem, UT, Saturday, Jan. 15, from 2-4 p.m., with Bruce Franklin Thatcher.
  • Barnes & Noble in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Friday, Jan. 14, from 4-6 p.m.
  • CONduit Mini-con, Utah State University, Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999.

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