Events
To schedule a book talk or event, please contact bettertechbook@gmail.com.
PRE-PUBLICATION
April 25, 2026 | Radio: WMUA Undercurrents Interview — Fran Berman: Putting People First in Cyberspace. Thanks to Jennie Traschen! Stream here.
August 11, 2026 | Podcast: Secure Talk — Episode 259: AI is eating our young: Data Center revolts, vanishing junior jobs, and the EU AI Act. Thanks to Justin Beals! Stream here.
September 4, 2026 | Virtual: “Should you be scared of AI?” Thanks to Northampton Neighbors! Stream here.
September 10,2026 | Podcast: Energi Media — Who protects the public from AI? Thanks to Markham Hislop! Stream here.
SEPTEMBER 2026
September 15, 2026 | Amherst, Massachusetts: Book Launch with Jim Kurose at the UMass Old Chapel, 4:00 p.m. Register to attend or view online. Limited complimentary books available for on-site registrants. Register here.
September 22, 2026 | Albany, New York: New York State Writers Institute, Book Event with Joe Donahue, WAMC. 4:30 p.m. More information here.
September 30, 2026 | Seattle, Washington: Town Hall Seattle, Book Event with Sabina Nawaz, author of You’re the Boss, 7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale here.
OCTOBER 2026
October 8, 2026 | Virtual: Public Interest Technology University Network Talk and Learn: Putting PIT into Practice. Better Tech book talk with Lauri Goldkind, Fordham University, 3:00 p.m. Register here.
October 12, 2026 | Los Angeles, California: Book event with Julia Powles, sponsored by the Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, in partnership with Livescu NNAI, the UCLA Center for Resilience & Digital Justice, the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, and UCLA DataX, 12:00 p.m. Open to the public, RSVP here.
October 14 | Los Angeles, California: Book event at the PIT University Network Convening. Register here.
October 22 | Newton, Massachusetts: Authors and Innovators 2026. Social Entrepreneurship: People, Purpose, and Better Tech session and book signing. Register here.
October 30, 2026 | Pasadena, California: Book Event at Vroman’s Bookstore with Andy Maltz, Founder of General Intelligence and former Senior VP of the Academy of Motion Pictures Science and Technology Council. More information here.
NOVEMBER 2026
November 6, 2026 | Boston, Massachusetts: Panel at the Center for Media Innovation and Social Impact’s Annual Summit: The Need for Roots in a Digital Society. Book signing.
November 9, 2026 | Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Science Series Book Talk with Alyssa Goodman, Harvard University. More information here.
November 12, 2026 | Hadley, Massachusetts: Odyssey Bookshop book event. More information here.
DECEMBER 2026
December 7, 2026 | MacLean, Virginia: Fonts Books Talk with Anne Washington, author of Ethical Data Science: Prediction in the Public Interest. More information here.
FEBRUARY 2027
February 23, 2027 | New York City, New York: Book Talk at Math for America with Maria Klawe.