Whenever I attend a convention panel or reading these days, I tend to use my Flip mini camcorder to capture the event, because I hate for the wisdom of our field to effervesce. And whatever video I record—assuming I obtain consent from the parties involved—I then toss up on my YouTube channel.

Which is what I did for Readercon, from which I returned late Sunday night. Some videos I was able to get live during the con itself, honoring Edelman’s First Rule of Convention Reporting, while others had to wait until I got back home, because I was having too much fun with the likes of David Kyle (below) to spend much time online. (Except for Twitter, that is, which is too addictive to stay away from even in the midst of the Readercon whirlwind.)

Now that I’ve uploaded all 10 panels and 3 readings totaling 526 minutes and 27 seconds, though, I’ve gathered them together here so you can experience what I experienced there … minus the time I spent schmoozing in the bar, lobby, and con suite.

So here, in chronological order, is as much of Readercon as I was able to capture last weekend.

Thursday

The Long Slow Burn of Critique

with Jedediah Berry, John Clute, Gary K. Wolfe, Elizabeth Hand, and Nicola Griffith

Friday

When Toxic Masculinity Is the Villain

with Erik Amundsen, Max Gladstone, Josh Jasper, and Daniel José Older

Eileen Gunn reads

It’s Actually About Ethics: Reviewing the Work of Colleagues and Friends

with Kathryn Morrow, Jason Heller, Liza Groen Trombi, Elizabeth Hand, and Jonathan Crowe

What’s Cookin’, Doc?

with B. Diane Martin, Fran Wilde, and David Shaw

Scott Edelman reads

Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award

with B. Diane Martin and Darrell Schweitzer

Saturday

Successfully Writing About Horrible Things

with Mike Allen, Shira Lipkin, Patty Templeton, Catt Kingsgrave, and Kate Nepveu

When Should We Argue with Reviews?

with Amal El-Mohtar, Adam Golaski, Michael Dirda, Resa Nelson, and Vinnie Tesla

“Bad” Influences

with Kit Reed, Elizabeth Hand, Ellen Datlow, Maria Dahvana Headley, Kelley Eskridge, and Julia Rios

What Joanna Russ’s Work Meant to Me

with Elizabeth Bear, Lila Garrott, Samuel Delany, Eileen Gunn, Gary K. Wolfe, and Nicola Griffith

Resa Nelson reads

Sunday

BTAIQ: Writing the “Lowercase Letters”

with Sioban Krzywicki, Amanda Downum, Rachel Steiger-Meister, and Kythryne Aisling

I hope you enjoyed your virtual Readercon. Next year, why not experience it in the flesh?