Brandon Sanderson announces events for international fans

Utah author Brandon Sanderson kicked off his annual Dragonsteel Nexus convention by announcing events for fans across the pond.

This year’s convention began on Thursday at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

During the welcome ceremony, he and his wife, Emily, announced upcoming events that he and his company will be putting on in London next year.

The Dragonsteel company and Sanderson will be participating in the London MCM comic convention in May 2026.

“Part of this is because I’ve been invited to speak at Pembroke, which is the college that J.R.R. Tolkien attended at Oxford,” Sanderson said. “And we are really excited.”

The lecture Sanderson will be giving at Pembroke will be on the subject of fantasy literature.

Along with those two events, Dragonsteel will also be putting on a Worldhopper Ball in London, an event that is a part of Dragonsteel Nexus each year.

Fans who are interested in coming to the various events can RSVP online so that the events team knows what needs to be shipped to the U.K.

Although Sanderson lives in Utah, he has fans around the country and the world. During the welcome ceremony for Dragonsteel Nexus on Thursday, Sanderson asked the crowd who was from Utah and who had come from out of state. The majority of the crowd had traveled from outside of Utah, with a few people even coming from outside the U.S.

Dragonsteel Nexus will continue for the rest of the weekend, including a variety of events, booths and panels for fans of the author.

Later on Thursday, Sanderson will be holding a launch event for his upcoming book, “Tailored Realities.”

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