When the Tides Held the Moon splashes into bookstores in May 2025, but attendees will get an advance peek behind the curtain with this live reading of an exclusive excerpt from the novel! The presentation includes a brief discussion of how mer-performance culture helped shaped the fantasy lore depicted in the book, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the book’s artistic development, and will be followed afterward by 15-minute Q&A session with the author.