Tucson Festival of Books
The Tucson Festival of the Book is an annual celebration of literature and knowledge held at the University of Arizona. I will be presenting a fun and interactive mini-TED talk on the new science of subjectivity, exploring how scientists are using objective measures to investigate and understand inner experiences. Join me for an engaging session that delves into the fascinating world of consciousness and perception!
Tampa Book Talk & Party
My book is about growing up in Tampa without having any idea that I was highly neurodivergent. Since I didn’t qualify for any labels, I flew under the radar at Gorrie Elementary, Wilson Middle School & H.B. Plant High School. No one noticed that my misaligned eyes were making it impossible for me to catch a ball, my prosopagnosia (faceblindness) was making it tough to make friends, and my poor visual memory left me constantly lost. I was afraid to learn to drive, and yet I scammed me way into getting a drivers’ license.
I discovered all these crazy things about myself on the cusp of my 40th birthday — and I wrote a book about it. My book is also about a revolution in the sciences, where serious researchers are beginning to investigate subjective experience, objectively!
Come to my Tampa book party, with special guest Jeff Patterson of WFLA, News Channel 8. It’ll be so much fun!
My dad, former Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder, will be there, too. He’s a main character in my book. And an all-around great dad.
Northampton, Mass, Sadie & Andrew Leland at Broadside Bookshop
Sadie Dingfelder will be in conversation with Andrew Leland, author of, “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.” Books will be signed following a fascinating conversation about disability, neurodivergence and the new science of subjectivity.
Tatnuck, Mass. book signing and chat
Grab a bagle from the Tatnuck Bookseller cafe, and then enjoy a talk by Sadie Dingfelder (Smith College, ‘01) author of “Do I Know You? A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory and Imagination.”
Darien, Conn., book signing with David Dunlop at Barrett Bookstore
David Dunlop in conversation with Sadie Dingfelder
The Scientist at the easel: How artists exploit quirks in the human visual system.
Boston, Sadie & Meredith Goldstein at Trident Bookstore
“Do I Know You?” takes place largely in Boston — at Harvard, the Boston VA, and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Fingers crossed all my scientists friends come. Hopefully they do not bring red pens. In conversation with your favorite advice giver and author Meredith Goldstein!
New Haven, Conn. Sadie & Carl Zimmer at Possible Futures Books
Science journalist Sadie Dingfelder as will be in conversation with Carl Zimmer, discussing her new book, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter's Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination. This memoir + popular science mashup covers Sadie’s late-in-life discovery that she is emphatically not neurotypical. Among her various conditions is aphantasia, which is an inability to visualize. Carl Zimmer is an award-winning New York Times columnist who played a key role in the discovery of aphantasia. Zimmer’s article about a man who lost the ability to visualize after a small stroke prompted hundreds of readers to write in and say that they’d never been able to see things in their mind’s eye -- and that they were frankly shocked to learn that other people could do this. In addition to opening up an entirely new field of research, Zimmer has written 15 books about science.
DMV Dating Red Flags Panel Discussion
Mean to waiters? Constantly brings up past relationships? Still “technically” married? This panel of experts has made all the mistakes and is ready to share their DMV dating wisdom.
Phili Book Party: Sadie & Maiken Scott at Big Blue Marble Bookstore
Come join Sadie at Phili’s most adorable bookstore where she will be in conversation with WHYY’s Maiken Scott.
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Takoma Part, MD: Sadie and Pat the Play Lady in conversation at People's Book
Scintillating conversation between your two favorite local authors! Snacks eaten, books signed, questions answered.
Drinking Club Variety Show
Music, science, poetry, interpretive dance, drinking! This event has it all — including yours truly, lecturing on face recognition.
DC Book Party
Join me (Sadie) and the great ALEXANDRA PETRI in conversation at Busboys and Poets on K Street. Afterwards, books will be signed and book-shaped cakes will be eaten. This is event is free, but TICKETS ARE REQUIRED and are likely to “sell” out quickly. Link here.
NYC Book Party
Join me (Sadie) and Raquel D'Apice (author of “Welcome to the Club: 100 Parenting Milestones You Never Saw Coming”) in conversation at the cutest bookstore in all of Brooklyn.
We will chat about what it’s like to discover, at age 40, that you are emphatically NOT neurotypical — as well as the remarkable diversity of the human conscious experience. Also on the table, for all the new parents out there: Roughly how many decades will pass before you can, once again, poop alone.
Minds will be blown, books will be signed, and there will be cake!
Nerd Nite
DC Nerd Nite: Where intoxicated weirdos give short, funny presentations about their current hyper-fixations. April’s nerds include me!
“Aphantasia, or, My Shocking Discovery that Other People Can Actually Visualize” by Sadie Dingfelder
Faceblind Happy Hour
There will be name tags!
You can find us because I will have a balloon that says Faceblind.
Aphantasia & SDAM Happy Hour
Meet your fellow aphants & SDAMers, commiserate, chat and play! Come for the free stickers, stay for the Taboo. I’ll have a balloon that says aphant & SDAM meetup.