Jonny Sun w/ Selena Larson

Booksmith is out-of-this-world excited to welcome Weird Twitter celeb Jonny Sun for his first book, everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too. Joining him is Selena Larson.

Please note: due to popular demand this event, originally to be held at The Bindery, has been moved to Booksmith, 1644 Haight St. Seating is limited, and you can reserve a seat by pre-ordering the book. Standing, sitting, somewhere in between—however you wish, please join us!

An alien named jomny is dropped onto Earth by a space ship and given a task – “please find out about the earbth creatures …. humabns. Take ur time, realy take as much time as u need.” What ensues is not only a journey of exploration by a friendly alien introducing himself to anyone he meets, but it is also a window into the incredibly creative mind of Jonny Sun.

Jonathan Sun is the author behind @jonnysun. When he isn’t tweeting, he is an architect, designer, engineer, artist, playwright and comedy writer. His work across multiple disciplines is concerned with narratives of human experience. As a playwright, Jonathan’s work has been performed at the Yale School of Drama, Factory Theater in Toronto, Hart House Theater, Theater Lab in Toronto, and the University of Toronto Drama Festival (where he received the President’s Award for Best Production). As an artist and illustrator, his work has been commissioned by the New Haven ArtSpace, and exhibited at MIT, the Yale School of Architecture, and the University of Toronto. His comedic work has appeared in NPR, BuzzFeed, Playboy, GQ, and McSweeney’s. He is currently a doctoral student at MIT and a Berkman Klein Fellow at Harvard.

When not writing about tech, Selena Larson dabbles in fiction and tells jokes on Twitter. She is a reporter for CNNTech covering cybersecurity and tech policy.