Deborah Blum believes that as science, technology, and medicine are transforming forces in our lives we all need to understand them better. And she also believes that science writers play an important part in illuminating the research that changes our lives and our planet.

Shortly after joining the faculty at Wisconsin, she testified about this to Congress: http://gos.sbc.edu/b/blum.html

Since the publication of The Poisoner’s Handbook she has toured the country giving book talks in New York, Connecticut, Georgia, Seattle, California, Wisconsin, Illinois, Virginia, Arizona, Washington, and Canada.

Speaking engagements in 2011 included visits to Calgary, Canada; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN, Orlando, FL, Denver, CO, New York, NY, Milwaukee, WI, Fayetteville, AR, Los Angeles, CA, Fairbanks, Alaska, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Buenos Aires, Argentina.


Upcoming events in 2012:

Her first presentation of the new year was in January at Science Online 2012 in Raleigh N.C, which included this exploration of narrative story telling with acclaimed science writer David Dobbs

Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ, March 10-11

Science Writing in the Age of Denial, Madison, WI, April 23-24