The store makes appearances at horror and science-fiction conventions,[REF] and has hosted numerous events with authors and other genre visitors including Lou Anders,[REF] Chris Roberson, John Varley,[REF] Jacqueline Carey,[REF] John Picacio,[REF] Graham Joyce,[REF] Patricia McKillip, Paolo Bacigalupi[REF] David Drake,[REF] Randall Munroe,[REF] Steven Erikson,[REF] and Cory Doctorow [REF].
Borderlands also hosts the Tachyon Publications anniversary party with the associated Emperor Norton Awards, given for "extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason".