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SUMMARY:Write-a-thon Community Writing Session (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Get your writing juices flowing at the mid-way mark! Bring your work-in-progress and check your writing goals — are you finally going to earn the Overachiever Badge this year? Join the Clarion West staff for two hours of writing and community. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the whole community! If you’d like to join the Write-a-thon\, register here: https://www.clarionwest.org/writeathon/ before July 12!  \n\n\n\n(Public wifi available) \n\n\n\nPrompts will be provided if needed!
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/write-a-thon-writing-session-in-person/
LOCATION:Third Place Commons\, 17171 Bothell Way NE\, Lake Forest Park\, Washington\, 98155\, United States
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SUMMARY:Write-a-thon Writing Session with Minal Hajratwala (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Bring your WIP for a one hour virtual writing session hosted by Clarion Alum and Unicorn Author Club founder Minal Hajratwala (CW’19). Need a prompt? We have those\, too!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscord 
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/write-a-thon-writing-session-with-minal-hajratwala-online/
LOCATION:Clarion West Discord Server
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SUMMARY:Write-a-thon Reward Unlocked: Sarah Pinsker Q&A
DESCRIPTION:New This Year: Unlock Special Guest Instructor Q&As for the whole community! \n\n\n\nJuly 15: Join us for our second Write-a-thon Bonus Q&A in Zoom at 6:00 PM Pacific with Sarah Pinsker! \n\n\n\nWe’re on target to raise $10\,000 for the Write–a-thon\, unlocking our second surprise guest (a past Clarion West instructor!) Sarah Pinsker: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoining us on Tuesday\, July 15 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm! \n\n\n\nSarah Pinsker  is the author of over sixty works of short fiction\, one novella\, two novels\, and two collections. Her work has won four Nebula Awards (Best Novel\, A Song For A New Day; Best Novelette\, “Our Lady of the Open Road\,” Best Novelette\, “Two Truths And A Lie\,” Best Short Story\, “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather\,”)\, two Hugo Awards (“Two Truths And a Lie” and “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”)\, the Philip K Dick Award\, the Locus Award\, the Eugie Foster Award\, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award\, and been nominated for numerous Nebula\, Hugo\, Locus\, and World Fantasy Awards. Her fiction has been translated into almost a dozen languages and published in magazines including Asimov’s\, Strange Horizons\, Fantasy & Science Fiction\, and Uncanny and in many anthologies and year’s bests.  \n\n\n\nThis is a free community event\, everyone is welcome!
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/write-a-thon-reward-unlocked-sarah-pinsker-qa/
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SUMMARY:Write-a-thon Kick-Off Writing Session (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:The Clarion West staff will host two hours of writing and community to kick-off the Write-a-thon this year. Snacks will be provided\, as well as great company.  \n\n\n\nSet your goals and get started writing. If we’ve unlocked the first $5\,000\, we will stream the first Write-a-thon Surprise Guest together at Common AREA Maintenance\, followed by an hour of writing. \n\n\n\nOur first guest instructor is Stephen Graham Jones joining us on Saturday\, July 12 from 9:00 AM-10:00AM! Can’t attend the kick-off event in-person\, but want to join the Q&A in Zoom? Learn more & register here.  \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person event for the whole community! Haven’t joined the Write-a-thon yet? Learn more and sign up here!
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/write-a-thon-community-session/
LOCATION:Common Objects\, 2601 1st Ave\, Washington\, 98121\, United States
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SUMMARY:Write-a-thon: Stephen Graham Jones Q&A
DESCRIPTION:New This Year: Unlock Special Guest Instructor Q&As for the whole community! \n\n\n\nJuly 12: Join us for our first Write-a-thon Bonus Q&A in Zoom at 9:00 AM Pacific with Stephen Graham Jones!  \n\n\n\nWe’re on target to raise our first $5\,000 for the Write–a-thon\, unlocking our first surprise guest (a past Clarion West instructor!) Stephen Graham Jones:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoining us on Saturday\, July 12 from 9:00 AM-10:00AM! \n\n\n\nThis is a free community event\, everyone is welcome!  \n\n\n\nVirtually meet a past instructor and be ready to engage! \n\n\n\nHybrid Opportunity: Are you attending the In-Person Kick-Off Event at Common AREA Maintenance? We’ll be watching the Q&A together on site!  \n\n\n\nAccessibility: Clarion West uses a live captioner for all public events in Zoom. ASL interpreters may be requested at least three weeks in advance.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/write-a-thon-special-guest-instructor-qa/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy: Maurice Broaddus in conversation with Cadwell Turnbull
DESCRIPTION:The second summer reading and conversation featuring 2025 Six-Week Workshop instructor Maurice Broaddus\, with Cadwell Turnbull (CW ’16) as his conversation partner. \n\n\n\nMaurice will read from his work and then chat with Cadwell before turning to the audience for questions. You will be able to submit questions in the webinar. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held live at the Kheprw Institute (3802 N. Illinois St.\, Indianapolis\, IN 46208) and streamed in Zoom. The Kheprw Institute is an ADA accessible location.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-of-science-fiction-fantasy-maurice-broaddus-in-conversation-with-cadwell-turnbull/
LOCATION:Kheprw Institute\, 3802 N. Illinois St.\, Indianapolis\, Indiana\, 46208\, United States
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SUMMARY:Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy: Alumni Reading
DESCRIPTION:An unconventional kick-off to an unconventional summer! For our first summer reading and conversation\, we will be featuring recent Clarion West graduates Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (CW ’22)\, F.E. Choe (CW ’23)\, Jason A. Bartles (CW ’23)\, and Chris Yin (CW ’24).  \n\n\n\nEach will read from a recent work and then answer a few questions moderated by the Clarion West workshop team. You will be able to submit additional questions in the webinar.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-of-science-fiction-fantasy-alumni-reading/
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SUMMARY:EarthSeed—Celebrating Octavia E. Butler
DESCRIPTION:Join community members and local organizations for a special evening honoring Octavia Butler\, an award-winning American science fiction author\, pioneer of Afrofuturism\, and former Lake Forest Park resident. \n\n\n\nThe program features a conversation exploring her impact on writers and artists\, informational displays\, and a reading of the City’s proclamation declaring Octavia E. Butler Day. Leading the discussion will be writers from Clarion West and contemporaries Nisi Shawl and Kathleen Alcalá\, along with Caren Gussoff\, recipient of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship. \n\n\n\nCome be part of this meaningful tribute to one of literature’s most visionary voices. \n\n\n\nIn partnership with Clarion West\, Third Place Books\, KCLS\, ShoreLake Arts & The Shoreline Historical Museum.  \n\n\n\nAccessibility: Third Place Commons is an ADA accessible location
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/earthseed-celebrating-octavia-e-butler/
LOCATION:Third Place Commons\, 17171 Bothell Way NE\, Lake Forest Park\, Washington\, 98155\, United States
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SUMMARY:Clarion West Book Swap @ Octavia E. Butler Birthday Bash
DESCRIPTION:Bring a book\, take a book: the Clarion West book swap is back. This time\, we’ll join Langston’s creative arts team to celebrate science fiction luminary Octavia E. Butler. Come for the live performances\, food\, and refreshments. Stay for the community and celebration! \n\n\n\nAnd don’t forget to bring a book to share (and a reusable tote to take away your new finds!)
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/clarion-west-book-swap-octavia-e-butler-birthday-bash/
LOCATION:Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute\, 104 17th Ave S\, Washington\, 98144\, United States
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SUMMARY:LGBTQIA+ Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup & Writing Group
DESCRIPTION:Get to know other local LGBTQIA+ speculative writers at this free meetup. Writers of all skill levels and experience are welcome. Bring writing materials—we’ll have a couple of opportunities for generative writing—and your fabulous self. \n\n\n\nThis is the first of a year-round\, quarterly meeting group check back for information on future meetings!Accessibility: Pipsqueak is on the first level of a building\, with no steps into the space or the bathroom. There is a single-stall\, gender-neutral\, ADA-compliant bathroom.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/lgbtqia-speculative-fiction-writers-meetup-writing-group/
LOCATION:Pipsqueak\, 173 16th Ave\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98112\, United States
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SUMMARY:Steamy in Seattle 2025
DESCRIPTION:A Huge Thank You To Everyone Who Joined Us This Year!! \n\n\n\nMeet authors Ann Aguirre and Elizabeth Stephens as they discuss the alien romance genre\, science fiction and fantasy worlds\, and what writing romance has taught them! Paranormal romance author Jasmine Silvera to moderate.  \n\n\n\nJoin us at Seattle’s beautiful Nordic Museum for a traditional high tea\, featuring a delightful selection of savory finger sandwiches\, scones\, salad\, and delectable sweet treats catered by Lovely Night Catering — and a custom tea blend provided by Friday Afternoon Tea.  \n\n\n\nTime to pick out your favorite fascinators and elegant gowns to wear or get your fedora ready in preparation for this utterly romantic opportunity to support the literary arts!  \n\n\n\nThis event is not just a fundraiser; it’s a celebration of emerging and underrepresented writers — particularly women in the field of speculative fiction. Steamy in Seattle raises money for our annual programs\, sliding scale tuition\, and scholarship programs.  \n\n\n\nWe hope you’ll consider supporting Clarion West by attending the tea\, supporting the silent auction\, or making a gift in lieu of attending.  \n\n\n\nMasks encouraged.  \n\n\n\nRegister & Stream the Event for Free\n\n\n\nTicket options include:  \n\n\n\nVIP + Reception: $110 \n\n\n\nVIP + Reception includes: early event entry to meet with the authors\, traditional high tea setting\, goodie bag (including one book and other goodies)\, front row seating\, and be the first to line up for book signing after the event. Enjoy tea\, treats\, and the author conversation.  \n\n\n\nTeacup Tier Admission: $85 \n\n\n\nVIP Admission includes: traditional high tea setting and goodie bag (including one tea cup and other goodies). Enjoy tea\, treats\, and the author conversation.  \n\n\n\nTeacup Table Host: $680 \n\n\n\nHost a table of 8 with traditional high tea setting and goodie bags (including one tea cup and other goodies each) for you and your guests. \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission: $55 \n\n\n\nGeneral admission includes event entry and traditional high tea setting. Enjoy tea\, treats\, and the author conversation. \n\n\n\nVirtual Admission: Free \n\n\n\nCan’t join us in person\, but want to hear the conversation? Purchase a virtual ticket to join the event in Zoom & participate in the live Q&A.  \n\n\n\nDonate In Lieu Of Attending\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnn Aguirre \n\n\n\nNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ann Aguirre has been a clown\, a clerk\, a savior of stray kittens\, and a voice actress\, not necessarily in that order. She loves video games\, Korean dramas\, music\, dogs and cats\, and staring at the sea. Though she writes all kinds of genre fiction\, she has a major soft spot for a happily ever after. \n\n\n\nElizabeth Stephens \n\n\n\nTough heroines & possessive Alphas solve mysteries\, fight epic battles\, and fall in love in Elizabeth’s diverse romance & SciFi novels. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Stephens has been living in a fantasy world since she was 11\, and in 2015 finally translated her imagination to print! An author of romantic suspense and science fiction\, she is a big fan of inclusion and her books always include kick ass ladies of color. \n\n\n\nBooks by both authors will be on sale at the event.  \n\n\n\nThe Elliot Bay Book Company is partnering with Clarion West for this event. Copies of I Think I’m In Love With An Alien by Ann Aguirre and special edition Taken to Voraxia paperbacks by Elizabeth Stephens are available for pre-purchase with your ticket or you can purchase these and other books by the authors at the event. Find books by Ann already available at Elliott Bay here. Find books by Elizabeth on her website here. VIP tickets come with one book included.  \n\n\n\nThe Magic of Voice with Ann Aguirre: In-Person in SeattleAdd this is a two-hour\, in-person class from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM on Sunday\, May 11. You can add this class when purchasing your event ticket or follow the link to learn more and register separately.  \n\n\n\nThank you to our generous sponsors! \n\n\n\n\n\nHagen Insurance Partners\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn More
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy-in-seattle-2025/
LOCATION:Nordic Museum\, 2655 NW Market Street\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle Arts & Lectures Partner Event: Ted Chiang Presents
DESCRIPTION:Natasha Lyonne continues to push boundaries as an Emmy- and Golden Globe nominated producer\, actor\, writer and director with more than three decades in the industry to her name. Known for co-creating the acclaimed series Russian Doll and her pivotal roles in Orange is the New Black and Poker Face\, Lyonne’s work is traced with golden stars.Q&A with Community Curated Series director Ted Chiang. \n\n\n\nNatasha Lyonne co-created the Netflix series Russian Doll\, which won three Emmy Awards\, a total of 14 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne\, a Gotham Award nomination and a Golden Globe acting nomination for Lyonne after premiering in 2019. She produced\, wrote and directed the series\, in which she starred alongside Greta Lee\, Charlie Barnett and Chloe Sevigny. \n\n\n\nAs a young child\, Lyonne was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency and at the age of six\, she was cast as Opal on Pee-wee’s Playhouse. She is well known for her acclaimed performances in Slums of Beverly Hills\, the beloved comedy directed by Tamara Jenkins\, and co-starring Alan Arkin and Marisa Tomei; the coming-of age comedy But I’m a Cheerleader\, with Clea Duvall and RuPaul; and Everyone Says I Love You. Additional film credits include: The Grey Zone\, Sleeping with Other People\, Hello\, My Name is Doris\, Blade: Trinity\, Party Monster\, James Mangold’s Kate & Leopold\, American Pie\, America Pie 2\, Detroit Rock City\, A Futile & Stupid Gesture and Irresistible. \n\n\n\nTed Chiang\, this year’s Community Curated Series director\, has won four Hugo\, four Nebula\, and six Locus Awards\, and his fiction has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories. His first collection Stories of Your Life and Others has been translated into twenty-one languages\, and the title story was the basis for the Oscar-nominated film Arrival. His second collection Exhalation was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy tickets with SAL
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/seattle-arts-lectures-partner-event-ted-chiang-presents-3/
LOCATION:At Benaroya Hall — S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium\, 200 University St\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle Arts & Lectures Partner Event: Ted Chiang Presents
DESCRIPTION:Ted Chiang Presents: Love\, Hope\, and Other Four Letter Words with Kelly Link at Town Hall Seattle — Part of the SAL Ted Chiang Presents series. Find the Clarion West table at the event! \n\n\n\nDescribed as one of the “ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities\,” and the former Digital Minister of Taiwan\, Audrey Tang has made it her mission to align technology with democracy\, and to counteract the polarization\, inequality\, loneliness\, and fear that digital technology has catalyzed. \n\n\n\nQ&A with Community Curated Series director Ted Chiang. \n\n\n\nDigital technology threatens to tear free and open societies apart through polarization\, inequality\, and loneliness. But in the decade since the weeks-long occupation of their parliament\, a diverse island of resilience has shown another way is possible. \n\n\n\nPlurality\, Tang’s open-source self-governed project\, co-written by E. Glen Weyl and a global community of dozens of contributors\, details how Taiwan achieved inclusive\, technology-fueled growth\, overcame the pandemic without lockdowns and the infodemic without takedowns\, entrusted its people to tackle shared challenges like environmental protection while capitalizing on a culture of innovation to “hack the government.” \n\n\n\nDigital Minister Audrey Tang and her collaborators – architects of Taiwan’s internationally acclaimed digital democracy – achieved inclusive\, technology-fueled growth that harnesses digital tools to strengthen both social unity and diversity. From intimate digitally empowered telepathy to global trade running on social networks rather than money\, Plurality offers tools to radically enrich relationships while making sure we leave no one behind. The ideas promise to transform every sector from health care to media\, as illustrated by the way it has been written: as a chorus of open\, self-governing collaboration of voices from around the globe. \n\n\n\nAudrey Tang is a software programmer known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell and for building the online spreadsheet system EtherCalc in collaboration with Dan Bricklin. Audrey Tang served as Taiwan’s first Minister of Digital Affairs—making her the first non-binary official in the top executive cabinet—where she was tasked with helping government agencies communicate policy goals and managing information published by the government\, both via digital means. \n\n\n\nAudrey Tang served on Taiwan’s National Development Council’s Open Data committee and K-12 curriculum committee\, and she led the country’s first e-Rulemaking project. She has also worked as a consultant with Apple on computational linguistics\, with Oxford University Press on crowd lexicography and with Socialtext on social interaction design. She actively contributes to g0v (“gov zero”)\, a vibrant community that focuses on creating tools for the civil society with the call to “fork the government.” \n\n\n\nTed Chiang\, this year’s Community Curated Series director\, has won four Hugo\, four Nebula\, and six Locus Awards\, and his fiction has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories. His first collection Stories of Your Life and Others has been translated into twenty-one languages\, and the title story was the basis for the Oscar-nominated film Arrival. His second collection Exhalation was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2019.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/seattle-arts-lectures-partner-event-ted-chiang-presents-2/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 8th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Grist Magazine Partner Event: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:This is a live virtual event!  \n\n\n\nFor four years the Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors initiative has invited writers from across the globe to imagine futures where climate solutions flourish and all beings thrive. Through creative works of short fiction\, these stories have charted not-always-easy paths toward a better world\, reminding us that human promise and ingenuity are always at the heart of climate solutions. \n\n\n\nJoin 2025 Imagine 2200 contest judges Annalee Newitz and Omar El Akkad alongside Climate Fiction Creative Manager Tory Stephens for a live conversation exploring the transformative power of radical imagining\, and how looking beyond the current moment can help us renew our resolve to create a better world. \n\n\n\nThis event is supported by NRDC and Earth Rising Foundation. \n\n\n\nOmar El Akkad (he/him) is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt\, grew up in Qatar\, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award and the Oregon Book Award. His books have been translated into 13 languages. His debut novel\, American War\, was named by the BBC as one of 100 novels that shaped our world. \n\n\n\nAnnalee Newitz (they/them) writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of three novels: The Terraformers\, The Future of Another Timeline\, and Autonomous\, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a science journalist\, they are the author of Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind\, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Scatter\, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction\, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in science. They are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere\, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They have published in The Washington Post\, Slate\, Scientific American\, Ars Technica\, The New Yorker\, and Technology Review\, among others. They are the co-host of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct\, and have contributed to the public radio shows Science Friday\, On the Media\, KQED Forum\, and Here and Now. Previously\, they were the founder of io9\, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. \n\n\n\nTory Stephens (he/him) creates opportunities that transform organizations and shift culture. He is a resource generator and community builder for social justice issues\, people\, and movements. He currently works at Grist as the climate fiction creative manager\, and uses storytelling to champion climate justice and imagine green\, clean\, and just futures. In another life he owned a kick-butt streetwear company\, and he would have gotten away with eating the last cookie too\, if it weren’t for his three meddling kids.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/grist-magazine-partner-event-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T160000
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SUMMARY:Community Book Swap — For Speculative Fiction Readers! 
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Community Book Swap! A free event open to everyone that would like to bring their speculative fiction (science fiction\, fantasy\, horror\, and everything in-between) books and swap them for others.  \n\n\n\nNo RSVP necessary\, come to Third Place Commons at any time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Sunday\, December 15 and get ready to swap your gently used speculative fiction books for something you haven’t ready yet!  \n\n\n\nBring up to 5 speculative fiction books that you’re ready to get rid of\, mingle and enjoy some good company and refreshments\, and pick out new-to-you books to take home! All leftovers after the event will be donated.   \n\n\n\nWant to add a little holiday appeal? Feel free to wrap your book in advance and label it with hints about what to expect. We’ll place all books out loosely by genre for easy selection. What’s better than a new book? A blind date with a book recommended by someone else who loves speculative fiction!
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/community-book-swap-for-speculative-fiction-readers/
LOCATION:Third Place Commons\, 17171 Bothell Way NE\, Lake Forest Park\, Washington\, 98155\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241126T160000
DTSTAMP:20240926T224511Z
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SUMMARY:Speculative Fiction Convening with Hedgebrook
DESCRIPTION:So Be It! See To It! A Generation Intensive Convening for Intermediate Speculative Fiction Writers \n\n\n\nThis Speculative Fiction Convening is in partnership with Hedgebrook in honor of Octavia Butler. Participants will gather virtually for a 4-day retreat led by Tara Campbell\, Fonda Lee\, Minal Hajratwala\, and Nisi Shawl! Learn with our illustrious alumnae instructors\, enjoy an intimate cohort of writers\, and more. \n\n\n\nLearn More and Register on the Hedgebrook Website
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/speculative-fiction-convening-with-hedgebrook/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T210000
DTSTAMP:20240927T232948Z
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SUMMARY:Bushwick Book Club Partner Event
DESCRIPTION:Original music inspired by Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler — Part of the Banned Books Season! Find the Clarion West table at the event! \n\n\n\nThe year is 2024. The world teeters on the edge of chaos. An authoritarian president looms. Octavia Butler’s astonishingly prescient novel Parable of the Sower weaves together urgent themes of hope\, resilience\, societal change\, and individual perseverance. \n\n\n\n“[Parable of the Sower] succeeds on multiple levels. A gripping tale of survival and a poignant account of growing up sane in a disintegrating world.” — New York Times \n\n\n\n“This was a cautionary tale\, although people have told me it was prophecy. All I have to say to that is: I certainly hope not.” — Octavia Butler \n\n\n\nHeads up: Butler pulls no punches in detailing her dystopian landscape—brace yourself for many forms of human cruelty\, including racism\, murder\, and sexual assault.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/bushwick-book-club-partner-event-2/
LOCATION:Hugo House\, 1634 11th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241028T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241028T210000
DTSTAMP:20240927T233037Z
CREATED:20240927T232312Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle Arts & Lectures Partner Event: Ted Chiang Presents
DESCRIPTION:Ted Chiang Presents: Love\, Hope\, and Other Four Letter Words with Kelly Link at Town Hall Seattle — Part of the SAL Ted Chiang Presents series. Find the Clarion West table at the event! \n\n\n\nThe Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers\, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of love—from friendship to romance to abiding family ties—with her trademark compassion\, wit\, and literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes on\, even when we cannot.Q&A with Community Curated Series director Ted Chiang.\n\n\n\nIn The Book of Love\, welcome to Kelly Link’s incomparable Lovesend\, where you’ll encounter love and loss\, laughter and dread\, magic and karaoke\, and some really good pizza. Late one night\, Laura\, Daniel\, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom\, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown\, the small seaside community of Lovesend\, Massachusetts\, having long been presumed dead. Which\, in fact\, they are. \n\n\n\nWith them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher\, who seems to know something about their disappearance—and what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives\, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them\, they may return to their families and friends\, but they can tell no one where they’ve been. In the end\, there will be winners and there will be losers. \n\n\n\nBut their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures\, all with their own agendas. As Laura\, Daniel\, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind\, and Laura’s sister\, Susannah\, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears\, these mysterious others begin to arrive\, engulfing their community in danger and chaos\, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster. \n\n\n\nKelly Link\, a MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow\, is the author of the collections Get in Trouble\, Stranger Things Happen\, Magic for Beginners\, and Pretty Monsters. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited a number of anthologies\, including multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and\, for young adults\, Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\, The Best American Short Stories\, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She has also received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Link was born in Miami\, Florida. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Northampton\, Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nTed Chiang\, this year’s Community Curated Series director\, has won four Hugo\, four Nebula\, and six Locus Awards\, and his fiction has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories. His first collection Stories of Your Life and Others has been translated into twenty-one languages\, and the title story was the basis for the Oscar-nominated film Arrival. His second collection Exhalation was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2019.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/seattle-arts-lectures-partner-event-ted-chiang-presents/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 8th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98101\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T190000
DTSTAMP:20240927T232353Z
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SUMMARY:Kelly Link's The Book of Love - Book Club Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Book of Love Book Discussion \n\n\n\nSunday\, October 27\, 2024\, 5-7 pm   Ada’s Technical Books\, 425 15th Ave E\, Seattle\, WA 98112  This meeting is free\, but we encourage attendees to support Ada’s by purchasing the book at the store. Buy The Book \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, with limited space. Register today!\n\n\n\nThis event coincides with Kelly’s appearance at Town Hall as part of Ted Chiang Presents: Love\, Hope\, and Other Four Letter Words with the Seattle Arts & Lectures on Monday\, October 28th at Town Hall Seattle. Join the book club and attend the SAL event as a group! It’s a great chance to dive deep into Link’s work before hearing from the author herself! Attendees will receive a free ticket to the Seattle Arts & Lectures event. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re a longtime fan or new to Kelly Link’s magical worlds\, join other readers for a guided book club discussion of The Book of Love\, led by Clarion West Board Chair and six-week alum Shweta Adhyam. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect:  \n\n\n\n\nPurchase a copy of The Book of Love at Ada’s Books\, an indie bookstore near you\, or pick up a copy at your library as early as you can. Read the book! \n\n\n\nMeet Shweta and other readers at Ada’s Books on Sunday\, October 26\, for a guided discussion\, and get your free ticket to the Seattle Arts & Lectures event.\n\n\n\nGo to Seattle Arts & Lectures event the next day and enjoy additional insights from Kelly Link and Ted Chiang.\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Book of Love: In The Book of Love\, welcome to Kelly Link’s incomparable Lovesend\, where you’ll encounter love and loss\, laughter and dread\, magic and karaoke\, and some really good pizza. Late one night\, Laura\, Daniel\, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom\, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown\, the small seaside community of Lovesend\, Massachusetts\, having long been presumed dead. Which\, in fact\, they are. \n\n\n\nWith them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher\, who seems to know something about their disappearance—and what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives\, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them\, they may return to their families and friends\, but they can tell no one where they’ve been. In the end\, there will be winners\, and there will be losers. \n\n\n\nBut their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures\, all with their own agendas. As Laura\, Daniel\, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind\, and Laura’s sister\, Susannah\, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears\, these mysterious others begin to arrive\, engulfing their community in danger and chaos\, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: \n\n\n\nKelly Link\, a MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow\, is the author of the collections Get in Trouble\, Stranger Things Happen\, Magic for Beginners\, and Pretty Monsters. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited a number of anthologies\, including multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and\, for young adults\, Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\, The Best American Short Stories\, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She has also received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Link was born in Miami\, Florida. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Northampton\, Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nAbout the Host: \n\n\n\nShweta Adhyam belongs to Madras\, and Seattle\, and speculative fiction.  She speaks five languages\, has had four careers\, is three layers of immigrant\, calls two cities home\, and believes escapism is of the first importance. She is frenemies with ADHD\, knows far more about Hindu mythology than is good for her\, and attended Clarion West in 2017.  She lives with her spouse and child. \n\n\n\nAbout Seattle Arts & Lectures \n\n\n\nSeattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations. Learn more: https://lectures.org/about/
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/kelly-links-the-book-of-love-book-club-discussion/
LOCATION:Third Place Commons\, 17171 Bothell Way NE\, Lake Forest Park\, Washington\, 98155\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T210000
DTSTAMP:20240927T232639Z
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SUMMARY:Bushwick Book Club Partner Event
DESCRIPTION:Original music inspired by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz — Part of the Banned Books Season! Find the Clarion West table at the event!After inspiring nightmares—and controversy—for generations\, the eerie\, unforgettable tales of Alvin Schwarz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will now inspire spooky original music for the Bushwick stage. We’ll leave a nightlight on for you… \n\n\n\n“A wonderful collection of tales that range from creepy to silly to haunting. Gammell’s drawings add just the right touch.” — Entertainment Weekly \n\n\n\n“Schwartz managed to marry the old school terror of classic ghost stories with the all-too-real terror that comes with living in the modern world.” — Bustle \n\n\n\nHeads up: Schwarz’s folktale retellings gave 90s kids nightmares for good reason: ghosts\, ghouls\, murder\, and the macabre all abound\, brought to life by Stephen Gammell’s brilliantly grotesque illustrations.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/bushwick-book-club-partner-event/
LOCATION:Hugo House\, 1634 11th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240723T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240723T190000
DTSTAMP:20240722T220427Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading: Carmen Maria Machado in Conversation with Amber Flame
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Susan C. Petrey Memorial Fellowship \n\n\n\nCarmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize\, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction\, and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize\, among others. Her essays\, fiction\, and criticism have appeared in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, Granta\, Vogue\, This American Life\, The Believer\, Guernica\, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Guggenheim Foundation\, Yaddo\, Hedgebrook\, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. \n\n\n\nAmber Flame is an interdisciplinary artist\, writer\, activist and educator\, garnering residencies with Hedgebrook\, Baldwin for the Arts\, and more. Flame’s work appears in diverse publications\, and her first poetry collection\, Ordinary Cruelty\, published in 2017 through Write Bloody Press. Flame’s second book\, apocrifa\, a love story told in verse\, launched 2023 from Red Hen Press. She serves as Program Director of Hedgebrook while working on a third poetry collection\, singing with her band\, Last of the RedHot Mamas\, making art\, writing essays\, and raising her awesome kid. Amber Flame is a queer Black dandy mama who falls hard for a jumpsuit and some fresh kicks. \n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility: Closed captioning is automatically available in Zoom. Contact events@clarionwest.org at least seven days before the event to request special accommodations\, such as an ASL interpreter or live captioner.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-reading-carmen-maria-machado/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240720T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240720T190000
DTSTAMP:20240527T145658Z
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SUMMARY:Two Hour Transport Summer Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:July’s open mic will be another summer partnership between Clarion West and Two Hour Transport! Held at the Magnuson Park Amphitheater\, this outdoor open mic is a community favorite. Participants will be encouraged to use Parable of the Sower for their story prompt.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/two-hour-transport-summer-open-mic/
LOCATION:Magnuson Park Amphitheater\, 6344 NE 74th St\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240718T203000
DTSTAMP:20240609T015727Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading: Ruoxi Chen
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Molly Templeton \n\n\n\n\n\nRuoxi Chen is a Hugo Award-winning book editor based in New York City. She’s had the pleasure of working on books that have been shortlisted for the Ilube Nommo\, Nebula\, and NAACP Image Awards\, and that have won the Alex\, Locus\, Crawford\, Ignyte\, Shirley Jackson\, World Fantasy\, Astounding\, and Hugo Awards\, among others. \n\n\n\nThe Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held in person and streamed live in a hybrid session each week during the Six-Week Workshop.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-reading-ruoxi-chen/
LOCATION:Third Place Books Ravenna\, 6504 20th Ave NE\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240709T203000
DTSTAMP:20240709T164949Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading: Sarah Pinsker
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Greg Bear Memorial Instructorship \n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Pinsker is the award-winning author of A Song For A New Day\, We Are Satellites\, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea\, Lost Places\, and over sixty works of short fiction. She is also a singer/songwriter with four albums on various indie labels.  \n\n\n\nThe Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held in person and streamed live in a hybrid session each week during the Six-Week Workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility: All readings are held in ADA-accessible venues. Closed captioning is automatically available in Zoom. Contact events@clarionwest.org at least seven days before the event to request special accommodations\, such as an ASL interpreter or live captioner.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-reading-sarah-pinsker/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library – Central Branch\, 1000 4th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240702T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240702T203000
DTSTAMP:20240702T223203Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading: Cadwell Turnbull
DESCRIPTION:Cadwell Turnbull (CW ‘16) is the award-winning author of The Lesson\, No Gods\, No Monsters\, and We are the Crisis. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge\, Lightspeed\, Nightmare\, Asimov’s Science Fiction\, and several anthologies\, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 and The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019.  \n\n\n\nThe Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held in person and streamed live in a hybrid session each week during the Six-Week Workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility: All readings are held in ADA-accessible venues. Closed captioning is automatically available in Zoom. Contact events@clarionwest.org at least seven days before the event to request special accommodations\, such as an ASL interpreter or live captioner.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-reading-cadwell-turnbull/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library – Central Branch\, 1000 4th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240626T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240626T180000
DTSTAMP:20240528T030646Z
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SUMMARY:Sistah Scifi's Wine Down Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event series featuring Black speculative fiction authors.  \n\n\n\nEvery Wednesday during the Write-a-thon\, Sistah Scifi’s Wine Down Wednesdays will be partnering with Clarion West to focus on Parable of the Sower\, Octavia Butler’s impact on writers\, and positive futures.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/sistah-scifis-wine-down-wednesday/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240625T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240625T203000
DTSTAMP:20240625T145345Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading: Brenda Peynado
DESCRIPTION:Brenda Peynado is the award-winning author of The Rock Eaters. Her stories have won an O. Henry Prize\, a Pushcart Prize\, the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award\, and inclusion in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her novella\, Time’s Agent\, is forthcoming from Tor.com in 2024. \n\n\n\nThe Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held in person and streamed live in a hybrid session each week during the Six-Week Workshop.  \n\n\n\nMasks strongly encouraged.  \n\n\n\nAttend the event at Hugo House or click the Zoom link to watch online.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility: All readings are held in ADA-accessible venues. Closed captioning is automatically available in Zoom. Contact events@clarionwest.org at least seven days before the event to request special accommodations\, such as an ASL interpreter or live captioner.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-reading-brenda-peynado/
LOCATION:Hugo House\, 1634 11th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T203000
DTSTAMP:20240618T190454Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading: Usman T. Malik
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Leslie Howle Instructorship \n\n\n\nUsman T. Malik (CW ‘13) is the award-winning author of Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan and has published stories in Al-Jazeera\, WIRED\, Center for Science and Imagination’s Us In Flux\, New Voices of Fantasy and more than a dozen best of the year anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy series. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held in person and streamed live in a hybrid session each week during the Six-Week Workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility: All readings are held in ADA-accessible venues. Closed captioning is automatically available in Zoom. Contact events@clarionwest.org at least seven days before the event to request special accommodations\, such as an ASL interpreter or live captioner.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/summer-reading-usman-t-malik/
LOCATION:Hugo House\, 1634 11th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T123000
DTSTAMP:20240527T153001Z
CREATED:20240527T152947Z
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SUMMARY:The Roots and Future of Feminist Science Fiction
DESCRIPTION:From Vonda N. McIntyre to Today: A Free Virtual Panel \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFour award-winning authors discuss the roots and future of feminist science fiction\, with a special focus on Clarion West founder Vonda N. McIntyre and other major influences on the genre.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nVonda N. McIntyre contributed extensively during her lifetime to the ongoing explosion in feminist sf criticism and correspondence.  \n\n\n\nLittle Sisters and Other Stories\, a new collection of Vonda’s short stories\, has been published by Gold SF\, an imprint of Goldsmiths Press dedicated to discovering and publishing new intersectional feminist science fiction. The new collection captures McIntyre’s distinctive themes of gender and power dynamics\, human and species diversity\, and a pragmatic utopianism that emphasizes our mutual dependency.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for what promises to be a fascinating panel discussion as we bring together four award-winning voices in science fiction to discuss their work\, how these same concepts influence their writing\, and what trends they are seeing in today’s genre writing. \n\n\n\nOur panelists include Dr. Nicola Griffith\, SJ Groenewegen\, Dr. Una McCormack\, and Nisi Shawl.  \n\n\n\nTheir books are available for purchase on Bookshop.org and a bookstore near you! A short list of their most recent releases can be found on the Clarion West Bookshop page.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Nicola Griffith\n\n\n\nNicola Griffith is the author of nine novels\, including Hild\, Spear\, and Menewood. In addition to her fiction and nonfiction (New York Times\, Guardian\, Nature\, New Scientist) she is known for her data-driven 2015 work on bias in the literary ecosystem and as founder and co-host\, with Alice Wong\, of #CripLit. Awards include the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize\, Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize\, two Washington State Book Awards\, the Premio Italia\, Nebula\, World Fantasy\, and Otherwise/Tiptree awards\, and six Lambda Literary Awards. She holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University\, is married to writer Kelley Eskridge\, and lives in Seattle. \n\n\n\nwww.nicolagriffith.com \n\n\n\n\n\nSJ Groenewegen\n\n\n\nSJ (Sarah) Groenewegen BEM authored the novels The Disinformation War (GoldSF\, 2023 – long listed in the BSFA Awards 2023 Best Novel category)\, Lethbridge-Stewart: A Most Haunted Man (Candy Jar\, 2022)\, and Lethbridge-Stewart: Daughters of Earth (Candy Jar\, 2017). SJ also wrote the Black Archive on Doctor Who’s Face the Raven\, as well as numerous essays on Doctor Who\, SFF\, gaming\, and being queer. SJ’s short fiction has won awards (Scarlet Stiletto in 2002)\, appeared in Big Finish’s Doctor Who Short Trips range\, the Lethbridge-Stewart Havoc Files collections and UNIT anthologies. In 2016\, SJ was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to law enforcement and LGBTQIA diversity. Born and raised in Australia\, SJ now calls the Scottish Highlands home. \n\n\n\nwww.sjgroenewegen.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Una McCormack\n\n\n\nDr Una McCormack is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling science fiction writer of more than twenty novels\, plus many audio dramas and short stories. \n\n\n\nAn associate fellow of Homerton College\, Cambridge\, Una’s academic interests include feminist science fiction\, transformative works\, and creative writing practice and methodology. She writes and broadcasts regularly on these and other topics on local and national radio. She is on the editorial board of Gold SF\, an imprint of Goldsmiths Press aimed at publishing new voices in intersectional feminist science fiction. \n\n\n\nUna lives in Cambridge with her partner and daughter\, a full-sized Dalek\, and many\, many books. \n\n\n\nwww.unamccormack.co.uk \n\n\n\n\n\nNisi Shawl\n\n\n\nNisi Shawl is a multiple-award-winning writer and editor. Their novel Everfair was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel\, and the short story collection Filter House won the James Tiptree Jr. Award. They cofounded the Carl Brandon Society to help give people of color greater visibility in the science fiction and fantasy worlds\, and their “Writing the Other” workshops and accompanying book (cocreated with Cynthia Ward and K. Tempest Bradford) have taught thousands of writers new ways of thinking about diversity and representation within fiction. \n\n\n\nNisi received the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Speculation is their first novel for young readers. Born in Kalamazoo\, Nisi now lives in Seattle.  \n\n\n\nwww.nisishawl.com
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/the-roots-and-future-of-feminist-science-fiction/
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SUMMARY:Queering the Future: LGBTQ+ Authors on Octavia Butler’s Impact
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Amber Flame\, Nisi Shawl\, and Anastacia-Renée \n\n\n\nAs part of this year’s Seattle Reads honoring the life and work of Octavia Butler\, we’re excited to partner with the Seattle Public Library and the Elliott Bay Book Company to host a conversation about Butler’s influence on LGBTQ+ writers. We’ll welcome authors and friends of the store Amber Flame\, Anastacia-Reneé\, and Nisi Shawl for what promises to be a night of lively conversation and tribute to the inimitable Octavia Butler. Amy Hirayama from Clarion West will moderate the conversation.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/queering-the-future-lgbtq-authors-on-octavia-butlers-impact/
LOCATION:Elliott Bay Book Company\, 1521 10th Ave\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States
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