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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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SUMMARY:Steamy in Seattle 2024
DESCRIPTION: A Fantasy Romance Tea Party \n\n\n\nMeet authors L. Penelope and Melissa Marr as they discuss the fantasy romance genre\, their own fantasy worlds\, and what writing romance has taught them! Grab a steaming cup of tea provided by Friday Afternoon Tea and some delicious treats prepared by Arista Catering. No need to glamour your fairy wings and pixie dust! Romantasy author Jasmine Silvera to moderate.  \n\n\n\nMasks encouraged.  \n\n\n\nHybrid event. Streaming tickets available.  \n\n\n\nMay 10\, 20243:00 – 5:00 PM Pacific Time \n\n\n\nLocation: Wisteria Hall\, Washington Park Arboretum \n\n\n\nThe Elliott Bay Book Company is partnering with Clarion West for this event. Copies of Savage City by L. Penelope and Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr are available for pre-purchase with your ticket or you can purchase these and other books by the authors at the event. VIP tickets come with one book included.  \n\n\n\nTicket options include:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nVIP Admission $95 VIP Admission includes event entry\, traditional high tea setting\, goodie bag (including one book and other goodies)\, front-row seating\, and line up first for book signing after the event. Enjoy tea\, treats\, and the conversation.  \n\n\n\nSold Out!  \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission $65\nGeneral admission includes event entry and traditional high tea setting. Enjoy tea\, treats\, and the conversation. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral Admission\n\n\n\nVirtual Admission $15\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\n\n\nVirtual Admission\n\n\n\nInclude Saturday’s Class: A Writer’s Guide to RomantasyPurchase the class at the same time as your event ticket for a $40 discount on the class! Full class description below.  \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets Now\n\n\n\n\nI can’t make it to the event\, but I’d like to help!  \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the event\, but want to make a donation to support Clarion West’s Six-Week Workshop\, summer reading series\, and other programs for writers?  \n\n\n\nDonate to Clarion West\n\n\n\nAccessibilityThis venue is fully ADA-accessible. Please email us at events@clarionwest.org if you have questions or requests for additional accommodations\, such as an ASL interpreter. Accommodation requests need to be made at least 3 days in advance.  \n\n\n\n\nSponsorshipsMany thanks to our sponsors: The Breneman Jaech Foundation\, Hagen Insurance Partners\, and Paper Boat Booksellers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant to sponsor this event and be listed? \n\n\n\n\nBecome a Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nL. PenelopeLeslye Penelope’s debut novel Song of Blood & Stone was chosen as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. The novel also won the inaugural award for Best Self-Published Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association before it was picked up for publication by St. Martin’s Press. Her novel The Monsters We Defy won the 2023 Audie Award for Best Fantasy Audiobook.Equally left and right-brained\, she graduated from Howard University\, where she studied film production and computer science and sometimes dreams in HTML. Leslye is also an alumna of VONA/Voices and Hurston/Wright Writers Workshop. \n\n\n\nShe hosts the My Imaginary Friends podcast\, co-hosts the Ink & Magic podcast\, and lives in Maryland with her feline dependents. Visit her online at http://www.lpenelope.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelissa Marr\nMelissa Marr writes fiction for adults\, teens\, and children. Her books have been translated into 30 languages and have been NY Times\, USAT\, and international best-sellers. If she’s not writing\, you can find her in a kayak or on a trail somewhere in Arizona with her wife. Visit her online at http://www.melissamarrbooks.com/home.html.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSaturday’s Class: A Writer’s Guide to Romantasy Weaving fantasy and romance into a compelling story requires understanding the conventions of both genres. Whether you’re drafting your first love story in an epic fantasy world or looking to deepen the romantic plots of your current manuscript\, this class will give you tools and techniques to captivate readers with every page. \n\n\n\nIn this interactive\, hands-on workshop\, you will learn ways to blend fantasy and romance elements seamlessly\, creating a captivating and unique narrative. The lectures\, writing exercises\, and prompts will help you construct immersive fantasy settings\, develop intriguing characters\, incorporate popular genre tropes\, and balance worldbuilding with plot and character. \n\n\n\nLearn More\n\n\n\nSeating is limited to 25. 
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy-in-seattle-2024/
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SUMMARY:Clarion West After Dark
DESCRIPTION:In-person in Seattle & TBD Online. Tickets on sale August 1st. Guest of Honor: Daniel Abraham\, co-author of the Expanse series.  \n\n\n\nLast year\, we revealed ourselves with Clarion West Nerdlesque. This year\, let us take you on a cruise across the expanse. Clarion West After Dark is a one-night getaway among the stars–both celestial and human. Join our crew for the party of the year\, and let us entertain you. \n\n\n\nSee opportunities to sponsor this event \n\n\n\nOr email evan@clarionwest.org. \n\n\n\nSee you soon… \n\n\n\nGuest of Honor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClarion veteran Daniel Abraham (CW ‘98) writes under several names\, all of them successful. As one half of the collaborative team (the other half being Ty Franck) that constitutes the international and New York Times bestselling author James S.A. Corey\, he writes in the Expanse universe and is a writer and Executive Producer on the TV series The Expanse. The Expanse franchise has garnered popular acclaim and numerous awards including the Hugo\, Saturn\, Locus\, and Dragon awards\, and recognition from the Directors Guild of Canada. \n\n\n\nRead more about Daniel here on our instructor page.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/clarion-west-after-dark/
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SUMMARY:Death in the Mouth Virtual Launch
DESCRIPTION:Isha Karki\n\n\n\nM. L. Krishnan\n\n\n\nSloane Leong\n\n\n\n\nJoin editor Sloane Leong (CW ’22) and contributors Isha Karki (CW ’19) and M. L. Krishnan (CW ’19) for virtual readings and a discussion to celebrate the release of Death in the Mouth: Original Horror by People of Color. We will use Zoom to stream this event. \n\n\n\nDeath in the Mouth is a collection of horror stories and art showcasing BIPOC and ethnically marginalized storytellers from around the world. You’ll read stories featuring grotesque manifestations of dread\, the enveloping sludge of grief\, and the insectoid itch of deep-seated fear. Embodiments of mania and displacements of faith. Harrowing ecstasy and debilitating hope. Transgressions of the body\, the spirit\, and the community. Unique and terrifying alien mythology from the future. Quiet\, creeping absurdities. Weird urban legends from secondary worlds. In this anthology\, editors Sloane Leong and Cassie Hart bring you an incredible range of stories and illustrations that celebrate the voices of those overlooked to show you the terrifying and exquisite scope of what horror can be. \n\n\n\nAttendees must register for this event. \n\n\n\n\n\nMore Information\n\n\n\nVisit the Death in the Mouth website \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsha Karki is a writer based in London. Her short fiction has won the Dinesh Allirajah Prize\, Galley Beggar Press Prize\, and Mslexia Short Story Competition. She is a 2019 graduate of Clarion West and currently a PhD student. \n\n\n\nM. L. Krishnan originally hails from the coastal shores of Tamil Nadu. She writes about queer love and desire in the Subcontinent; about blurred realities; about the messy emotional and speculative landscapes of human beings\, demigods\, and the itinerant ghosts of South India. She is currently the Marketing Director of khōréō\, a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migration. She lives in the Midwest and wages a losing battle with tenacious squirrels in her downtime. \n\n\n\nSloane Leong is a self-taught cartoonist\, illustrator\, and writer of mixed indigenous ancestries. Through prose\, illustration\, and comics\, she engages with visceral futurities and fantasies through a radical kaleidoscopic lens. She is the creator of several graphic novels: From Under Mountains\, Prism Stalker\, A Map to the Sun\, and Graveneye\, and has worked as an artist for Pixar\, Viz Media\, Image Comics\, Cartoon Network\, Dark Horse\, Namco\, and more. Her fiction has appeared in many publications\, including Dark Matter Magazine\, Apex Magazine\, Fireside Magazine\, Analog\, and Realm Media\, among others. Sloane is currently living on Chinook land near what is known as Portland\, Oregon\, with her family and three dogs.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/death-in-the-mouth-virtual-launch/
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Reading Series: Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Susan C. Petrey Memorial Fellowship \n\n\n\nThis is the final event in a six-part reading series\, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nAnnalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of the book Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age\, and the novels The Future of Another Timeline\, and Autonomous\, which won the Lambda Literary Award. As a science journalist\, 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\, Popular Science\, Ars Technica\, The New Yorker\, and The Atlantic\, among others. They are also the co-host of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Previously\, they were the founder of io9\, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo. \n\n\n\nCharlie Jane Anders is the author of Victories Greater Than Death\, the first book in a new young-adult trilogy\, which came out in April 2021. Other 2021 titles: Never Say You Can’t Survive (August)\, a book about how to use creative writing to get through hard times; and a short story collection called Even Greater Mistakes (November). Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Slate\, McSweeney’s\, Mother Jones\, Boston Review\, Tor.com\, Tin House\, Teen Vogue\, Conjunctions\, Wired Magazine\, and other places. Her TED Talk\, “Go Ahead\, Dream About the Future\,” got 700\,000 views in its first week. With Annalee Newitz\, she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Seattle Public Library will provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2022-summer-reading-series-annalee-newitz-and-charlie-jane-anders/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library – Central Branch\, 1000 4th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Reading Series: Bill Campbell
DESCRIPTION:This is the fifth event in a six-part reading series\, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here with Town Hall Seattle\n\n\n\n\nImportant Parking Information: Please read this Town Hall information about parking and safe drop-off. They do not have their own parking lot at this time and you must plan ahead and park in a paid parking lot nearby or take public transportation. Click on this link for a list of public parking lots and prices. \n\n\n\nBill Campbell is the author of Sunshine Patriots; My Booty Novel; Pop Culture: Politics\, Puns\, and “Poohbutt” from a Liberal Stay-at-Home Dad; Koontown Killing Kaper; and Baaaad Muthaz. Along with Edward Austin Hall\, he coedited the groundbreaking anthology\, Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond. He has also co-edited Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany; APB: Artists against Police Brutality (for which he won a Glyph Pioneer/Lifetime Achievement Award); and Future Fiction: New Dimensions of International Fantasy and Science Fiction. His latest anthology is a two-volume collection with over one hundred science fiction\, fantasy\, and horror stories from around the world\, Sunspot Jungle: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction. His latest graphic novel (with Bizhan Khodabandeh)\, The Day the Klan Came to Town\, was released in August 2021 by PM Press. Campbell lives in Washington\, DC\, where he helms Rosarium Publishing.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2022-summer-reading-series-bill-campbell/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 8th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Reading Series: Tobias Buckell
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Debbie J. Rose Memorial Instructorship \n\n\n\nRegistration coming soon \n\n\n\nThis is the fourth event in a six-part reading series\, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here with Town Hall Seattle\n\n\n\n\nImportant Parking Information: Please read this Town Hall information about parking and safe drop-off. They do not have their own parking lot at this time and you must plan ahead and park in a paid parking lot nearby or take public transportation. Please click on this link for a list of public parking lots and prices.  \n\n\n\nTobias S. Buckell is a New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands\, which influence much of his work. \n\n\n\nHis novels and almost one hundred stories have been translated into twenty different languages. His work has been nominated for awards like the Hugo\, Nebula\, World Fantasy\, and the Astounding Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. \n\n\n\nHe teaches Creative Writing at Bluffton University. He’s online at http://www.TobiasBuckell.com and is also an instructor at the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2022-summer-reading-series-tobias-buckell/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 8th Avenue\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Reading Series: Fonda Lee
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Sally Klages Memorial Instructorship \n\n\n\nThis is the third event in a six-part reading series\, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nFonda Lee is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of the epic urban fantasy Green Bone Saga (beginning with Jade City and continuing in Jade War and Jade Legacy) as well as the acclaimed young adult science fiction novels Zeroboxer\, Exo\, and Cross Fire. She is a three-time winner of the Aurora Award\, and a multiple finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Fonda is a martial artist\, foodie\, recovering corporate strategist\, and action movie aficionado residing in Portland\, Oregon. You find Fonda online at www.fondalee.com and on Twitter @fondajlee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Seattle Public Library will provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2022-summer-reading-series-fonda-lee/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library – Central Branch\, 1000 4th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Reading Series: P. Djèlí Clark
DESCRIPTION:This is the second event in a six-part reading series\, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nPhenderson Djèlí Clark is the award winning and Hugo\, Nebula\, Sturgeon\, and World Fantasy nominated author of the novel A Master of Djinn and the novellas Ring Shout\, The Black God’s Drums\, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com\, Daily Science Fiction\, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly\, Apex\, Lightspeed\, Fireside Fiction\, Beneath Ceaseless Skies\, and in print anthologies including Griots\, Hidden Youth\, and Clockwork Cairo. He is a founding member of FIYAH Literary Magazine and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons. \n\n\n\nWhen not writing speculative fiction\, P. Djèlí Clark works as an academic historian whose research spans comparative slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic World. He melds this interest in history and the social world with speculative fiction\, and has written articles on issues ranging from racism and H.P. Lovecraft to critiques of George Schuyler’s Black Empire\, and has been a panelist and lecturer at conventions\, workshops\, and other genre events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Seattle Public Library will provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2022-summer-reading-series-p-djeli-clark/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library – Central Branch\, 1000 4th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Reading Series: Susan Palwick
DESCRIPTION:Supported by the Leslie Howle Instructorship \n\n\n\nThis is the first event in a six-part reading series\, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nSusan Palwick (CW ‘85) has published four novels with Tor Books: Flying In Place (1992)\, The Necessary Beggar (2005)\, Shelter (2007)\, and Mending the Moon (2013). Her story collection The Fate of Mice appeared In 2007 from Tachyon Publications. Her second collection\, All Worlds Are Real\, was published in 2019 by Fairwood Press. Susan’s fiction has been honored with a Crawford Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts\, an Alex Award from the American Library Association\, and a Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame\, and has also been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award\, the Mythopoeic Award\, and the Philip K. Dick Award. \n\n\n\nAfter spending twenty years as an English professor at the University of Nevada\, Reno—where she specialized in creative writing\, medical narrative\, and trauma narrative—Susan retired in 2017 to obtain her Master of Social Work degree\, also from UNR. She currently works as a hospital chaplain for a large nonprofit medical system in Reno. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Seattle Public Library will provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.
URL:https://www.clarionwest.org/event/2022-summer-reading-series-susan-palwick/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library – Central Branch\, 1000 4th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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