WorldCon in Dublin panel schedule

My WorldCon in Dublin panel schedule: Wild Cards, SF in Higher Ed, Protest and Resistance in Fiction and Reality, Polyamory in Theory and Practice. Details below. ***** • THURSDAY, 15 AUGUST, 2:00pm – 3:30 pm. Wild Cards Program Item, details TBD. • 17 Aug 2019, Saturday 15:00 – 15:50, Wicklow Room-2 (CCD) The Use of […]

Our Director talks with LitHub on Fiction/Non/Fiction

I was honored to be on the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast as part of their 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 celebration. We talked about all kinds of things — the role of science fiction in inspiring a better future, what happens when the real world outpaces your science fictional imaginings, the ways in which nationalism can fuel […]

Lineup for August 8 Deep Dish SF/F

Excited to note we’ve finalized the line-up for the SLF’s August 8th Deep Dish SF/F reading in Chicago! Please join us for a fabulous reading (and we usually go out for drinks afterwards down the block, which you’re welcome to join us for as well) with: Featured Readers: Scott Woods S.L. Huang TJ Martinson Rapid […]

Timelines and autonomy

Part of what I’m thinking about this morning is why it was relatively easy to set up volunteers that put in a lot of consistent work at the various magazines, and why that’s been more challenging with the non-profit orgs. Lots of reasons, but I think two of them have to do with timelines and […]

Locus Award to SLF Director

Here is my attempt to recreate my speech, on receiving the Locus Special Award for Community Outreach & Development. I was tremendously moved when I got the letter from Locus telling me about the award and asking whether I might be able to make it to Seattle to accept in person. It’s very nice to […]