Next Deep Dish — 10/11

Chicagoland SF/F lovers:   a) We’re moving the next Deep Dish reading to 10/11, 7 p.m., so that we can feature Cory Doctorow, who’s visiting from out of town. We’ll also be featuring Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding!   b) We could use a few more readers! Let me know ASAP if you’re interested in […]

Deep Dish September Line-Up

Delighted that radio personality Niala Boodhoo will be joining us to host the next Deep Dish reading for the SLF! We’ll be featuring authors David D. Levine, Mary Robinette Kowal, and myself (as editor of Survivor), along with Chris Bauer and Steven Silver. Fun times in the city! Volumes Book Cafe, 1474 N. Milwaukee Thursday, […]

Deep Dish – Read with us in Chicago!

Chicagoland SF/F folks — the SLF (www.speclit.org) is gearing up for our next speculative fiction Deep Dish reading at Volumes Book Cafe, Thursday September 6, 7-8:30 p.m. We have David D. Levine as our featured reader, and I’ll be reading from Survivor (new anthology I edited), woot! I’m also hoping Steven Silver will be joining […]

Deep Dish 2018-2019

Delighted to note that the Deep Dish SF/F reading will be back at Volumes Book Cafe in Chicago in 2018-2019. Please save the dates: September 6, 2018 November 8, 2018 March 7, 2019 May 9, 2019 Join us from 7 – 8:30 p.m. for a rapid-fire reading from the best of Chicago’s SF/F scene! If […]

Deep Dish — June and March

Deep Dish June and March 2018 Just a quick note to remind folks that we have a great reading coming up this Thursday, featuring Ada Palmer and Eden Robins, with Chris Bauer, Tanya DePass, Shareef Jackson, Todd Sumnar, and Anaea Lay — Thursday, June 7th, 7 p.m., at Volumes.  I’ll also be launching my new […]

Deep Dish December 2017

Deep Dish December 2017 Great Deep Dish SFF reading at Volumes Bookcafe last night — thanks again to all the readers and speakers (Mary Robinette Kowal, Stephen Segal, Michi Trota, Michael Moreci, Angeli Primlani, Dan Gonzalez, Sue Burke, Valya Dudycz Lupescu) and everyone else who worked to make it a success, esp. my co-host, Chris […]

Deep Dish – December Reading in Chicago

We’ve finalized the line-up for Deep Dish SFF at Volumes Book Cafe on 12/7 @ 7 p.m. We have: Featured novelist: Ada Palmer Debut novelists: Michael Moreci and Sue Burke Rapid-fire Readers: Angeli Primlani, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Stephen Segal, and Dan Gonzalez Mark your calendars and cross your fingers for good weather! And get there early […]

Deep Dish Reading Sat 10/7!

Join novelist Mary Robinette Kowal, debut novelist Cath Schaff-Stump, host Mary Anne Mohanraj, plus Chris Bauer, Richard Chwedyk, and Meg Khoury for the inaugural Deep Dish, a Chicago SF/F reading series. WHERE:         Volumes Book Cafe, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL WHEN:          Saturday, October 7, 7 p.m. Mary Robinette Kowal is the author […]