July 16 at 7PM Pacific Time
Vonda N. McIntyre’s The Curve of the World, Reading & Conversation
Nisi Shawl will read a passage from Vonda N. McIntyre’s final book, The Curve of the World, followed by a conversation with Theo Downes-Le Guin focusing on the life and legacy of Vonda and her incredible gift for story telling.
The reading will take place at Elliott Bay Book Company located at 1521 10th Ave at 7pm on Thursday, July 16.
Participants can pre-order the book at Elliott Bay Books.
About the speakers:
Nisi Shawl is a multiple-award-winning writer and editor and a 1992 graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. 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 (co-created with Cynthia Ward and K. Tempest Bradford) have taught thousands of writers new ways of thinking about diversity and representation within fiction. Nisi 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.
Website: www.nisishawl.com
Theo Downes-Le Guin is literary executor for author Ursula K. Le Guin and heads the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation. Through programs such as an annual prize for fiction, the Foundation continues Le Guin’s legacy of supporting writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy, literary fiction and poetry. Downes-Le Guin also consults on adaptations of Ursula Le Guin’s work.