Future Friday
Creating brave new worlds: a special programme of events at the 2015 festival, focused on Caribbean speculative fiction and all the ways that "reality" can learn from "fantasy"Day 1
01 May 2015
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Old Fire Station
Brave new worlds: how fantasy can fix reality
Caribbean speculative fiction authors Tobias Buckell, R.S.A. Garcia, Nalo Hopkinson and Karen Lord explore how fiction about the fantastic can drive us to imagine alternative futures; moderated by Shivanee Ramlochan.... Read More
Karen Lord
Nalo Hopkinson
R.S.A. Garcia
Shivanee Ramlochan
Tobias S. Buckell
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Abercromby Street Arcade
Sci-fi open mic
Budding writers of speculative fiction: this open mic is just for you. MC’d by Brandon O’Brien. To sign-up, email us at [email protected], with the subject line “sci-fi open mic”. 12–12.30 pm... Read More
Future Friday: Speculative fiction writers
The Grenadian-born New York Times bestselling author Tobias S. Buckell (Hurricane Fever) and Trinidadian R.S.A. Garcia (Lex Talionis) read from and discuss their sci-fi and futuristic novels. 1–2 pm •... Read More
R.S.A. Garcia
Tobias S. Buckell
Future Friday: Speculative fiction
Nalo Hopkinson (The New Moon’s Arms) and Karen Lord (The Galaxy Game) read from their latest speculative fiction novels. 2–3 pm • Old Fire Station
Karen Lord
Nalo Hopkinson