In celebration of the legacy of Octavia E. Butler, Pacific
Northwest writers Vonda N. McIntyre, Nisi Shawl, Dennis Y. Ginoza, Erik
Owomoyela, Caren Gussoff, and Rashida Smith will read work inspired by their
relationships with Octavia Butler, or stories included in Blood¬children:
Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars.
These readings will be at Seattle's world famous sci-fi/fantasy
coffeehouse, the Wayward Coffeehouse (6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104, Seattle WA
98105) on Friday, April 12, at 7PM. Octavia E. Butler was one of the world’s
most respected speculative fiction writers. Butler, an African-American woman,
was recognized during her lifetime with numerous awards, such as the Hugo and
Nebula, and was the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur
Foundation Genius Grant. Butler made the Seattle area her home in 1999, and
lived in Lake Forest Park until her death in 2006.
Bloodchildren is an e-book anthology of science fiction and
fantasy stories by those who have received the Octavia E. Butler Scholarship.
The Octavia E. Butler Scholarship Fund is named for Butler and
managed by the Carl Brandon Society. The Carl Brandon Society is “…dedicated to
addressing the representation of people of color in the fantastical genres such
as science fiction, fantasy and horror…” and the scholarship pays tuition for 2
writers of color attending the Clarion and Clarion West writers’ workshops each
year. Both Clarion and Clarion West are recognized as the premiere workshops
for aspiring professional writers of speculative fiction.
All proceeds from the sales of Blood¬children benefit the
scholarship fund.The anthology is only available until June 22, 2013, which
would have been Octavia’s 66th birthday.
The anthology is available for purchase through the Book View
Café, an all-author run publishing cooperative: http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/bloodchildren/
More information about the
Octavia E. Butler scholarship and the Carl Brandon Society may be found here: http://carlbrandon.org/
To learn about Clarion and Clarion West, please
visit: http://www.clarionwest.org/, respectively.
Location: Wayward
Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104, Seattle WA 98105
In celebration of the legacy of Octavia E. Butler, Pacific
Northwest writers Vonda N. McIntyre, Nisi Shawl, Dennis Y. Ginoza, Erik
Owomoyela, Caren Gussoff, and Rashida Smith will read work inspired by their
relationships with Octavia Butler, or stories included in Blood¬children:
Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars.
These readings will be at Seattle's world famous sci-fi/fantasy
coffeehouse, the Wayward Coffeehouse (6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104, Seattle WA
98105) on Friday, April 12, at 7PM. Octavia E. Butler was one of the world’s
most respected speculative fiction writers. Butler, an African-American woman,
was recognized during her lifetime with numerous awards, such as the Hugo and
Nebula, and was the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur
Foundation Genius Grant. Butler made the Seattle area her home in 1999, and
lived in Lake Forest Park until her death in 2006.
Bloodchildren is an e-book anthology of science fiction and
fantasy stories by those who have received the Octavia E. Butler Scholarship.
The Octavia E. Butler Scholarship Fund is named for Butler and
managed by the Carl Brandon Society. The Carl Brandon Society is “…dedicated to
addressing the representation of people of color in the fantastical genres such
as science fiction, fantasy and horror…” and the scholarship pays tuition for 2
writers of color attending the Clarion and Clarion West writers’ workshops each
year. Both Clarion and Clarion West are recognized as the premiere workshops
for aspiring professional writers of speculative fiction.
All proceeds from the sales of Blood¬children benefit the
scholarship fund.The anthology is only available until June 22, 2013, which
would have been Octavia’s 66th birthday.
The anthology is available for purchase through the Book View
Café, an all-author run publishing cooperative: http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/bloodchildren/
More information about the
Octavia E. Butler scholarship and the Carl Brandon Society may be found here: http://carlbrandon.org/
To learn about Clarion and Clarion West, please
visit: http://www.clarionwest.org/, respectively.
Location: Wayward
Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104, Seattle WA 98105
In celebration of the legacy of Octavia E. Butler, Pacific
Northwest writers Vonda N. McIntyre, Nisi Shawl, Dennis Y. Ginoza, Erik
Owomoyela, Caren Gussoff, and Rashida Smith will read work inspired by their
relationships with Octavia Butler, or stories included in Blood¬children:
Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars.
These readings will be at Seattle's world famous sci-fi/fantasy
coffeehouse, the Wayward Coffeehouse (6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104, Seattle WA
98105) on Friday, April 12, at 7PM. Octavia E. Butler was one of the world’s
most respected speculative fiction writers. Butler, an African-American woman,
was recognized during her lifetime with numerous awards, such as the Hugo and
Nebula, and was the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur
Foundation Genius Grant. Butler made the Seattle area her home in 1999, and
lived in Lake Forest Park until her death in 2006.
Bloodchildren is an e-book anthology of science fiction and
fantasy stories by those who have received the Octavia E. Butler Scholarship.
The Octavia E. Butler Scholarship Fund is named for Butler and
managed by the Carl Brandon Society. The Carl Brandon Society is “…dedicated to
addressing the representation of people of color in the fantastical genres such
as science fiction, fantasy and horror…” and the scholarship pays tuition for 2
writers of color attending the Clarion and Clarion West writers’ workshops each
year. Both Clarion and Clarion West are recognized as the premiere workshops
for aspiring professional writers of speculative fiction.
All proceeds from the sales of Blood¬children benefit the
scholarship fund.The anthology is only available until June 22, 2013, which
would have been Octavia’s 66th birthday.
The anthology is available for purchase through the Book View
Café, an all-author run publishing cooperative: http://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/bloodchildren/
More information about the
Octavia E. Butler scholarship and the Carl Brandon Society may be found here: http://carlbrandon.org/
To learn about Clarion and Clarion West, please
visit: http://www.clarionwest.org/, respectively.
Location: Wayward
Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104, Seattle WA 98105
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