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Where I Can Be Found at the Baltimore Book Festival

Now that the schedule is official, I’m able to talk about where I’ll be during the Baltimore Book Festival this year.

I’ll be at the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) pavilion, located in the Inner Harbor area of downtown Baltimore. This year, I’ll be participating in a couple of panels, which I’ll detail below.

Friday, September 28, 4:00 PM
Hey, You: Why You Should Be Reading SF/F Even If You Never Have Before

Don’t consider yourself a genre reader? Let our panel try to convince you why you should be reading SF/F, and some of their favorite entry points and gateway books.

With: Sue Hollister Barr, Vera Brook, Christopher Mark Rose, K.M. Szpara, Andrea Tang

Saturday, September 29, 1:00 PM
Short Fiction: The Beating Heart of SF/F

Novels may get all the press, but some writers do their most interesting work at the shorter lengths, where they are free to be more experimental. Find out the great reasons to read short stories, novelettes, and novellas, which ones to read, and where to read them.

With: Sarah Pinsker, AT Greenblatt, KJ Kabza, Sam J. Miller, Irette Y. Patterson

Saturday, September 29, 6:00 PM
The Speculative Table: Beyond Stew and MREs

Every character needs to eat, but food is more than just sustenance. It interacts with culture, identity, class, gender, and power. How does SFF deal with those intersections? Which books acknowledge the effort (or future ease?) of putting food on the table? Whose menus are represented, and why?

With: Denise Clemons, Lara Elena Donnelly, Scott Edelman, Marianne Kirby, Nibedita Sen

Hope you’ll be there!