Join us for Two Hour Transport on Wednesday, April 24, 2024! Arrive (virtually) from 5:30–5:55 p.m. PT for the open mic signup or just before 6:00 p.m. PT for the start of the show. Our featured readers will be Karen Joy Fowler and Nisi Shawl.
Bring yourself, and any food or beverages that you’d like, and connect via phone or Zoom for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading and a warm community of readers and writers.
If you are joining us from another time zone, here’s a link pre-seeded with our show-time details. Just enter your location or time zone to get our start time for your locale: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20240425T003000&p1=234
SCHEDULE
- Open Mic Signups Start at 5:30 p.m. PT
- Five-Minute Open Mic Readings 6:00–6:50 p.m. PT
- Invited Readers 7:00–8:00 p.m. PT
INTERNET LINK AND DIAL-IN INSTRUCTIONS
- Meeting invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89853082208?pwd=eVRpYW45ZE9DNkEyeFVTQXNVUUZ4Zz09
- Connect by phone: +12532158782 Meeting ID: 898 5308 2208
- Meeting password: 334240
READER BIOS
Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler is the author of seven novels, including Sarah Canary and The Jane Austen Book Club. Also three short story collections, two of which won the World Fantasy Award in their respective years. Her novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2013 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her most recent novel, Booth, was published in March of 2022. Find her online at: https://www.karenjoyfowler.com
Nisi Shawl
Nisi Shawl (they/them) is the multiple award-winning author and editor of over a dozen books of speculative fiction and related nonfiction, including Kinning, sequel to their Nebula Award finalist novel Everfair; the first two volumes of the New Suns anthology series; their acclaimed story collection Filter House, co-winner of the 2009 Otherwise Award; and the standard text on diverse representation in literature, Writing the Other. Additional recent titles include the horror-adjacent collection Our Fruiting Bodies and the Middle Grade historical fantasy novel Speculation. They’ve taught and spoken at Duke University, Spelman College, Stanford University, Sarah Lawrence College, and many other institutions. Their author site is: http://www.nisishawl.com
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