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my Readercon schedule
Jul. 5th, 2023 10:40 amDracula Daily: the Unexpected Hit Newsletter of 2022, Friday, July 14, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT, Salon B
Kate Nepveu (m), Emma J. Gibbon, Gwynne Garfinkle
Dracula Daily is a pandemic-born email newsletter that sends out the text of Dracula in real time from May to November. On its second run in 2022, it went viral across multiple social media networks; a forthcoming book includes not only the chronologically-ordered text, but also memes, text responses, and art from hundreds of fans. Panelists will discuss the transformative experience of reading Dracula in real time; the differences in reading along in 2021, 2022, and today; and how other classic literature email newsletters compare.
Speculative Fiction's Mommy Issues, Friday, July 14, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT, Salon 4
Ruthanna Emrys (m), Gwynne Garfinkle, Lauren Beukes, Melissa Caruso, Zin E. Rocklyn
Speculative fiction was for a long time even more male-dominated than publishing as a whole, with maternal characters too often relegated to the role of martyr either literally or figuratively. Yet most people have had much more complicated experiences with their own mothers, and the experience of motherhood is hardly just two-dimensional martyrdom—and some of the field's best works reflect that. Let's talk about some of speculative fiction's mommy issues: bad moms, absent moms, deadbeat moms, mothers as protagonists and as villains.
Reading: Gwynne Garfinkle, Friday, July 14, 2023, 7:30 PM EDT, Salon C
Gwynne Garfinkle reads from her novel Can't Find My Way Home (2022).
The Fantasy Fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner, Saturday, July 15, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT, Salon A
Robert Killheffer (m), Greer Gilman, Gwynne Garfinkle, Michael Swanwick, Sarah Smith
Sylvia Townsend Warner's first novel, Lolly Willowes, was the story of a witch, and her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin, collected linked fantasy stories originally published in The New Yorker. Though most of her work in between was realist fiction, fantasy often found its way in, particularly with The Cat's Cradle-Book. Let's discuss the fantasy aspects of Sylvia Townsend Warner's fiction.
Fantasy Magazine Group Reading, Saturday, July 15, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT, Salon C
Kate Nepveu (m), Emma J. Gibbon, Gwynne Garfinkle
Dracula Daily is a pandemic-born email newsletter that sends out the text of Dracula in real time from May to November. On its second run in 2022, it went viral across multiple social media networks; a forthcoming book includes not only the chronologically-ordered text, but also memes, text responses, and art from hundreds of fans. Panelists will discuss the transformative experience of reading Dracula in real time; the differences in reading along in 2021, 2022, and today; and how other classic literature email newsletters compare.
Speculative Fiction's Mommy Issues, Friday, July 14, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT, Salon 4
Ruthanna Emrys (m), Gwynne Garfinkle, Lauren Beukes, Melissa Caruso, Zin E. Rocklyn
Speculative fiction was for a long time even more male-dominated than publishing as a whole, with maternal characters too often relegated to the role of martyr either literally or figuratively. Yet most people have had much more complicated experiences with their own mothers, and the experience of motherhood is hardly just two-dimensional martyrdom—and some of the field's best works reflect that. Let's talk about some of speculative fiction's mommy issues: bad moms, absent moms, deadbeat moms, mothers as protagonists and as villains.
Reading: Gwynne Garfinkle, Friday, July 14, 2023, 7:30 PM EDT, Salon C
Gwynne Garfinkle reads from her novel Can't Find My Way Home (2022).
The Fantasy Fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner, Saturday, July 15, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT, Salon A
Robert Killheffer (m), Greer Gilman, Gwynne Garfinkle, Michael Swanwick, Sarah Smith
Sylvia Townsend Warner's first novel, Lolly Willowes, was the story of a witch, and her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin, collected linked fantasy stories originally published in The New Yorker. Though most of her work in between was realist fiction, fantasy often found its way in, particularly with The Cat's Cradle-Book. Let's discuss the fantasy aspects of Sylvia Townsend Warner's fiction.
Fantasy Magazine Group Reading, Saturday, July 15, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT, Salon C
