Christopher Kastensmidt, Author at The Elephant and Macaw Banner

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Information on upcoming EAMB novel at Writer Tamago

“The Next Big Thing from Christopher Kastensmidt” at Catherine Schaff Stump’s Writer Tamago discusses my progress on The Elephant and Macaw Banner novel.

Thanks so much, Catherine!

Christopher at Chicon 7

Sorry for reposting this… I’ve been having some trouble with the Facebook cross-posting.

For those who haven’t reat this yet, I’ll be at the 70th Worldcon next week in Chicago. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!

Here’s my schedule for the event:

Thu Aug 30 12:00:pm – Buckingham Digital Narratives: What Are They, Where Are They, and How the Heck Do I Write Them? This panel discusses how digital technologies have changed the way we tell stories and explores what the future holds. Amber Clark, Christopher Kastensmidt, Daniel Levin, Nancy Fulda, Tom Dowd

Fri Aug 31 12:00:pm – Gold Coast F*** Your Knight and the Horse He Rode in on Part Deux: Fantasy Series Not Based on Medieval Europe A follow-up to last year’s irreverent panel of young writers challenging the predominance of medieval-inspired settings in fantasy. Christopher Kastensmidt, Dennis Y. Ginoza, Elizabeth Bear, T. L. Morganfield

Fri Aug 31 3:00:pm-6:00:pm – Volunteering at the SFWA dealer table

Sun Sep 2 10:30:am – Field Phineas & Ferb What is the attraction of this show? Is it the spy subtheme, the fantastic gadgets, the songs, or the fact that both boys and girls are equally competent? Christopher Kastensmidt, Gerri Balter, Isaac Sher, Jeanne Mealy, Kathryn Sullivan

Sun Sep 2 4:30:pm – McCormick Making a More Universal Worldcon Does the revitalization of the SF and Fantasy genre requires to embrace their younger counterparts in other parts of the world, leaving the nest of the English culture and language to venture in a more universal approach? Explore all the different approaches of the SF and Fantasy Genre in other languages and cultures. Christopher Kastensmidt, Kerri-Ellen Kelly, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Quifan Chen, Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Mon Sep 3 1:00:pm – Dusable Reading: Christopher Kastensmidt

Pevnost publishes “Fortuitous Meeting”

“The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara” was published in the April issue of Pevnost, a Czech speculative fiction magazine. The story appears as “Osudové setkání Oludary a Gerarda van Oosta”.

This marks the series’ first publication in a language neither English or Portuguese. Many thanks to editor Martin Šust and everyone else at Pevnost!

First Brazilian Odyssey of Fantastic Literature

The first ever Odyssey of Fantastic Literature occurred in Porto Alegre this weekend and was a huge success. We had more than eighty authors and editors from all over Brazil, and close to five hundred participants, a spectacular number in a country where first-time events like this often attract fifty. Seventeen publishers combined to sell over six hundred books in a single afternoon.

The Elephant and Macaw Banner is a proud sponsor of this event.

To get an idea what it was like, just take a look at the pictures below: