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Visit to school E.E.E.M. Italia

Last week, I spent a magical day at the school E.E.E.M. Italia (Porto Alegre). The students there had read my story “As They Appear”, and I was happily surprised to discover a room filled with drawings, mock-ups, and decorations based on the work.

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I was even more surprised when three students put on a short play based on the story, and another student read a poem she had written about one of the characters  (a first for me!).

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It was an incredible honor, one which makes all those days of writing worthwhile.

Thanks so much to the students and faculty of E.E.E.M. Itália, for the memories of such a magnificent day!

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Loncon 3 schedule

I’ll be at this year’s 72nd World Science Fiction Convention in London (Loncon 3) from August 13th through the 19th, representing UniRitter and The Elephant and Macaw Banner.

For anyone who’s interested, here’s my schedule. If you’re there, please look me up!

Representing Indigenous Cultures in Speculative Fiction

Saturday 12:00 – 13:30

Three academics eavh give a presentation by a jointly held 30 minute discussion and Q&A with the audience.

  • Christopher Kastensmidt, “Simone Saueressig and the Indigenous Epic”
  • Maureen Kincaid Speller, “The Silence of the Indian: Representations of Indigenous North Americans in Science Fiction and Fantasy”
  • Gillan Polack, “Old cultures, new fictions: introducing three Indigenous Australian writers of speculative fiction”

Ronald Meyers (M), Christopher Kastensmidt(ckastens@gmail.com) , Maureen Kincaid Speller(maureenspeller@yahoo.co.uk) , Gillian Polack(gpolack@triviumpublishing.com)

The World at Worldcon: Latin American SF/F

Sunday 15:00 – 16:30

Sadly, relatively little SF from the Latin American world makes it to Anglophone readers — some notable examples include the Cosmos Latinos anthology and the novels of Angelica Gorodischer. Which other writers should Anglophone readers be on the lookout for? Which countries in South America have the strongest national SF traditions or markets? What regional themes or characteristics are identifiable?

Silvia G. Kurlat Ares (M), Fabio Fernandes(zeroabsoluto@gmail.com) , Joseph Remesar(thespace@josephremesar.com) , Christopher Kastensmidt(ckastens@gmail.com) , Juliana Goulart(juliana.tfg@gmail.com)

“Fortuitous Meeting” in Dutch

Gerard van Oost receives his first publication in his native tongue, as SF Terra publishes “The Fortuitous Meeting” in issue number 242 (June 2014) of the magazine.

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This marks the sixth country to publish the stories of Gerard and Oludara, and a great honor to be published in this fine magazine.

Special thanks to Paul Buitenhuis for the translation and Petra de Vries for the wonderful illustration.

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