This October, a group of five SFF authors with new releases are hitting the road in “traveling book festival” style. Each night, they'll be making a stop at a new location to discuss a different aspect of SFF. Their tour will reach Possible Furtures for their fifth stop on Tuesday, October 21st! Panelists will take turns moderating each stop. All five panelists are emerging SFF voices, representing the diverse identities that are part of the new wave in genre. Over four nights, they will be exploring how genre is evolving, how their identities and backgrounds inform their own writing, and where they think SFF is headed.
More about the authors:
Elaine U. Cho is the author of OCEAN'S GODORI and TEO'S DURUMI. She has an MFA in Flute Performance and is a kyūdō practitioner.
Follow: @elaineucho (IG) Website: https://www.elaineucho.com/
J. R. Dawson (she/they) is the Golden Crown award-winning writer of THE FIRST BRIGHT THING, THELIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, and various short stories. You can find them at www.jrdawsonwriter.com
Follow: @jrdawsonwriter (IG), @jrdawson (Bluesky), @jrdawsonwriter (TT) Website: www.jrdawsonwriter.com
Emily Jane is the USA Today bestselling author of the fun genre-bending novels ON EARTH AS IT IS ONTELEVISION , HERE BESIDE THE RISING TIDE, and AMERICAN WEREWOLVES. She lives on an urban farm in Cincinnati with her husband and their two kids.
Follow: @emilyjane.author (IG, Threads), @emilyjaneauthor.bsky.social (Bluesky) Emily Jane, author (Facebook) Website: https://www.emilyjaneauthor.com/
Yume Kitasei is a Japanese and American speculative fiction author of THE DEEP SKY, THE STARDUSTGRAIL, and SALTCROP. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster.
Follow: @yumewrites (IG, TT, Bluesky) Website: www.yumekitasei.com
Mia Tsai is a Taiwanese American author of BITTERMEDICINE, a xianxia-inspired contemporary fantasy, and the forthcoming THE MEMORY HUNTERS. She is also an editor at Giganotosaurus, a 2024 Hugo Award finalist for Best Semiprozine, and the creator of ConCurrent, a SFF convention.
Follow: itsamia.bsky.social (Blue Sky), mia.tsai.books (IG) Website: https://www.miatsai.com/