25th "Silver" Anniversary season
presents
Brooke Bolander
Matthew Kressel
guest curator: Amy Goldschlager

 

Tuesday, October 6th doors open 6:30 p.m.
$7 suggested donation
The Brooklyn Commons
(address, map, and links below)

Our 25th Anniversary Season continues with all participants from the counties of Queens and Kings.  Some may be recent transplants, but dat, er, that still scars one for life -- and for the better.

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Brooke BolanderBrooke Bolander writes weird things of indeterminate genre, most of them leaning rather heavily towards fantasy. She attended the University of Leicester 2004-2007 studying History and Archaeology and is an alum of the 2011 Clarion Writers’ Workshop at UCSD.

Her work has been featured in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons Nightmare, Reflection’s Edge, and the upcoming anthologies Aliens: Recent Encounters and Help Fund My Robot Army. She is a clean-burning, energy-efficient engine that runs primarily off tea, the works of Peter S. Beagle and Fumito Ueda, and feedback from her readers.  Follow her on Twitter @BBolander, or at her website, brookebolander.com.



Matthew Kressel is a multiple Nebula Award finalist and World Fantasy Award finalist. His first novel, King of Shards, debuts October 13th from Resurrection House. His fiction has or will soon appear in such markets as Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Nightmareio9.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Interzone, Apex Magazine, and the anthologies After, Naked City, The People of the Book, Launch Pad, and many other markets. He was the former editor and publisher of the acclaimed 'zine Sybil's Garage and he published the World Fantasy Award-winning Paper Cities. Alongside veteran editor Ellen Datlow, he co-hosts the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in Manhattan. He has been a member of the Altered Fluid writers group for more than a decade, studies the Yiddish language in his spare time, and is preternaturally obsessed with the film Blade Runner. If you ask politely, he might recite whole scenes from the film. Find him on Twitter as @mattkressel and his blog at matthewkressel.net.


Amy Goldschlager
is an editor, proofreader, and book/audiobook reviewer. She has worked for several major publishers, and has also contributed reviews and features to the Los Angeles Review of BooksLocusKirkus, Publishers WeeklyComicMix, and AudioFile magazine. She lives in Brooklyn and can be found virtually at amygoldschlager.com.


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The New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series provides performances from some of the best writers in science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, etc.  The series usually takes place the first Tuesday of every month, but maintains flexibility in time and space, so be sure to stay in touch through the mailing list, the Web, and Facebook.

We will have free cheese and crackers on hand, and the Cafe will see to your other needs.  The Jenna freebie table will continue. as will the raffle for any who donate.

After the event, please join us as we treat our readers for dinner and drinks at the cafe. 

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Logo by Kris DikemanJim Freund is Producer and Executive Curator of The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings.  He has been involved in producing radio programs of and about literary sf/f since 1967.  His long-running live radio program, “Hour of the Wolf,” broadcasts and streams every Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 1:30-3:00 AM.  Programs are available by stream for 2 months after broadcast.  (Check https://hourwolf.com, or join the Hour of the Wolf group on Facebook for details.)  In addition, Jim is Podcast Host and Post-Production Editor for the twice-consecutive Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed Magazine.

The Brooklyn Commons Cafe at 388 Atlantic Avenue is an open and collaborative movement building space, only minutes away from the Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Atlantic Avenue subway stops in downtown Brooklyn.  The Commons provides resources to the progressive community including affordable office and meeting spaces as well as an event venue that can host anything from parties and benefits to forums, performances, films and workshops. If you are interested in meeting or event space, please contact them at info@thecommonsbrooklyn.org.

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WHEN:
Tuesday, Oct. 6th
Doors open at 6:30 -- event begins at 7

WHERE:
The Brooklyn Commons Cafe
388 Atlantic Avenue  (between Hoyt & Bond St.)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/388+Atlantic+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11217

HOW:
Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway stop (A,C,G); Nevins St. (2,3,4,5); and the Barclay Center (B,D,N,R,Q,2,3,4,5, and LIRR).  Try the interactive map above.
 

LINKS:
https://hourwolf.com/nyrsf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYRSF.Readings

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