Join science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors Linda D. Addison (Being Full of Light, Insubstantial), K. Tempest Bradford (Interfictions, Federations), N. K. Jemisin (forthcoming: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms), and Alaya Dawn Johnson (Racing the Dark) for a reading and discussion on women of color in speculative fiction. Far from being indifferent to the genre, people of color are creating and consuming SF literature and media more than ever. Come hear some of the best new and award-winning speculative voices of color writing today.

When: Thursday, July 30th @ 7PM

Where: Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen Street (1 block south of Houston), NYC

NYC Reading: Diaspora of the Fantastic: Black Women Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror -- Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

Quick reminder, our ABW NYC meetup is tomorrow afternoon from 4 – 7 at Society Coffee @ 2104 Frederick Douglass Blvd @ 114th. Everyone who can see this is invited and you’re welcome to bring friends.

NYC Meetup is Tomorrow -- Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

I promised you a long time ago that we would have another NYC meetup for ABW readers and fans. Sorry it has taken me so long to set another up. As in my last post, layoffs, upheaval.

People who went to the FaceBook page may have already noticed that I scheduled another meetup for June 13. We’ll be at Society Coffee instead of a bar. Hopefully this time and place will exclude the least amount of people and the advance warning will allow you to make plans. If you’re on FaceBook, RSVP there. If not, you can let us know if you can or hope to come in comments. I hope many of you can come!

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When: Saturday June 13, 4PM
Where: Society Coffee, 2104 Frederick Douglass Blvd @ 114thth Street, NYC
What (to bring): Just yourself and enough money to buy a drink or treat so that the cafe will not give us the evil eye. Bring friends!

The Second ABW NYC Meetup -- Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

I just arrived in DC on the Chinatown bus and am waiting in a Starbucks for my cousin to pick me up. More family arrives tomorrow and hooking up with other family will happen Monday. Tuesday we all make the long trek to the Inauguration site, and then sometime late that night I go home. It’ll be an intense few days, but I am very excited.

This morning the bus was packed with young, politically charged people excited for the festivities. And when we arrived in DC, about 4 buses came in short succession, all filled to the brim with people.

Today I plan to chill at my cousin’s and get some work done while waiting for my other family. Tomorrow we have to go into DC proper to get our tickets and I’m sure someone has plans for doing something.

But Tuesday after the swearing in and parades and such, I have a lot of time to kill and must stay in DC as my bus leaves at 11:30pm. (I might try to get on an earlier bus, depending.) If any readers out there are going to be in the city and maybe want to hook up at a party or something, or are hosting a party of your own, let me know! I may not be too tired. :)

More information as it comes (and pictures!). I’ll be liveblogging the ceremony if the weather allows.

Countdown to the Inauguration: ABW Arrives in DC -- Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman

NYC folks, let’s meet for drinks this Friday evening, December 12, at 6PM.  (You can come later if you need to — I might be a little late, depending on work, but nojojojo will probably be there at 6.)  The Place?  UnWined on 95th street and Broadway. (It’s in the same building as Symphony Space, but the entrance is a little down the way on 95th.)  They have all you can drink sangria on Friday nights.  The food is a little expensive for what you get, but is good.  I’ll call them and see if we can reserve a space, but generally I usually score a space on the couches facing the windows.

Next time we do this, which will probably be in early January, we can do it on a Saturday for those folks who can’t come out on Friday nights.

ABW NYC Meetup *This* Friday -- Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman