May 16: Orange County Anarchist Bookfair @ El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Santa Ana, CA
Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/400373646801533/
May 2: Octavia’s Brood @ Afrofuturism Conference, NYC
Octavia’s Brood co-editor adrienne maree brown is excited to be invited to speak as the keynote of the Afrofuturism Conference at the New School, May 1-3. adrienne will give the first keynote, Saturday morning.
May 30: Octavia’s Brood Book Release Party, New Orleans
Wildseeds: The New Orleans Octavia Butler Emergent Strategy Collective is excited to bring the co-editors of the groundbreaking anthology, Octavia’s Brood—adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha—to New Orleans to celebrate their book release. Join the editors for a transformative dialogue on science fiction and social justice, as they share stories and questions to help us imagine and create a more just future.
The New Orleans book release party will also feature live musical performances and readings from local writers and anthology writers. Stay tuned for the full line-up! At the release party, you will be able to purchase a copy of the anthology and have it signed by the editors.
This book release is in conjunction with Wildseeds’ Black Futures Fest: A Celebration of the Black Fantastic, which takes place May 28-31, 2015 in New Orleans.
May 28: Octavia’s Brood @ Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
Octavia’s Brood co-editor Walidah Imarisha will present on visionary sci fi and the anthology.
May 26: Octavia’s Brood @ Emergent Strategy Workshop, Boston
Octavia’s Brood co-editor adrienne maree brown will lead a workshop in Emergent Strategy—strategies that explore the way complex systems and patterns emerge out of relatively simple interactions.
May 27: Octavia’s Brood @ Design Studio for Social Intervention, Boston
Octavia’s Brood co-editor adrienne maree brown will be joined by contributor Morrigan Philips and several of Boston’s most brilliant minds for a Black Brilliance panel/reading and Black to the Future party!
May 21: Octavia’s Brood @ Think and Drink, Portland
Oregon Humanities will welcome Walidah Imarisha, an educator, writer and spoken word artist, as the guest speaker for their 2015 Think & Drink series.
Think & Drink is a series of events designed to inspire individuals to have deep conversations and explore new ideas. In the past, authors such as Cheryl Strayed and Ursula K. Le Guin have led these evenings, and Walidah Imarisha is excited to add to the Think & Drink legacy.
Most recently, Imarisha is the co-editor of the science fiction anthology, Octavia’s Brood.
Among other topics, the talk will consist of the history of black communities in Oregon and science fiction and social change with Adam Davis, executive director of Oregon Humanities.
This event is open to minors and tickets can be purchased for as low as $10.
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May 20: Octavia’s Brood @ Another Story Bookshop, Toronto
Octavia’s Brood co-editor adrienne maree brown will be reading at Another Story Bookshop.
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May 20: Octavia’s Brood Workshop @ Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO), Portland
Octavia’s Brood co-editor Walidah Imarisha will facilitate a workshop around collective visioning/writing on social justice issues as part of the Radical Imagination Gynasium workshop series.
May 14: Octavia’s Brood @ Oregon State University, Corvallis
Walidah Imarisha and Gabriel Teodros will examine the ways in which visionary science and fantasy fiction can inspire the radical imagination to envision the features of a socially just world. They will discuss and read from the new edited collection Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (AK Press 2015) which seeks to demonstrate a connection between speculative writing and movements for transformative social change.
Later that evening, Walidah and Gabriel will conduct a Science Fiction and Direct Action Training. During the workshop, participants will use familiar stories of other worlds (such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Oz, Harry Potter, etc.) to design direct action campaigns that parallel the world we are fighting for in the here and now. By the end of the session, regimes will be toppled, evil forces vanquished and solid skills in direct action organizing developed.
Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601823870062588/