Silvia Moreno-Garcia will speak about incorporating hybridity and cultural specificity into speculative fiction, followed by a discussion with Professor Nalo Hopkinson and a Q&A with the audience.
Both authors’ books will be for sale at the event by the UBC Bookstore, and the authors will be available for signing after the event. Registration is open to everyone.
Access
The Dodson Room is on the second floor of the Irving K Barber Learning Centre. The entrance and the room are wheelchair accessible, and IKBLC has accessible washrooms.
The School of Creative Writing is committed to making our events as accessible as possible. If you have questions or requests about access, please contact Sarah Leavitt at least one week before the event at sarah.leavitt@ubc.ca.
About Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. Cachanilla and Canuck, originally from Baja California, she now resides in Vancouver. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), Mexican Gothic (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), and Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award). She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical.
She has edited several anthologies, including She Walks in Shadows (World Fantasy Award winner, published in the USA as Cthulhu’s Daughters). Her fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best American Mystery and Suspense.
