The Future is Wild
Starring Madeline Ashby & Jeff VanderMeer
FRIDAY, OCT 18 @ 5:30PM $25
Memorial Park Library, Festival Hub, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW
NEW DATE & TIME!
Attention forward thinkers. Futurists. Imagineers. Re-wilders. This is the show for you! You know Jeff VanderMeer from the Southern Reach Trilogy, which is being reissued just in time to become a quartet with the release of Absolution. You might also know him as the co-editor of the Big Books of Science Fiction, Classic Fantasy, and Modern Fantasy, as well as the co-curator of The Weird and The New Weird (we would have called this show The Future is Weird, except that adjective is being delightfully deployed by the Dems to save, well, democracy right now). Oh, and he is attempting to drag Florida into the ecological future, one saved raccoon, one saved indigenous species at a time.
We’re pretty sure Madeline Ashby is caught up with all things VanderWild as a sought-after futurist in this age of hyper change, crafting science fiction prototypes for Changeist, the Institute for the Future, the Smithsonian Institution, SciFutures, Nesta, The World Health Organization, and the World Bank. Her new novel, Glass Houses, is a gleefully decadent near future whodunit perfect for fans of Severance, The White Lotus, and Black Mirror.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- 60-minute conversation
- Libations Bar, with non-alcoholic options
- Onsite Bookseller: Owl’s Nest Books
- Post-Show signing and author selfies
ABOUT HOST PETER HEMMINGER
Peter Hemminger has worked in the arts and non-profit worlds as writer, editor, arts administrator, communications professional, and cultural advocate for the better part of two decades. He aims to promote a more open, collaborative & idiosyncratic society by contributing to spaces where niche interests and unexpected ideas can flourish, and has worked with many of Calgary’s most prominent arts and culture organizations.
Formerly the Executive Director of the Quickdraw Animation Society (from 2013-2022), he is currently a communications lead at the Transition Accelerator, a charity dedicated to building a better future in a net-zero world. He has also hosted The AM on CJSW for just over a decade, sharing offbeat easy listening with listeners every Monday morning.
