Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo is a Jamaican-Canadian author whose work has received the World Fantasy Award, the Andre Norton Nebula award, and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Fiction of the Fantastic. Between 2018 and 2020 she was writing the Sandman comics series “House of Whispers” for DC Comics. She currently lives in Southern California, where she’s on faculty in the Creative Writing Department of the University of California Riverside. She’s also part of a faculty research cluster in science fiction.

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Building an Anti-Racist Workshop (Sponsored by Clarion West)

June 4, 2021 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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Panelists: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Nalo Hopkinson, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Miyuki Jane Pinckard (moderator) and Amy Z. Chan
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Writers explore the ways in which traditional workshop methods suppress the voices of writers of color and suggest ways to dismantle these structures for a more inclusive, anti-racist workshop.

Beyond Three-Act Structure (sponsored by khōréō)

June 6, 2021 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

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Panelists: Nalo Hopkinson, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Henry Lien, LaShawn Wanak (moderator) and S.R. Mandel
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Writers and creators question received wisdom, share their ideas on building story, and highlight various non-three-act structural approaches you can incorporate into your writing toolbox.