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Saturday, March 30 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Motherhood in SF and Fantasy

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Where are the mothers in our depictions of future societies and fantasy worlds? Very often absent or ignored. Our panel looks at the depictions of motherhood and asks what more we can do. Terry Jackman moderates Aliette de Bodard, Chris Beckett, Mike Cobley and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz.

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Chris Beckett

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Aliette de Bodard

Author
Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy of Aztec noir fantasies, as well as numerous short stories which have garnered her two Nebula Awards, a Locus Award and two British Science Fiction Association Awards... Read More →
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Mike Cobley

chief writer and brainpilot
Writing, writing, and politics. And video games.
TJ

Terry Jackman

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Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

Secretary of the Board, Bayanihan Foundation (Center for Filipina Women in the Netherlands)
Inclusivity, diversity, feminism, cultural heritage, indigeniety, identity, and issues of gender and race are things I write about and deal with in my work. I am passionate about the written word, art, music and history and how these things influence us and the way we look at the... Read More →

Saturday March 30, 2013 5:00pm - 6:00pm GMT
2 - Rowan Cedar Court
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