I’m excited that the eighth annual Women in SF&F Month is underway. Thank you so much to last week’s guests!
All guest posts for April 2019 can be viewed here, and here’s a summary of last week in case you missed any of the essays:
- Renay (Lady Business, Fangirl Happy Hour) started this year’s Women in SF&F Month with a discussion of history, SFF fandom, and lists. She also introduced the latest version of the recommendations list of science fiction and fantasy books written by women, including last year’s submissions—which now includes more than 2,600 titles, many of which have been recommended multiple times. And like every year since 2013, Renay issued an invitation to add more books by women writers that you loved this month.
- Tasha Suri (Empire of Sand) examined fairy tales—particularly their obsession with feet and gendered punishments—and shared how fairy tales and Indian classical dance inspired the magic system in her debut novel.
- Somaiya Daud (Mirage) wrote about the genre of futurisms and addressed a common question about her Moroccan-inspired science fiction novel: “Why are they in space?”
- Jessie Mihalik (The Queen’s Gambit, Polaris Rising) shared her experience writing science fiction romance and discussed the appeal of cross-genre books.
- Rachel Cordasco (SF in Translation) wrote about the women writing and translating international speculative fiction, including their work with collections, novels, and individual short stories.
And next week, there will be guest posts from:
April 8: Sam Hawke (City of Lies)
April 9: Marina J. Lostetter (Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, Lifeboats)
April 10: Arkady Martine (A Memory Called Empire, “The Hydraulic Emperor”)
April 11: Samantha Shannon (The Bone Season, The Priory of the Orange Tree)
April 12: Jenna Glass (The Women’s War, Faeriewalker)
