Amal El-Mohtar, photo courtesy of the artist.
Begin the journey — opening night launches our exploration into alternate futures and impossible worlds.
Step into worlds yet to be imagined at Literary Cabaret, part of the Science Fiction Residency at Banff Centre. This opening chapter features original, genre-bending works by our residency writers, exploring alternate futures and the boundaries of what could be possible.
Hosted by Amal El-Mohtar – award-winning author of fiction, poetry, and criticism, and co-author (with Max Gladstone) of the multiple award-winning This Is How You Lose the Time War. El-Mohtar is the New York Times’ science fiction and fantasy columnist, with work appearing in Tor.com, Fireside Fiction, Lightspeed, and more. She will guide the evening, read from her own work, and share the stage with the residency’s writers.
Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m. Stay after and mingle with writers and faculty until 9:30 p.m
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Amal El-Mohtar
Amal El-Mohtar is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry, and criticism. Her stories and poems have appeared in magazines including Tor.com, Fireside Fiction, Lightspeed, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Apex, Stone Telling, and Mythic Delirium; anthologies including The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories (2017), The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales (2016), Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (2014), and The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (2011); and in her own collection, The Honey Month (2010). She is co-author, with Max Gladstone, of the multiple award-winning This is How You Lose the Time War. Her articles and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, NPR Books and on Tor.com. She has been the New York Times's science fiction and fantasy columnist since February 2018, and she is represented by DongWon Song of HMLA