This month, we have bestselling author F.D. Lee interviewed by Andrew Wallace! Come join us for the last BSFA meeting of 2019!

F.D. LEE

F D. Lee is a lifelong fantasy and science fiction fan and academic. In 2019 she published her first science fiction novel, In The Slip, and is the author of the internationally bestselling series The Pathways Tree series. An advocate of self- and indie-publishing, Faith has been featured in The Independent, appeared on Radio 4 to talk about her research into genre fiction, has given a mini-TED talk on why stories matter, and has been featured as an Underground Book. She is on Twitter as @faithdlee. Her website is www.fdlee.co.uk.

ANDREW WALLACE

Andrew Wallace is a science fiction writer and performer whose first two books, Sons of the Crystal Mind and The Outer Spheres, are part of his far-future Diamond Roads thriller series. His latest novel is Celebrity Werewolf, published by NewCon Press, for which Andrew has just narrated the audiobook. His critical work has appeared in Vector, The Shadow Booth and We Are the Mutants, and he was a judge in this year’s Clarke Award. Find out more at www.andrewwallace.me.

Meeting Details

BSFA Monthly London Meetings (all welcome- free : one does NOT have to be a BSFA member to attend)

Location

Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, London, N1 9SD

Despite the name, it is a pub. Here’s a Google Maps link.

We’ll be in the first-floor bar, which is private.

It’s about 7 minutes’ walk from Kings Cross/St Pancras station. Or go to bus stop G in nearby York Way and catch a northbound bus number 17, 91, or 259. When it turns right into Wharfedale Road, get off at the next stop, which is opposite the venue.

ALL WELCOME – FREE ENTRY

SCHEDULE

6pm Fans gather
7pm: start of interview
8pm Q&A
8.15pm: book raffle (win a selection of sf novels for just £1 for 5 tickets)

This month, we have a talk about writing with STEM by Lauren James. She will discuss how her scientific research inspired events in her novels after studying Chemistry and Physics at Masters level.

Lauren James was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, UK, where she studied Chemistry and Physics. She is the twice Carnegie-nominated British Young Adult author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, The Quiet at the End of the World and The Next Together series, as well as the dyslexia-friendly novella The Starlight Watchmaker and serialised online novel An Unauthorised Fan Treatise. Her upcoming release is The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker.

She started writing during secondary school English classes, because she couldn’t stop thinking about a couple who kept falling in love throughout history. She sold the rights to the novel when she was 21, whilst she was still at university.

Her books have sold over fifty thousand copies in the UK alone, and been translated into five languages worldwide. Her writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly. The Last Beginning was named one of the best LGBT-inclusive works for young adults by the Independent.

Lauren is a passionate advocate of STEM further education, and all of her books feature female scientists in prominent roles. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe was inspired by a Physics calculation she was assigned at university. The Quiet at the End of the World considers the legacy and evolution of the human race into the far future.
Lauren lives in the West Midlands and is an Arts Council grant recipient. She has written articles for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Buzzfeed, Den of Geek, The Toast, and the Children’s Writers and Artist’s Yearbook 2020. She teaches creative writing for Coventry University, WriteMentor, and Writing West Midlands, providing creative writing courses to children through the Spark Young Writers programme.

BSFA Monthly London Meetings (all welcome- free : one does NOT have to be a BSFA member to attend)

• 6pm Fans gather
• 7pm: start of interview.
• 8pm Q&A
• 8.15pm: book raffle (win a selection of sf novels for just £1 for 5 tickets)

The estimable Chad Dixon once again provides audio and video recording’s of last month’s London event.

Here’s the audio; and the video.