Apr
1
Sat
DreamHaven 40th Anniversary
Apr 1 all-day

Yes folks, on April 1st DreamHaven will be 40 years old (no foolin’). In celebration, we will be having special sales, giveaways, and beginning at 7:00, a PARTY! There will be cake.

More details will be forthcoming, and there just might be a few surprises we won’t tell you about in advance. Mark the date on your calendar and check back here for updates.

Apr
19
Wed
Catherine Lundoff reading @ DreamHaven Books
Apr 19 @ 18:30 – 19:45

On Wednesday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m., CATHERINE LUNDOFF reads from her fiction. Catherine Lundoff is an award-winning author and editor (and newbie publisher) from Minneapolis, where she lives with her wife and fabulous cats. She toils in IT by day and writes all the things by night. Her recent stories have appeared in “Callisto: A Queer Fiction Journal,” “Respectable Horror,” “The Cainite Conspiracies: A Vampire the Masquerade V20 Anthology,” “The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Tales” and “The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty.” Her short story collection “Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories,” is now available from Queen of Swords Press and she teaches writing classses at the Loft Literary Center.
www.catherinelundoff.com

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven Books and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention, DIVERSICON, the 25th edition of which will be held July 21-23, 2017 at the Best Western Plus–Bandana Square, St Paul, with Guests of Honor ELEANOR ARNASON and MELISSA SCOTT.

 

Apr
29
Sat
Independent Bookstore Day
Apr 29 @ 12:00 – 18:30
May
31
Wed
Lisa C. Freitag reading @ DreamHaven Books
May 31 @ 18:30 – 19:45

Our latest in the SPECULATIONS reading series —

In a departure from the usual speculative readings, Dr. Lisa C. Freitag will read from her
upcoming book on caregiving called “Extreme Caregiving : The Moral Work of Raising Children with
Exceptional Needs”.  Dr. Freitag is a retired pediatrician with a Masters Degree in Bio-Ethics,
and is a long time member of the local SF fan community. After reading from her book she will also
answer questions about the current politics of caregiving.

Jun
14
Wed
Speculations Reading: Tyler Tork
Jun 14 @ 18:30 – 19:45

On Wednesday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. TYLER TORK reads from his fiction. Tyler is a local, not yet famous writer and a frequent panelist at local science fiction conventions. His works include the steampunkish novel Doctor Dead, and the non-fictional “One-Hour Author Website.” Having decided he’s ready to sell out, he’s currently at work on a lesbian candy shop cozy.  Tyler grew up in Louisiana, among other places. Little known fact: Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants. Tyler is seeking representation, and has a Master’s degree — in Science!

Jul
20
Thu
Speculations Reading: Melissa Scott and Eleanor Arneson
Jul 20 @ 18:30 – 19:30

On Thursday, July 20 (Moon Landing Day), from 6:30-7:45 p.m., MELISSA SCOTT and ELEANOR ARNASON read from their respective works.

Melissa Scott is the author of some two dozen science fiction and fantasy works.  Including several co-authored with her late partner, Lisa A. Barnett.  Scott’s works are known for their elaborate and well-connected settings. While her works, with the exception of Shadow Man (1996), don’t usually deal directly with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender themes, most of her protagonists are LGBT.  She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1986, and has won several Lambda Literary Awards.  Her novels include Trouble and Her Friends (1994), Dreaming Metal (1997), and The Shapes of Their Hearts (1998).  She is also the author of Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel (1997).

Eleanor Arnason has lived in Manhattan, Chicago, London, Paris, Washington, DC, Detroit, Saint Paul, and Minneapolis.  Since 1973 she has published five novels and over 30 novellas, novelettes, short stories, and experimental short forms.  Her fourth novel, A Woman of the Iron People (1990), won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for gender-bending science fiction and the Mythopoeic Society Award for Best Adult Fantasy. Her fifth novel, Ring of Swords (1995), won the Minnesota Book Award.  Her most recent book is the collection Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens (2016).

Aug
30
Wed
Reading by Bryan Thao Worra
Aug 30 @ 18:30 – 19:45
Reading by Bryan Thao Worra

Local poet Bryan Thao Worra will be reading at DreamHaven on Wednesday, August 30th. His books include On The Other Side Of The Eye, Touching Detonations, Winter Ink, Barrow, The Tuk Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs and DEMONSTRA.

Sep
20
Wed
Speculations Reading: Terry Faust
Sep 20 @ 18:30 – 19:45

On Wednesday, September 20, TERRY FAUST reads fiction. Terry writes, “Born 15 August 1953. My enjoyment of speculative fiction writing developed from my love of drawing, photography, and film making. I’ve earned my living over the past forty years as a still photographer and video producer. My young adult urban fantasy, Bearer of the Pearls, was just released by North Star Press of St. Cloud. I have been an assistant organizer of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Network since 2005 and assist in the monthly critiques and presentations. Outside of writing, I am a freelance photographer, and an inventor, maker of weather vanes, and folk engineer. I love walking the West River Road Flats of South Minneapolis, where I search for Urban Bigfoot—sometimes referred to as Sasquatch of the Cities.”

Sep
28
Thu
CANCELLED – William F. Nolan Reading
Sep 28 @ 18:30 – 20:00
CANCELLED - William F. Nolan Reading

William F. Nolan will not be able to make it to the store this evening, as his flight plans have changed and he won’t be in Minnesota until tomorrow. If we are able to set up another time this weekend with him, we will post it here on the website as well as on our Facebook page. Right now, your best bet to see Mr. Nolan is to head over to Arcana this weekend, where he is appearing as Guest of Honor.

Oct
18
Wed
Speculations Reading: S.N. Arly
Oct 18 @ 18:30 – 19:45

S.N.Arly writes adult and young adult fantasy, science fiction, and dark fiction from her basement in St. Paul, MN. She has had several short stories published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. She is currently working on novels, with the exception of the occasional short story her brain foists upon her.

The Speculations Readings Series continues monthly, mostly on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:45 p.m. at DREAMHAVEN BOOKS, 2301 38th St E, Minneapolis. Each reading includes a reception with free soda pop and cookies, and a post-reception expedition to a local bistro.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven Books and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural speculative fiction organization that also hosts a midsummer SF convention, DIVERSICON, the 26th edition of which will be held July 27-29, 2018, with Guests of Honor CHARLIE JANE ANDERS and BRYAN THAO WORRA .


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