Are you going to the World Science Fiction Convention in Seattle, August 13-17, 2025? The Carl Brandon Society will be there, and we’re having a tea party on Saturday, August 16, from 2pm to 4 pm, in the Issaquah Room on the third floor of the Sheraton Grand Hotel. Will you join us? All members of the convention are welcome, and any friend of the Carl Brandon Society is welcome whether you’re a convention member or not.
Come for a few minutes or for the whole two hours! Meet steering committee members Shiv Ramdas, Yang-Yang Wang, Kate Schaefer, and Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford before they go on to their duties as Hugo Ceremony hosts. Chat with our Program Director, Isis Asare, whom you may know in one of her other roles as founding CEO of Sistah Scifi or Executive Director of SFWA. Eat a few cookies, drink some tea or water, find out more about our programs, make a donation to support us. Let us know what you think of what we’ve been doing. Tell us what you’d like us to try in the future, and what you’d be willing to work on to make happen.
If you want to support the publication of the essay anthology Ex Marginalia edited by Chinelo Onwuala, we’ll have a limited number of copies available as thank-you gifts for donations of $50 or more for that project. We ask that you wear a mask except when eating or drinking so everyone can stay healthy.
Also, we could use a few volunteers at the event to help us host—just send a message to treasurer@carlbrandon.org if you’ll be available.
Thanks so much! It’s been a long time since we had an in-person event. We hope to see you there.