🎨 Excited to announce the Imagining Our Futures: A Community Art Exhibition on Fri, Sept 20, 5-7 pm at the Lawrence Arts Center! Join us for an evening of art, storytelling, and community, featuring works inspired by AfroRithm Futures Group sessions! 🌍

📚 Join our Virtual Book Club on Sept 27 at 12 PM CT to discuss the 2024 Sturgeon Award winner, "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" by R.S.A. Garcia from Uncanny Magazine! Registration & Zoom link in bio. See you online! 💻✨ #ScienceFiction #BookClub #SturgeonAward #KU

📚📷 Join us for a talk by Dr. John Gruesser on “The Art of Collaboration: Kansas Artist Robert E. Bell and Novelist Sutton E. Griggs” on Oct 7 at 6 PM at Watson Library, 3 West!

📚 Join our October Virtual Book Club on Oct 18 at 12 PM CT to discuss Samuel R. Delany’s “Aye and Gomorrah” and “Driftglass”! 🌌 Explore these iconic stories in a lively discussion with fellow sci-fi fans! 🚀 Registration & Zoom link in bio. #SamuelDelany #SpeculativeFiction

Embark on a mind-bending journey through the galaxy with our Virtual Science Fiction Book Club, hosted by KU Center for the Study of Science Fiction. Join us on Zoom for monthly discussions and otherworldly excitement. Don't miss out, register now on our website!

What an incredible 2024 Sturgeon Symposium! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the legacy of Samuel R. Delany. From inspiring panels to powerful discussions, this event was a true tribute to the impact of speculative fiction. #SturgeonSymposium #SamuelRDelany

📚 Join us for our November Virtual Book Club! This month, we're diving into “What’s Expected of Us” by Ted Chiang and “Learning to Be Me” by Greg Egan. 🗓️ Date: Friday, Nov 22 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM CT 🔗 link in our bio! Bring your questions and insights—see you there!

📖 Join us for our December Virtual Book Club! This month, we’re reading “The Ladies of Grace Adieu” by Susanna Clarke. 🗓️ Date: Friday, Dec 6 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM CT 💻 Zoom link in bio Don’t miss this enchanting discussion—see you there! ✨ #SciFiBookClub #SpeculativeFiction #KU

Please join us for the 2025 Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture by KU English alum & award winning author C.L. Clark on Tuesday, February 4 at 6pm, at Watson Library 3 West. The talk is titled, “Fantasy of War, Fiction of Peace”.💫 #KU #SciFiCommunity #BookLovers

🦋Time for our February Virtual Book Club!🦋 We will discuss Tananarive Due’s short story “The Lake” and her work that was in the Fall 2024 Issue of Uncanny Magazine, “A Stranger Knocks” 🗓️ When: February 28, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM Central Time 💻 Where: Zoom (link in bio)

🌸Time for our March Virtual Book Club!🌸 Join us this month to discuss Natalia Theodoridou’s story “Tell the King” and “Bonsai Starships” by Ha Lee! 🗓️ When: March 28, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM Central Time 💻 Where: Zoom (Link in bio) Don't forget to register—link is in our bio!

Join The Story Center for a visit from author and University of Kansas professor Silvia Park to discuss their debut novel, Luminous. This event, in partnership with Rainy Day Books, will be followed by a book sale and signing, taking place in the Woodneath Library Center.

🦊Time for our April Virtual Book Club!🦊 Join us this month to discuss “The Brides of High Hill” by Nghi Vo! 🗓️ When: April 25, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM Central Time 💻 Where: Zoom (Link in bio) Don't forget to register—link is in our bio! #VirtualBookClub #KU #SciFiCommunity

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT! Summer Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop🔆 NON-CREDIT-SEEKING STUDENTS: contact [email protected] for details CREDIT-SEEKING KU STUDENTS: enroll via classes.ku.edu

🧬Time for our May Virtual Book Club!⚓️ Join us this month to discuss “Unlike Most Tides" and "The Scientist's Horror Story" by Darcie Little Badger! 🗓️ When: May 9, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM Central Time 💻 Where: Zoom (Link in bio) Don't forget to register—link is in our bio!