Fanfiction: Their World is Your Playground
Event Details
Many writers hone their chops with other creators’ OC (original content): expanding universes, creating brand new characters, and flexing their writing muscles by adopting another’s voice & style. What does this practice teach writers? What has it brought to these writer’s styles? And why is it so gosh-darn fun?
Moderated by Yeli Cruz.
Books featured:
Hench
William Morrow (HarperCollins)
“This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell.” — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author
The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower—for good or ill—is a properly executed spreadsheet.
Augur Magazine
In Ancient Rome, an Augur was a religious official who looked for the will of the gods in the flight patterns of birds, and made predictions based on the stories they read there. In contemporary Toronto, Augur is a literary magazine that believes we can better engage with our pasts, presents, and futures through stories that explore what-ifs and could-bes.
