Resistance in Dystopia: Gabe Calderón & J.M. Miro

J.M. Miro and Gabe Calderón

Resistance in Dystopia: Gabe Calderón & J.M. Miro

J.M. Miro and Gabe Calderón

11:30am

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Journey into two incredibly vivid, dangerous and wonderous new worlds as authors Gabe Calderón and J.M. Miro (pen name for author Steven Price) present their riveting new books. Set in a dystopian future in which a faceless spiritual entity has infiltrated the world to subjugate humans, Calderon’s Magodiz powerfully centres the vital cultural legacy of Two-Spirit peoples to their communities. Miro’s exquisitely written Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world – and of the gifted, broken children who must save it while navigating the nature of difference, belonging and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. Calderon and Miro come together to discuss their masterful use of fantasy to illustrate and augment the challenges their characters face, all of which have real-world significance.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 24 at 11:30am ET
Where: Lakeside Terrace at Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Journey into two incredibly vivid, dangerous and wonderous new worlds as authors Gabe Calderón and J.M. Miro (pen name for author Steven Price) present their riveting new books. Set in a dystopian future in which a faceless spiritual entity has infiltrated the world to subjugate humans, Calderon’s Magodiz powerfully centres the vital cultural legacy of Two-Spirit peoples to their communities. Miro’s exquisitely written Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world – and of the gifted, broken children who must save it while navigating the nature of difference, belonging and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. Calderon and Miro come together to discuss their masterful use of fantasy to illustrate and augment the challenges their characters face, all of which have real-world significance.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 24 at 11:30am ET
Where: Lakeside Terrace at Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Featured Authors

J.M. Miro lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. He also writes, some days, under the name Steven Price.

Read more about J.M. Miro

Gabe Calderón (they/them) currently lives in Treaty 6 territory's Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) as an author, poet, mixed media artist, activist and educator. Gabe has achieved several literary and poetry awards, namely a Lambda Literary Award in 2021 for the LGBTQ+ Anthology Love After the End. Gabe’s debut novel: Màgòdiz published by Arsenal Pulp Press will be released October 2022.

Read more about Gabe Calderón

11:30am

Saturday, September 24

What to read

Ordinary Monsters by , Magodiz by ,
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