Events

Upcoming events

Hope, Anger and Writing: science fiction vs the doomscroll at Digital Futures Institute Festival of Storytelling
Panellist with Mahmud El Sayed, Stewart Hotston and Tom Hunter
4 June 2026, 12:00 – 1:00pm

After The End at Cymera Festival
Panellist with Lorraine Wilson
6 June 2026, 12:00 – 1:00pm

Spaceships vs Dragons at RichmondCon
Panellist with Zen Cho, Stark Holborn & Lavie Tidhar
20 June 2026, 5:00 – 6:30pm

Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference
17 July 2026 at the University of Liverpool
Creative keynote speaker

Past events

Super Relaxed Fantasy Club
Tuesday 13 January 2026 at The Star of Kings
Readings and chat

World Fantasy Convention, Brighton
October 2025
Thursday 30 October, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm: Nature Writing and Fantasy
Friday 31 October, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm: Reading Group 14 (Science Fiction)

Science Fiction Foundation / British Science Fiction Association AGM
Guest speaker
June 2025

Past, Present, Future at Cymera Festival
Panellist with Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson and William Letford
June 2024

The Big Book of Cyberpunk at Bradford Literature Festival
Panellist with Lauren Beukes and Jared Shurin
June 2024

Super Relaxed Fantasy Club
Reading & interview
October 2023

Dystopia Now at Bradford Literature Festival
Panellist with Rachelle Atalla and David Barnett
June 2023

Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) conference, University of Liverpool
Author roundtable
June 2023

Living in Dystopian Worlds at MCM Comic Con
Panellist with Temi Oh, Kate Dylan, Nicholas Binge and Oliver Langmead
May 2023

Worldbuilders at MCM Comic Con
Panellist with Mark Stay, Saara El-Arifi, Ed McDonald and Adrian Tchaikovsky
October 2022

St Hilda’s Feminist Salon, University of Oxford
Panellist with Roz Kaveney, Juliet E McKenna and Stephanie Saulter
February 2019

Border Sessions, The Hague
Speaker
June 2018

Terra Fiction, Amsterdam
Speaker
June 2018