An Evening with Mary Robinette Kowal at Space Bar
About this Event
An Evening with Mary Robinette Kowal at Space Bar
Some stories you only hear at the right bar on the right spaceship.
On Thursday, August 20, Hugo and Nebula Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal reads at Space Bar to mark the debut of Tales from a Space Bar: A Collection of Stories Overheard Among the Stars. She anchors the anthology with her story "Thou Repeat'st Upon Thyself," and she will sign copies afterward.
The short story anthology revives an old tradition, the one running from Lord Dunsany through the Tales from the Spaceport Bar collections of the 1980s. Travelers meet at a bar at the edge of everything and trade stories, and the rest of us listen in. Eight stories, seven authors, one ship with a 500-light-year view out the window.
Space Bar pours molecular mixology in Market Square, reached by immediate teleportation the moment a person steps through the threshold of our facade in Pittsburgh. The drinks are flavors and experiences you will not find anywhere else on this planet. Come early, order something that smokes, fizzes, or steams, and find a seat before the reading begins.
The evening begins at 6:30 PM. 22 Market Square, Pittsburgh.
About Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Lady Astronaut series and the Glamourist Histories. Her novel The Calculating Stars is one of the few works to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards in a single year. She is also a recipient of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and multiple Hugo awards. A professional puppeteer for over twenty years, Kowal’s background in physical performance informs much of her approach to character in prose. She shares this craft expertise as a core cast member of the long-running, Hugo-winning podcast Writing Excuses. Kowal served as the President of SFWA and is an accomplished audiobook narrator. At home, she explores communication through a different lens with her cat, Elsie, who uses Augmentative Interspecies Communication buttons to “talk.” She also has an asteroid named after her.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 23.18 to USD 35.98
