
Libia Brenda is an editor, writer and translator. She has been involved in many independent projects, most of which are about sci-fi, speculative, and fantastic literature (she considers herself very nerdy). She writes speculative fiction short stories and has been published in online and print magazines, as well as various anthologies. Her work has been translated from Spanish to English and Italian. She is one of the the co-founders of the Cúmulo de Tesla collective, a multidisciplinary working group that promotes the dialogue between the arts and sciences, with a special focus on science fiction. In 2018, she was part of The Mexicanx Initiative, an endeavour led by John Picacio. She became the first Mexican woman to be nominated for a Hugo Award, for the anthology A Larger Reality/Una realidad más amplia attached to a project about said initiative. After that, she was so excited that she edited a hybrid and bilingual sci-fi project: A Larger Reality 2.0, an anthology that is also a videogame (MUD style) and can be download and played, for free, here: http://alargerreality.mx/2019/ She is currently the guest-editor for a Mexico Special Issue for Strange Horizons (to be published November 2020): http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/azimuth/mexico-special-call-for-submissions/
Sessions in which Libia Brenda participates
- Magic Realism in Genre Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Welcome, New Professional Writers Programming - Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Small Press Leading the Way Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Climate Change: Adaptation vs Resilience Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Future Is Female: Women SF Writers from Mary Shelley to Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Staying Closer to Home: Science Fiction in the Solar System Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Reading: Mary Robinette Kowal Programming - Reading Room 1
- 11:00 NZST - 11:25 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
- Modern SF Criticism Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Modern Short SF and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Skiffy & Fanty Show Podcast Programming - Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
- 8:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Podcast
- Translation: the Key to Open Doors to the Cultural Diversity in SFF Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Hugo Awards Ceremony Events - Events Room
- 11:00 NZST - 14:30 NZST | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Event
- Kaffeeklatsch: Arwen Curry
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Kaffeeklatsch
- From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Novel, Novella or Short Story? Choosing the Right Length for Fiction Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Why We Read/Write/Edit Anthologies Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Reading: Arwen Curry Programming - Reading Room 1
- 10:30 NZST - 10:55 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
- Reading: Cat Rambo Programming - Reading Room 2
- 11:00 NZST - 11:25 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
- The Geologic Era of the Human Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Beyond the Anglosphere: SF and Fantasy from the Rest of the World Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- What is Human? Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 16:00 NZST | 2 hours
- Media Screening