Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia – An Audio Interview Series
This audio interview series will explore liberatory futures and how genres such as speculative fiction can often be tools to imagining new, more generative futures in spite of our collective dark pasts and even darker presents. Writers Zoe Lorimer, Arianne Maki and Chris Lau Manson will share their experience on addressing hope amidst darkness and injustice in our world.
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Episodes
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
In this episode, we talk about envisioning liberatory futures through inclusive, satirical storytelling in comics, and how the comics medium encourages readers to engage with those futures on their own terms. I’m joined by Chris Lau Manson who will be sharing his thoughts and experience as an independent, interdisciplinary comics creator.
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Content warning: episode contains brief swearing
In this episode, we talk about the importance of undoing boxes and categories to explore new ways of being. I’m joined by Arianne Maki who will be sharing how they explore the connection between grief and hope in their writing.
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
In this episode, we talk about how games can help writers subvert expectations and explore new worlds by leaving familiar conventions behind. We’re joined by Zoe Lorimer who will be sharing her experience using games in her creative practice.