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Another fantastic night of spoken-word at Outspoken: Spoken Word Open-Mic in Red Books Underground tonight.

Thanks to this months special guest David Looby, who was interviewed about his novel "A Billion Sharp Pieces" by fellow writer Tina Callaghan.

Thanks to our hosts Deirdre McGarry Barker and AnneMarie O Byrne Hammel, and to all our other performers.

Outspoken will be back on Friday the 24th of July.

We will be holding our Otherworlds World Building Panel at noon on Saturday the 27th in Eclectic Avenue.

Our panel will consist of three veteran authors with a rich background in the genres of Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

☆ Phil Hughes is a prolific Irish author, screenwriter, and independent publisher known for his historical crime fiction, fantasy novels (written under the pen name Micheál Cladáin), and screenwriting guides. He is the founder of PerchedCrowPress. Writing as Micheál Cladáin, he crafts epic and ancient historical fantasy works.

☆ James C. Bassett is an American author, sculptor, and painter best known for his 1997 cyberpunk novel Living Real. In recent years, he has worked as an editor on two popular genre anthologies, "Zombiesque" and "Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables".

☆ Josh Wagner is an American author, playwright, and transmedial artist known for writing speculative fiction that blends science fiction, magical realism, surreal horror, and slipstream. Rather than traditional hard sci-fi, his work leans heavily into the liminal fantastic, metafiction, and psychedelic science fantasy. Among his popular works are "Sky Pirates of Neo Terra" and "Shapes the Sunlight takes".

This is a free event, and will be a great discussuon between three extremely creative authors.


Otherworlds Science Fiction Festival Eclectic Avenue

📚📚 FRIDAY NIGHT BOOK DROP 📚📚

Eighty random books on the shelves at Red Books.

Prices in photos.

We're open tomorrow in Wexford's St Peters Square and in Eclectic Avenue from 10-5pm.

Outspoken: Spoken Word Open-Mic is back tonight at 7pm in Red Books Underground.

This months special guest is David Looby, author of 'A Billion Sharp Pieces', who will be interviewed by his friend and fellow author Tina Callaghan.

Followed by open-mic. All welcome.

"C'mere, tell me this" with Jamie T Murphy goes out live on WNPMR from the bunker studio in Red Books from noon today.

Jamie will be interviewing Steve Huenneke, a poet and retired professor.

Also a chance to win a badger, so tune in.

Click on the link to listen
(Only active during the show)

https://begerin.radioca.st/stream

📚📚 THURSDAY NIGHT BOOK DROP 📚📚

Eighty random books on the shelves at Red Books.

Prices in photos.

We're open tomorrow in Wexford's St Peters Square and in Eclectic Avenue from 10-5pm.

A brand-new celebration of science fiction, fantasy, horror, folklore, gaming and speculative creativity is coming to Wexford this summer as the inaugural Otherworlds Science-fiction Festival prepares to launch.

Taking place in Wexford Town this June 25th to 28th, Otherworlds aims to bring together writers, artists, filmmakers, gamers, comic creators, cosplayers, readers and fans of the strange and imaginative for a weekend of talks, workshops, panels, screenings, live events and community gatherings. Among the big names attending will be best-selling authors Eoin Colfer and Stuart Neville.

Organisers say they hope the festival will shine a spotlight on Ireland’s growing community of speculative fiction creators while also celebrating the wider worlds of fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mythology and geek culture.

Wally O’ Neill, one of the organisers said:

“Otherworlds is about imagination, creativity and community. We wanted to create something that celebrates the weird, the wonderful and the visionary, from Irish folklore and horror to modern sci-fi, gaming and cosplay culture. Wexford has an incredible creative scene and we want to build something ambitious, exciting and welcoming for everyone, spread across the many unique and quirky venues that Wexford has to offer”

These venues include Eclectic Avenue, the Wexford Arts Centre, the Library, Red Books, Dragonhorde, the Book Centre, the Bullring Market, and many more.

“We’re trying to lay the foundations of an annual festival that will celebrate the long tradition of speculative story-telling in Ireland and todays creativity, as well as highlighting the many quirky and unique venues which Wexford town has to offer to the fandom,” Shane Hurley, another organiser said, “People often forget that not only did Ireland produce some of the finest authors of early gothic horror, but we also heavily influenced the development of high fantasy and sciencefiction. Today we are still producing creative storytellers like Eoin Colfer, Tina Callaghan and Danny Earls.”

The festival will include author talks and panel discussions, writing workshops for sci-fi, fantasy and horror creators, cosplay and costume events, indie comics and zine creators, tabletop gaming and retro gaming, short film showcases, local artists and vendors, Irish folklore and myth discussions, community events and late-night entertainment. There will be demos and talks by many genre favourites including Gamesworkshop, Cubicle Seven, Temple Dark Books and Wexford Warhammer Club.

Eoin Colfer will be interviewed in the Wexford Arts Centre on Friday the 26th and the Wexford Retro Movie Club will be showing a special screening of the Neverending Story the day before in the same venue. The premiere of local horror movie “Bleeding the Cow” by Tree Kitty Productions will also take place in the Arts Centre at 6pm on Friday the 26th.

Otherworlds is currently seeking participation from writers, artists, filmmakers, publishers, podcasters, game creators, performers, vendors, local businesses and groups, and volunteers interested in getting involved. Contact them at [email protected] with queries.

Further announcements, guest reveals and event schedules will be released over the coming weeks through Otherworlds Science-fiction festival Wexford social media channels. Tickets can be booked for the screening of the Neverending Story, the Eoin Colfer talk, and “Bleeding the Cow” screening at www.wexfordartscentre.ie now.

Big shout out to Festival organisers not pictured; Ruby O' Connor, Susana Silva, Dylan Delaney, Jamie Murphy, Paul Maloney, Pippa Kinneen, Siobhan Mahon, John Michael Murphy, Phil Hughes, Alice Kavanagh, and Joe and Steph Byrne.