Becky Chambers in conversation with Neon Yang: To Hope is to Resist

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How do we spin tales of resilience, empathy and collective action as a form of resistance? Would imagining technology that allows us to live in harmony with nature create the change we want to see? Join Becky Chambers and Neon Yang as they discuss the ‘punk’ in solarpunk and silkpunk, geek out over the genres' aesthetics and talk about whether a utopian movement is the way forward.

This programme is made possible with the support of the U.S. Embassy Singapore and includes a live Q&A towards the end of the session.

Writers / Presenters

Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. She has two new works out in 2021: The Galaxy, and The Ground Within, and A Psalm for the Wild-Built.

Neon Yang

Neon Yang is a queer non-binary author based in Singapore. They have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and Lambda Literary awards, and their work has been an Otherwise Award honoree. Their debut novel, The Genesis of Misery, will be out from Tor Books in 2022.

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SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL