Writing Science Fiction: Who are we? What can we know? Why are crystalline entities so awesome?

Wednesday 03 June
7:00 pm GMT
Free for Gold Star Members
Whether you’re a hardcore sci-fi writer or just starting out, this workshop will help you harness the narrative possibilities of science fiction.

WHEN

Wednesday 03 June
7:00 pm –
8:00 pm

WHERE

Online

HOW MUCH

Free for Gold Star Members

HOST

Rachel Handley

Science fiction isn’t just spaceships and robots (although those things are cool af), it’s a way of exploring the world through philosophy, technology, metaphor AND robots.

Whether you’re a hardcore sci-fi writer or just starting out, this workshop will help you harness the narrative possibilities of science fiction. We’ll look at worldbuilding, character, and how philosophical questions can help us write great fiction.

We’ll dissect excerpts from various authors including Issac Asimov and Ursula Le Guin and create our own stories via several writing prompts and exercises.

This event is hosted by ✨Rachel Handley✨

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Rachel is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Liverpool, a science fiction author, and a poet. Their writing has been published by Arlen House, The Liminal Review, Sonder Magazine, and Poetry Ireland, among others. Their debut short story collection, Possible Worlds and Other Stories, was published in 2022. In 2023, their short story, The Sound, was longlisted for the British Science Fiction Awards. In 2022, their poem, Dear Daughter, was shortlisted for the Dublin South Libraries Poetry Prize. Their most recent story, Gingerbread House, was published by 365 Tomorrows in August 2025.

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