Nalo Hopkinson at SFM

Nalo Hopkinson, author of delightful Caribbean-themed speculative fiction, spoke last night at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame as part of Clarion West's summer reading series. Hopkinson is one of the few people of color working in the mostly ivory SF tower. She's Canadian but spent her childhood in the Caribbean. Attendees were lucky enough to hear her read from her not-yet-released book The New Moon's Arms. That reading - more of a performance - has made us desperate to track down an alleged audio verion of her short story collection Skinfolk (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2002) partially read by the author, in which Leonie Forbes reads a 'hot little red riding hood' erotica story.

Next week the reading series will feature Ellen Datlow, a legendary amd apparently glowy-eyed editor in the field.