Bev Geddes & Sherry Peters -- Book Launch
Wednesday Sep 21 2016 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium
Winnipeg launch of Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts (Laksa Media Groups Inc.) featuring local contributors Bev Geddes and Sherry Peters. Hosted by Samantha M. Beiko and co-presented by the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba.
Who are the STRANGERS AMONG US? We are your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and lovers. We staff your stores, cross your streets, and study in your schools, invisible among you. We are your outcasts and underdogs, and often, your unsung heroes.
Nineteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle the division between mental health and mental illness; how the interplay between our minds’ quirks and the diverse societies and cultures we live in can set us apart, or must be concealed, or become unlikely strengths.
Bev Geddes is a school-based speech/language therapist, harpist and free-lance writer. As a writer, pieces have been published professionally and through the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: Aboriginal Leaders In Conservation project. “Living in Oz” is her first published work of fiction. She has completed writing her first novel and is presently working on a second speculative fiction book.
Sherry Peters attended the Odyssey Writing Workshop and holds an M.A.in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. Her first novel Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf won the 2014 Writer’s Digest competition for Self-Published ebooks in the Young Adult category. Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf and Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf have been nominated for Canada’s Aurora Award for best YA novel. For more information on Sherry, visit her website.
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There's a delicate balance between mental health and mental illness... Who are the STRANGERS AMONG US? We are your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and lovers. We staff your stores, cross your streets, and study in your schools, invisible among you. We are your outcasts and underdogs, and often, your unsung heroes. Nineteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle the division between mental health and mental illness; how the interplay between our minds’ quirks and the diverse societies and cultures we live in can set us apart, or must be concealed, or become unlikely strengths. We find troubles with Irish fay, a North Korean cosmonaut’s fear of flying, an aging maid dealing with politics of revenge, a mute boy and an army of darkness, a sister reaching out at the edge of a black hole, the dog and the sleepwalker, and many more. After all, what harm can be done... AUTHORS: Kelley Armstrong, Suzanne Church, A.M. Dellamonica, Gemma Files, James Alan Gardner, Bev Geddes, Erika Holt, Tyler Keevil, Rich Larson, Derwin Mak, Mahtab Narsimhan, Sherry Peters, Ursula Pflug, Robert Runté, Lorina Stephens, Amanda Sun, Hayden Trenholm, Edward Willett, A.C. Wise INTRODUCTION by Julie E. Czerneda PRAISE FOR STRANGERS AMONG US ". . . stories do a masterful job of knitting legitimate and painful mental illnesses to characters who still retain agency and power." - Kirkus Reviews "Mental illness is an exciting theme for an anthology, leaving plenty of room for variety." - Library Journal "The writers of these stories address such varied subjects as agoraphobia, depression, schizophrenia, autism, anxiety, and addiction . . . readers who have mental illnesses may find themselves somewhere in these pages and as a result may no longer feel so alone or isolated." - School Library Journal "The stories in Strangers Among Us are as varied in tone and approach as their authors. The power of the collection derives from this variety; while each story can be read in isolation, the assemblage of outsiders feels, on a whole, exultant." - Quill & Quire "This is a unique collection that should attract readers of all genres." - Foreword Reviews “Strangers Among Us . . . is important, shining a much-needed spotlight on issues that get far too little attention. A wonderful anthology, one of the major SF&F books of the year. Bravo!” - Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo award-winning author of Quantum Night and FlashForward
