In addition to a full list of reading/signing and convention appearances, Robert J. Sawyer has a number of lectures planned for the coming months. These include:
The Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada’s Annuel Peter Sim Memorial Lecture: “Astronomy in Science Fiction.” The lecture will be at the Telus World of Science (in the Discovery Dome) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 15 March 2007 at 7:30PM. More information is available at calgary.rasc.ca/petersim2007.htm.
A free public lecture at the Library of Congress: “Science Fiction as a Mirror for Reality.” Sawyer’s description of the lecture is “Many people dismiss science fiction as escapism—but they’re wrong. From its roots with H.G. Wells to the political allegory of the new Battlestar Galactica, science fiction has always been a powerful vehicle for commenting on the here-and-now. Join Hugo and Nebula-Award winner Robert J. Sawyer for a discussion of how science fiction lets us explore the burning issues of today… in the guise of talking about tomorrow.” In the West Dining Room of the Madison Building, 101 Independence Street SE, Washington, DC 20557 on 19 April 2007 at 12N. For more information, see www.loc.gov/loc/events.
He’ll give the same lecture on 3 May 2007 at 7:30PM as the Mary Donaldson Memorial Lecture at the Frances Morrison Library (the main branch of the Saskatoon Public Library), 311-23rd Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. For more information, see www.lib.sk.ca.
On 9 May at 7PM, Sawyer will talk on the subject “Science Fiction: Does the Future Have a Future?” at the Oshawa Public Library’s McLaughlin Branch, 65 Bagot Street, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He’ll also read from his new book, Rollback. For more information, see www.oshawalibrary.on.ca.
He’ll give a free reading and talk at the Vaughan Public Library’s Pierre Berton Resource Library Branch, 4921 Rutherford Road, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada on 10 May at 7PM. For more information, see www.vaughanpl.com/branches/pierreberton.php.
On 15 May at 10AM, Sawyer, along with Charles de Lint and Jane Yolen, will speak on “Literacy Without Boundaries” at the International Reading Association’s 52nd Annual Convention in the Metro Convention Centre South in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, see www.reading.org/association/meetings/annual.html.