SciFi Reading in cooperation with Queer*Welten

We celebrate Pride Month June with a reading by Viennese science fiction authors in cooperation with Queer*Welten, a six-monthly queer-feminist science fiction and fantasy zine that aims to publish short stories, poems, illustrations, and essays that make marginalized experiences and the stories of marginalized people visible in a fantastic setting. This issue and the zine’s website also feature debate contributions, reading tips, events, and (queer) news from science fiction and fantasy literature. queerwelten.de.

Nora Bendzko, born in Munich in 1994, grew up in a partly German, partly Moroccan family. She writes mainly in the field of dark fantasy, mixed with contemporary themes. She first became known with Galgenmärchen, a self-published series that transposes Grimm’s fairy tales to the Europe of the Thirty Years’ War. Her publishing debut Die Götter müssen sterben (The Gods Must Die) was published by Droemer Knaur in 2021 and tells the bloodthirsty story of the Amazons who followed Penthesilea into the Trojan War.

Eleanor Bardilac was born in Vienna in 1994, where she still lives and works with her partner. Two Bachelor’s degrees in German Philology and Comparative Literature only strengthened her love for literature in all its facets. In 2021, her debut fantasy novel Knochenblumen welken nicht (Flowers of Bone Do Not Wilt) was published by Droemer Knaur, which won the Seraph Phantastikpreis in the category “Best Debut” in 2022.

Melanie Vogltanz was born in Vienna in 1992 and received her Master’s degree in German Philology, English Studies, and Teacher Education from the University of Vienna. She has worked as a teacher, shelf stocker, toy saleswoman, and dog food carrier. She is currently a self-employed editor and creates good words with great people and publishers.

anna zabini is primarily into fantasy. her lit-erratic matches & co. are sometimes available on twitter (@anna_zabini), several times in short prose, or simply in novel form (#SanguenDaemonis).

Duration: 90 min.
To participate in the event, all guests need a valid museum ticket (or an annual ticket, a KHMembership or a Weltmuseum Wien Friends membership).
Registration online(limited number of participants)
Meeting Point: WMW Forum