Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher/editor: Candlemark & Gleam
Details
Athena Andreadis is a bridge-maker between worlds.
In 2015, she acquired Candlemark & Gleam, a small independent US press that specialises in the speculative genres and while she stood down as its chief astrogator—which sounds much more fun than being its director—in 2024, she is still on the team as a developmental editor.
Athena was born in Greece and lured to the US at age 18 by a full scholarship to Harvard, then MIT. She spent her adult life doing basic research in molecular neurobiology, focusing on the mechanisms of dementia. She has also given many invited talks (that included NASA venues and the 100-Year Starship Symposium) on the biological and cultural issues of space/planetary exploration and settlement.
Athena is an avid reader in four languages across genres. She’s the author of To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek and writes speculative fiction and non-fiction on a wide swath of topics. She conceived of and edited the highly lauded SF anthologies The Other Half of the Sky and To Shape the Dark. Her work can be found in Scientific American, Harvard Review, Belles Lettres, Strange Horizons, Crossed Genres, Stone Telling, Cabinet des Fées, Bull Spec, SF Signal, World SF, H+ Magazine, io9, The Huffington Post, and her own blog at Starship Reckless.
Athena will introduce us to all of the worlds she walks and will answer any and all questions that bridge them.
Although there is no charge for the session, there is an attendee limit so if you find you can't make it, please remember to change your RSVP so someone else can take your place.
Relevant links: