2026 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesdays

Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesdays

You made it halfway through the week! Celebrate with your Sistah Scifi Siblings! Grab a glass of wine and pull up as we discuss all things Black speculative fiction with members of our community! Wednesday is about to become your new favorite day of the week!

UPCOMING - 2027

02/03/2027: Britney S. Lewis discusses Blood Lust: Book 2 of the Blood Chronicles with cohost Sasha Fountain
02/24/2027: Dr. Danielle Maggio discusses Game Is Her Middle Name: The Life and Music of Betty Davis
03/17/2027: Dr. Darcie Little Badger discusses Children of Owl

UPCOMING - 2026

11/11/2026: Wole Talabi discusses The Fist of Memory
11/18/2026: Karen Lord discusses The Angel at the Gates
11/25/2026: Nell Ledbetter discusses The Fifth Season

Past 2026 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday Guests:

01/14/2026: Alan Ceaser and Tiffany Davis discuss Afrofuturism Short Stories
(https://youtu.be/nv2P7_EeZMw)
02/11/2026: Tendai L. Huchu discusses Secrets of the First School Book 5 of The Edinburgh Nights Series (https://youtu.be/5e3s_AH91JE)
02/18/2026: Veronica G. Henry discusses The People's Library with cohost Gabby Womack (https://youtu.be/QiN6VtWE71c)
02/25/2026: Justin C. Key discusses The Hospital at the End of the World (https://youtu.be/ELVd-9f7BA0)
03/04/2026: Allison Mick discusses Humboldt Cut (https://youtu.be/iShhcRh2anc)
03/11/2026: L.S. Stratton discusses Sundown Girls with cohost Erika Hardison (https://youtu.be/vv6snQRxWd4)
03/25/2026: Stacy Nathaniel Jackson discusses The Ephemera Collector with cohost Veronica G. Henry (author of The People's Library) (https://youtu.be/7VKey0dBubI)
04/01/2026: Shanora Williams discusses Mayhem and The Mortal with cohost Meci Reads (https://youtu.be/H2ey7zUN3dA)
04/08/2026: Vincent Tirado discusses You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom
(https://youtu.be/ZnR1u9n6)
04/15/2026: Tamika Thompson discusses The Curse of Hester Gardens with cohost Sasha Fountain (https://youtu.be/cVCrhdmDFmc)
05/06/2026: Cheryl S. Ntumy discusses They Made Us Blood and Fury (https://youtu.be/UOyAkGimk6E)
05/20/2026: andré m. carrington and Alex Smith discuss Audiofuturism (https://youtu.be/Cv5Gdh_z5EU)
06/24/2026: L. D. Lewis discusses Year of the Mer (https://youtu.be/Nkw4nSviJ6Q)
07/01/2026: Tlotlo Tsamaase discusses House of Margins (https://youtu.be/bSBDCqBR4VY)
07/15/2026: C.L. Polk discusses The Feywild Job (Dungeons & Dragons) (https://youtu.be/b90EOSA4V30)
07/22/2026: Clarence A. Haynes discusses The Broken Hearts Agency (https://youtu.be/nQm4Uk8xtF4)
07/29/2026: Greg Burnham discusses The Search for Sadiqah (https://youtu.be/kUzywf9nNBc)
08/05/2026: Markus Redmond discusses Blood Rising (https://youtu.be/YiwzEm2QxK0)
08/26/2026: Gwendolyn Paradice discusses The Divining Season with cohost Naomi Darling (https://youtu.be/yRjPO52X6d0)
09/02/2026: Leslye Penelope discusses The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass (https://youtu.be/iksxuMNNBdA)
10/07/2026: Alyssa Collins discusses Survivor: A Patternist Novel by Octavia E. Butler
10/14/2026: Eden Royce and Veronica G. Henry discuss Forged in FIYAH: Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction

10/28/2026: Maurice Broaddus and Suyi Davies Okungbowa discuss Forged in FIYAH: Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction
11/04/2026: Tananarive Due discusses Mazywood with cohost Briana N Cox (author of Indigent)

Past 2025 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday Guests:

02/27/2025: Dr. Judith Joseph discusses High Functioning
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHqfKzCRZY0/
05/14/2025: Kendra Parker discusses Understanding Octavia E. Butler
05/21/2025: Megan Giddings, Zelda Lockhart, and Bri's Bookish discussing Meet Me At The CrossRoads
07/09/2025: Clarence A. Haynes discussing The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery with cohosts Steffie Monique of Books and Bounty and Well Read and Rachet https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL-Z5qLCxp6/
07/23/2025: Ibi Zoboi discussing (S)kin with cohost Well Read and Rachet https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMgKelXCoyB/
08/06/2025: Be Steadwell discusses Chocolate Chip City with cohosts Junauda Petrus (author of The Stars and the Blackness Between Them) and Bri's Bookish

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNDzdCXi1Y_/
08/20/2025: Susana M. Morris discusses Positive Obsession with cohost Kendra R. Parker (author of Understanding Octavia E. Butler) https://youtu.be/SjAONpN08ZQ

08/27/2025: Moses Ose Utomi discusses The Memory of the Ogisi https://youtu.be/H04jb0m98ZE
09/17/2025: Cadwell Turnbull discusses A Ruin, Great and Free: Book 3 Of The Convergence Saga https://youtu.be/DwNzYF5C6qs
09/24/2025: Britney S. Lewis discusses Blood Moon with cohost Sasha Fountain
https://youtu.be/ttPy1nv9GsI
10/01/2025: Whitney French and Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga discuss As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories and celebrate the first day of Black Speculative Fiction Month! https://youtu.be/9SAvDJGGasQ
10/29/2025: Eden Royce discusses Psychopomp & Circumstance with cohost Veronica G. Henry (author of A Breathless Sky Book 2 of The Scorched Earth) https://youtu.be/LjkX85WbDas

Past 2024 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday Guests:

01/10/2024: Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs discussing Ghost Roast
01/17/2024: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki discussing Between Dystopias (@ 12NOON PST)
01/24/2024: Tlotlo Tsamaase discussing Womb City
01/31/2024: Nisi Shawl discussing Kinning https://www.instagram.com/reel/C35ixURRvJg/
02/28/2024: The AfroRevolution with Librarian Mychal Threets and Cassidy Bridges and Gabrielle W. Bridges
03/13/2024: Veronica G. Henry discussing The Canopy Keepers
03/20/2024: Cadwell Turnbull discussing We Are the Crisis
06/12/2024: Tiffany D. Jackson discussion Storm: Dawm of A Goddess
06/19/2024: Rebecca Roanhorse Mirrored Heavens
June 26th to July 24: Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesdays are dedicated to the legacy of Octavia E. Butler as part of Seattle Reads: Parable of the Sower!

06/26/2024: Rashdia J. Smith discussing Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9C59J7xl4c/
07/03/2024: Nisi Shawl and Andrea Hairston discussing Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9C5-U_xFk-/
07/10/2024: Gwendolyn Wallace discussing Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
07/17/2024: Ibi Zoboi discussing Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
07/31/2024: LaDarrion Williams discussing Blood at the Root https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-5SdAGp26O/
08/28/2024: Nalo Hopkinson discussing Blackheart Man https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAYysNivdgt/
09/18/2024: Vincent Tirado discussing We Came to Welcome You
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAYy1ArveQ_/
10/02/2024: P Djeli Clark and Rob Cameron discussing Abeni's Song and Daydreamer https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAqi2mhPo_N/
10/09/2024: John Jenning and Damian Duffy discussing Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler as part of Seattle Reads by Seattle Public Library https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBE0JbTyIzQ/
10/16/2024: Jill Tew discussing The Dividing Sky
10/23/2024: Michele Tracy Berger and Mateo Askaripour discussing Doll Seed: Stories and This Great Hemisphere. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCnAzQ7yxib/
11/13/2024:Nicole Glover discussion The Improvisers https://www.instagram.com/sistahscifi/reel/DCW-fvGPk_7/
11/20/2024: Cebo Campbell discussing Sky Full of Elephants
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDpmibTSBj0/
12/18/2024: John Vercher discussing Devil is Fine with cohosts Well Read and Rachet and Sash Marguerite