{"id":73514,"date":"2024-10-03T13:08:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T17:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=73514"},"modified":"2024-10-03T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T17:08:49","slug":"october-30-writing-workshop-with-kathe-koja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2024\/10\/03\/october-30-writing-workshop-with-kathe-koja\/","title":{"rendered":"October 30: Writing Workshop with Kathe Koja"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credit: Rick Lieder<\/p><\/div>\n

Wednesday, October 30 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.<\/strong>, join writer and producer Kathe Koja<\/a> for a unique, hands-on immersive writing workshop at the Southfield Public Library (26300 Evergreen Road, Southfield, MI 48076).<\/p>\n

Books will be available to purchase courtesy of Book Beat. This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Call 248-968-1190, email bookbeatorders@gmail.com, or visit the Southfield Public Library website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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Recent and upcoming books and ebooks by Kathe Koja include:<\/p>\n

Dark Factory<\/em><\/a> and Dark Park<\/em><\/a> are available from Meerkat Press. Dark Matter<\/em><\/a> is upcoming in late 2025. And darkfactory.club<\/a> is online 24\/7.<\/p>\n

The Cipher<\/em> <\/a> and Velocities: Stories<\/em><\/a> are available from Meerkat Press. The Mercury Waltz<\/em>, The Bastards’ Paradise<\/em> and Christopher Wild<\/em> are available from Roadswell Editions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A hardcover illustrated reprint of Bad Brains<\/em> from Centipede Press<\/a> in fall 2024.<\/p>\n

Catherine the Ghost<\/em><\/a> from Clash Books in October 2024, available NOW with a preorder bundle.<\/p>\n

A reprint of Skin<\/em><\/a>, with a brand-new introduction by Eric LaRocca, from Meerkat Press in March 2025.<\/p>\n

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“A modern genius of weird and dark fiction.”\u2014Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of Annihilation<\/em> and Borne<\/em><\/p>\n

“Visionary. Stunning. Koja is a master of her craft.”\u2014Alma Katsu, author of Red Widow<\/em> and The Hunger<\/em><\/p>\n

“Dark Factory<\/em>…is a journey into the throbbing heart of creativity itself.”\u2014S.A. Cosby, New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed<\/em> and Razorblade Tears<\/em><\/p>\n

“A glow-in-the-dark vision of a new kind of writing.”\u2014Daniel Kraus, New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of Whalefall<\/em> and The Living Dead<\/em><\/p>\n

“Koja has redefined the possibilities and limits of literature…An unforgettable and transformative experience.”\u2014Eric LaRocca, author of Everything the Darkness Eats<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kathe Koja writes and creates immersive fiction in novels, short stories, and performance events in various media. She has won the Shirley Jackson Award, Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award, and was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick and World Fantasy awards, among many others. Wuthering Heights<\/em> is her favorite novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, October 30 from 6:30-7:30 p.m., join writer and producer Kathe Koja for a unique, hands-on immersive writing workshop at the Southfield Public Library (26300 Evergreen Road, Southfield, MI 48076). Books will be available to purchase courtesy of Book Beat. This event is free and open to the public. Call 248-968-1190, email bookbeatorders@gmail.com, or visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[814,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-signings-lectures","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}