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SUMMARY:Becky Chambers Author Reading
DESCRIPTION:Storyhouse Bookpub and Des Moines Performing Arts Present: An
  Author Reading with Becky Chambers Wednesday\, October 14 at 7 p.m. - p
 resented by Storyhouse Bookpub and Des Moines Performing Arts at Temple 
 Theater\, celebrating the first in her new sci-fi\, hopepunk duology\, “
 As You Wake\, Break the Shell.” Doors open at 6 p.m. for a “Small Comfor
 ts” Cocktail Hour with fellow readers before the author talk. Tickets in
 clude a copy of As You Wake\, Break the Shell. Becky will be signing cop
 ies of her books after the event. Storyhouse will have a mini bookstore 
 on-site for additional purchases. Becky Chambers is the bestselling auth
 or of the Wayfarers series\, the Monk and Robot novellas\, and other wor
 ks of science fiction. She is a two-time Hugo Award winner\, a Locus Awa
 rd winner\, and has been nominated for the Nebula Award\, the Arthur C. 
 Clarke Award\, and the Women's Prize for Fiction\, among others. Her lat
 est work is the upcoming novel As You Wake\, Break the Shell\, the first
  in a new duology. Becky has a background in performing arts\, and grew 
 up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends herfree tim
 e playing video games\, hanging out in the woods\,and learning about the
  universe. She still hopes to see Earth from orbit one day\, though she’
 s gotten picky about who she’d take a ride from. Prone to hopping around
 \, Becky can be found either in her home state of California or her wife
 ’s home country of Iceland.\n\nMore info: https://www.desmoinesperformin
 garts.org/whats-on/events/2026-27/becky-chambers-author-reading\n\nhttps
 ://findlocal.community/event/ed511168-2bb3-4209-a3ac-180329a1ff65
LOCATION:Temple Theater\, Des Moines\, IA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/ed511168-2bb3-4209-a3ac-180329a1ff6
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