K. Andrew Turner

Monrovia Pride Book Festival
2026-06-20 12:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Monrovia Library Park, 321 S Myrtle Ave , Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
I’ll be at the Monrovia Pride Book Festival! Come join the fun!
Underdog Bookstore is excited to present the inaugural Monrovia Pride Book Festival on June 20th, from 12-6PM at Monrovia Library Park!
Join us for a celebration of queer storytelling, featuring over 50 authors and vendors, community building, and free activities for all to enjoy!

Workshop: What If? Building Queer Worlds in Speculative Fiction
2026-06-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Underdog Bookstore, 312 South Myrtle Ave, Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
Speculative fiction is where queer writers ask radical questions. What if gender worked differently? What if desire was dangerous — or liberating? What if the rules of the world itself reflected your deepest questions about identity and freedom?
In this workshop, you’ll start with a question that matters to you — about identity, desire, or freedom — and build an entire speculative world around it. You’ll design how that world affects queer people, create a character navigating it, and write scenes that bring it to life.
Drawing on examples like Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, we’ll explore how queer speculative fiction isn’t just about representation — it’s about imagination, worldbuilding, and asking “what if?” in ways that reshape everything.
Come ready to write. Leave with a story that’s entirely your own. Students are encouraged, but not required, to share their work.
