WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Room of One’s Own’s Gretchen Treu talks WisCon 2021 WisCon is the oldest—and often called the world’s leading—feminist science fiction convention, which takes place every year over Memorial Day weekend. They’ll be holding their annual event virtually May 29-30th. It’s an online not-quite-WisCon, including a group video chat space, complete […]
Kicking Off WisCon, the Annual SciFi & Fantasy Conference
WisCon is a feminist science fiction and fantasy convention with a feminist/social justice focus that’s held each year over Memorial Day Weekend in Madison. This year’s forty-second annual WisCon starts Friday, May 25th and lasts through Monday, May 28th. Joining Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov in the studio to tell us all about this sci […]
From writing skills to post-apocalyptic skills with WisCon
Since 1977, Madison has hosted an annual spring event called WisCon, a convention that aims to highlight the role of women and other marginalized groups in science fiction. It proudly calls itself the world’s first feminist science-fiction convention. The 41st annual WisCon takes place May 26–29 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. Ahead of the event, […]
A Room of One’s Own faces the future
Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon asks Sandi Torkildson of A Room of One’s Own about her decision to put the long-running downtown Madison bookstore up for sale, and about how culture and business have changed in Madison since the store was founded in 1975. The music in this segment is by Tippy. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM […]
