Name: Olivie Blake: Dreamland
Start: 2026-10-09T19:00:00-0700
End: 2026-10-09T20:30:00-0700

Friday October 9, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT

Pay-what-you-can for guaranteed seat; FREE to walk-ups (space depending)

Get in the spirit of scary season with the latest moody masterpiece from bestselling novelist Olivie Blake, author of Girl Dinner. Loosely inspired by the 1947 Black Dahlia murder, Dreamland is a dark Hollywood fable about fame, ambition, and the price some people are willing to pay to achieve both. Alix E. Harrow calls it nothing short of a “gory, gothic masterpiece.” In conversation with Kristina Ten, whose work Blake selected for the latest Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology. Dress in your Hollywood finery (or come as you are) and bring your burning questions for Olivie Blake! Doors at 6:30pm.

Moderators

Kristina Ten

Kristina Ten is the author of Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine (2025, Stillhouse Press). Her stories appear in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction, The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, and elsewhere. She has won the McSwee... Read More →

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Olivie Blake

Olivie Blake is the New York Times bestselling author of sci-fi and fantasy for adults, including Dreamland, The Atlas Six trilogy, Alone with You in the Ether, Masters of Death, the short story collection Januaries, and her most recent novel, Girl Dinner. With Little Chmura, she... Read More →

Friday October 9, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Gilman Brewing 912 Gilman St, Berkeley

Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror, Pay What You Can

Age Limit 21+
City Berkeley

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Kristina Ten

Olivie Blake

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Kristina Ten

Olivie Blake

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