76. The City We Became

We’ve got a treat for you today, a conversation about speculative fiction and cities with a fantastic panel. Our panel includes award-winning author and critic James Bradley. James is the author of books such as Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist and Clade, the first two books of The Change Trilogy for young adults, The Silent Invasion and The Buried Ark, a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, and The Penguin Book of the Ocean. His latest novel, Ghost Species, was published in 2020. Matt Levinson is a built environment professional in Sydney and a voracious reader of all things urban. Matt has a lifelong passion for cities, culture and social change, and now leads corporate affairs and communication for the city’s peak advocacy and urban policy think tank, the Committee for Sydney. Professor Nicole Gurran is an urban planner, and as you'll learn in this conversation a keen reader of speculative fiction. The panel opens by talking about The City We Became, a speculative fiction novel by N. K. Jemisin. Your host is Dr Rebecca Clements. — City Road and The Henry Halloran Trust partnered to bring you this Festival of Urbanism podcast series.