readings, talks, discussions and other events
The aim of this project is to inspire us to contemplate the end of all wars as an option and as something to aim for.
The stories and in the future this website, will hopefully provide some ideas and tools to do so.
Availability
So far, I am available for readings, talks, discussions and other events in these periods of time:
21 September to 15 October 2024
1 November to 15 November 2024
6 December to 31 December 2024
24 February to 15 March 2025
15 May to 15 July 2025
Options for readings
Option 1: beginning of the story (until we must be bloody thinkers), the bird and debunking the narrative of predator & prey (until gamble for power), and The story of empowerment
Option 2: arriving in the hiding place, what is war, parts of the campaign to end all wars
Option 3: relationships, sexuality, nudity, gender
Option 4: debunking predator & prey and everything that follows on nature & coexisting
Option 5: The story of empowerment, for a short reading which allows for a longer discussion
Option 6: What is war? How can we end all wars?, also a shorter reading with more room for discussions
Option 7: Snippets and some minutes to discuss each snippet
Option 8: More planets, bits and pieces from different planet stories, and why there are so many planets in the collection
The longer readings are timed around 90 min plus 30-60 min for discussions and questions.
The shorter ones can be adjusted flexibly.
Reading sample
© Charlie Alice Raya, The end of all wars, planet one, the roots of war
Locations
Theoretically anywhere. However, I’d like to keep flying to a minimum, and I would like to avoid zigzagging. My personal flying policy is presently that I only fly when I can’t reach a destination within 24 hours by train.
If things go well, I’d like to travel Canada and the US in summer 2025. This would be a perfect combination of doing research for the easy town book, book 5, hiding & breaking, and doing events along the way.
My main stops and routes would include: Toronto, New York, anywhere on the railroad from New York to San Francisco, anywhere on the road from San Francisco to Seattle and the Canadian boarder), and Canada in the wild (for a longer period of writing), and on the way back Vancouver, and then all the way to the east of Canada and probably some cities on the way.
If this is possible, I would like to keep the story’s timeline and leave London for Toronto on 18 May or some days sooner.