Letters to Our Robot Son: writing Sci Fi with Cadance Bell

Join Central West author Cadance for a conversation on her new Science Fiction novel Letters To Our Robot Son. Hear Cadance and Paul Stafford discuss writing Sci-Fi, exploring themes of Artificial Intelligence, autonomy, family relationships and more. With her unique robot characters, Cadance captures a colloquial and heart-felt tale of life, family, hope and redemption – at the end of the world (maybe).

Cadance Bio

Cadance Bell is an Australian author, showrunner, producer, director and writer. Her memoir, The All of It: A Bogan Rhapsody, was published by Penguin in July 2022 to critical acclaim and shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year. Cadance is currently working on numerous scripted television projects and developing an immersive feature film, Seouls. Her prior documentary films include The Rainbow Passage for Network 10 and Screen Australia, and Who I Am, the world’s first documentary exploring the intersection of gender diversity and autism. Cadance lives in New South Wales with her fiancée, Amanda. She likes board games and short walks to the fridge. Her favourite food is burritos

Paul Stafford Bio

Paul Stafford is a literacy consultant in primary and secondary schools throughout Australia, specialising in reluctant male readers. One of his literacy projects for boys, ‘The Dead Bones Society’, won a NSW Local Government Cultural Award in 2007. Paul has written thirteen fiction books, distributed throughout Australasia. He has published four titles in the Horror High series with Random House Australia, and You’re History, Mate!, about the dingbats, dills and disasters in Australia’s history.