In this sequel to Sputnik’s Children, The Sisters Sputnik takes ‘undocumented time immigrant’ Debbie Reynolds Biondi and her apprentice Unicorn Girl on a wild ride through alternate worlds, into a possible future where robots rule and humans are banished to the past. It's an odyssey wrapped in a love story, set in a near-future of artificial people.

Raised in Niagara wine country, Terri Favro grew up with an electrician father who worked with the first factory robot and built his own robots at home. The experience fueled Favro’s lifelong love of science fiction, comic books, and space exploration. A novelist, storyteller, essayist, and graphic novel writer, Favro is also an award-winning advertising copywriter who worked on campaigns for emerging technologies that changed the world. Terri lives in Toronto.

Hosted by author Eufemia Fantetti, actors Susannah Mackay and Blue Bigwood-Mallin will perform a dramatic reading from The Sisters Sputnik with Terri Favro.

Attendees are encouraged to dress in cosplay as their favourite sci-fi or comic book character!

Light refreshments will be provided. Cash bar available. Books will be available for purchase by Queen Books.

This launch event is part of the Toronto Lit Up programme, which is designed to spotlight new works and empower Toronto's writers. Toronto Lit Up is funded by the Toronto Arts Council and spearheaded by the Toronto International Festival of Authors.