Media Release #9 Glasgow 2024 - A Worldcon for our Futures August 8th-12th, 2024 For further information contact press@glasgow2024.org or call Owen Duffy on 07460 341 549 www.glasgow2024.org Wednesday, 22nd November, 2023 - For Immediate Release (T.L.) Tendai Huchu announced as Special Guest at Glasgow 2024 Glasgow 2024 is delighted to announce that Zimbabwean author (T.L.) Tendai Huchu will be appearing as a Special Guest at the 2024 Worldcon. Following critically acclaimed first novel “The Hairdresser of Harare” (2010), T.L. Huchu’s genre and mainstream fiction has been widely published and awarded. A long-time resident of Edinburgh, his main project at present is the Edinburgh Nights series, set in a dystopian futuristic fantasy version of the city. The first three books ("The Library of the Dead", "Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments", and "The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle") are in print now, with book four, “The Legacy of Arniston Hall", due in October 2024. Looking forward to next year’s appearance, Tendai said “I think at its heart Glasgow 2024 is about meeting people, sharing ideas and nerding out. I very much look forward to meeting new folks and some that I already know and chatting. A lot comes out of these encounters. Getting introduced to different art and concepts you otherwise might never have encountered. It's the people that make Glasgow, after all.” According to convention chair Esther MacCallum-Stewart, “We're delighted to announce Tendai as our first Special Guest for Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for Our Futures. I've been absolutely gripped by Tendai's Edinburgh Nights series, and he's a fantastic author whose imaginative portrayals of Scotland and beyond demonstrate the massive talent that we have to offer. I can't wait to see him in August next year!” About T.L. Huchu T.L. Huchu’s work has appeared in 'Lightspeed', 'Interzone', 'Analog Science Fiction & Fact', 'The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021’, 'Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine', 'Mystery Weekly', 'The Year’s Best Crime and Mystery Stories 2016', and elsewhere. He is the winner of a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2023), an Alex Award (2022), the Children’s Africana Book Award (2021), the Nommo Award for African SFF (2022, 2017), and has been shortlisted for the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (2019) and the Caine Prize (2014). “The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle”, the third instalment in his Edinburgh Nights fantasy series, was published in summer 2023. Find him @TendaiHuchu on Twitter (X) and Instagram . ENDS