JAMES KAELAN
WRITER // INNKEEPER

JAMES KAELAN is a novelist, filmmaker, and journalist. His films, performances, and VR experiences have shown at Sundance, Slamdance, Tribeca, Cannes, and AFI FEST—along with scores of other festivals around the world—and have been featured in publications from VICE to The New Yorker.

Kaelan's first novel, We're Getting On, was featured on the cover of Poets & Writers Magazine. The book tells the story of a group of twenty-somethings who leave the city and move into the desert—where they intend to abandon technology completely. The first edition of the novel was printed on seed paper; if planted in the ground, it grew into a birch tree. And in keeping with the novel's theme, Kaelan toured the book by bicycle, staying at organic farms between Los Angeles and Seattle. In January 2021, Alephactory released a 10-year anniversary edition of the book.

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Kaelan's latest novel, 999 Years of Peace, will be out in early 2024 from Cartoon Distortion. It will not be for sale. More on that, later :)