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Can*Con 2020 Events List

Past Events Writing the Family When:  May 29th, 3:00 pm EST Details: this is a Member Only event, login and click HERE Tales From Home: Drawing on one’s heritage, history, culture and folklore to create genre fiction When:  April 9th, 7:00 pm EST Details: this is a Member Only event,… Read more

2023 Editor Guest of Honour: Nivia Evans

Nivia Evans is a Senior Editor at Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, where she indulges in her lifelong obsession with science fiction and fantasy. She began her publishing career at the Overlook Press after working as an English teacher for three years. Nivia is a Hugo Award nominee… Read more

2023 Agent Guest of Honour: Sara Megibow

Sara Megibow (she/her) is the Vice President and Senior Literary Agent at KT Literary out of Highlands Ranch, CO. She has worked in publishing since 2006 and represents New York Times bestselling authors including Rebecca Roanhorse, Casey McQuiston, Margaret Rogerson and Jason M. Hough. Sara specializes in launching debut authors… Read more

Guests

Thank you for attending Can*Con 2023. See you in 2024! 2023 Editor Guest of Honour Nivia Evans 2023 Author Guests of Honour Fonda Lee Annalee Newitz 2023 Agent Guest of Honour Sara Megibow Special Guests E.D.E. Bell Marie Bilodeau C.S.E. Cooney Julie Czerneda Suyi Davies Okungbowa David Demchuk Amal El-Mohtar… Read more

Special Guest: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Suyi Davies Okungbowa is an award-winning Nigerian author of fantasy, science fiction and general speculative fiction.He has published various novels for adults, the latest of which is Son of the Storm (Orbit, 2021), first in the epic fantasy trilogy, The Nameless Republic (the second book in the series, Warrior of… Read more

Aurora Awards Presenters

Monique Manatch is a member of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake. Monique is a  Knowledge Keeper working closely with Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont.  Currently, Monique is a student at Carleton University taking a doctorate program  in Anthropology focusing on the impact, use and creation of digital arts in the  Indigenous… Read more