Born in England to South American parents, Evan Winter was raised in Zambia near the land of his ancestors. He’s been called “Canada’s answer to George R. R. Martin” by the Globe and Mail, and his debut novel, the Locus, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble best selling THE RAGE OF… Read more
Ashley Deng is a Canadian-born Chinese-Jamaican writer with a love of fantasy and all things Gothic. She studied biochemistry with a particular interest in making accessible the often-cryptic world of science and medicine. When not writing, she spends her spare time overthinking society and culture and genre fiction. Her work… Read more
Greetings fair writer! Can*Con and Ottawa’s NaNoWriMo coordinators invite you to join them for an RPG-style word crawl fundraiser in support of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Together with a party of fellow scribblers, you’ll explore a dungeon by completing a series of writing goals and word sprints. Each task… Read more
We’re very proud to announce the new Can*Con portal, your virtual destination for all things Can*Con! This members-only portal is available for free – you just need to create an account! Can*Con’s Code of Conduct will still be enforced, to provide a safe community space for meeting new people and… Read more
Is there something you’ve been dying to know about the world of publishing? Want the perspective of an industry insider? Can*Con will bring your questions to three amazing literary agents: 2020 Guest of Honour Sara Megibow (KT Literary), 2017 Guest of Honour Kim-Mei Kirtland (HMLA), and 2020 Special Guest Emmy… Read more
Publishing Journey I took a bit of an unconventional path to publishing. I am in the last stages of completing a PhD in social work at McMaster University, and I even studied professional circus arts in a former life, but I really fell in love with this industry while working… Read more
Born in Manhattan, Kim-Mei grew up in Singapore and started her publishing career there, finding her way back to New York and to the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency in 2013. After a few years as the agency assistant, she began taking on her own clients and moved into agenting full-time… Read more
On October 8 at 7 pm ET, Join Can*Con Agent Guest of Honour Sara Megibow and her 2020 Aurora Award-winning client Julie Czerneda for an informal discussion of their most successful creative relationship. If you have ever wondered how writers and agents find each other, work together, and how the relationship… Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a great many challenges and hazards, and has been a difficult time for everyone. Those of us who are on the Can*Con team have spent some of our time over the past few months trying to determine if it would be possible to… Read more
Can*Con is pleased to introduce a few online events while we’re all self-isolating! Here are the details of our first event: Live on May 23 @ 1:30 pm EST – Ready, Steady, Flash! Four authors. One topic. Five minutes to craft and story. Then present it to our virtual audience for… Read more