Yet another virtual Can*Con event looming! As the nights get longer and colder, book lovers turn to words that soothe the soul. What’s bringing you solace these days? What are those stories that feel like coming home, or perhaps escaping it for a while? Join our panelists for a cozy… Read more
Can*Con online events continue fast and furious! Caribbean nations have a unique, complex history carved by colonialism, cultural mixing, revolution and more. Particularly in sci-fi, fantasy and horror, the way that Caribbean diaspora authors incorporate these influences into their writing is diverse and multilayered. How do the emerging writers on this panel explore… Read more
Terese Mason Pierre is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Hobart, The Puritan, Quill and Quire, and Strange Horizons, among others. She is the Senior Poetry Editor of Augur Magazine, a Canadian speculative literature journal, and the author of chapbooks Surface Area (Anstruther Press, 2019) and Manifest (Gap Riot Press, 2020). Terese lives and… Read more
Nandi Taylor is a writer of Afro-Caribbean descent based in Toronto. She has a journalism degree from the university of Toronto and draws on her background as a travel writer to paint whimsical fantasy worlds with words. Common themes she writes about are growth, courage, and finding one’s place in… Read more
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
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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