I attended my first CanCon (The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature) in Ottawa last month (Oct 13 – 15, 2017) and was very much impressed by the level of programming offered. It went beyond a lot of the rehashed 101 SF & writing topics I have…
Tag: Conventions
Con Report: Ad Astra 2016 – Part I
The annual Ad Astra convention in Toronto* is one of those local SF&F conventions that I have been attending off and on since early 2000s. After I moved North ten years ago, its gotten a lot more challenging to attend, logistically, financially, and requires a time commitment from both my work and family…
Creativity and Conventions
I’ve always considered myself a fairly creative person and by creative I don’t just mean imaginitive. I like to create things. From making up stories to building websites and everything in between. As a kid I wanted to be an inventor, someone who took things around them and combined them in…