The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) held their AGM yesterday in Vancouver and in addition to the business aspects of the association, the nomination list for the 2015 Aurora Prize were announced. You can check out the full list here – 2015 Aurora Awards Nominees As you may recall…
Canada’s Prix Aurora Awards
In case you didn’t know Canada has it’s own Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards called the Auroras. The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) administers the awards which are awarded in a number of categories including Best Novel, Best YA Novel, Best Short Fiction, Best Graphic Novel, Best Poem/Song,…
Welcome 2015
Chalk up another successful spin around the sun. No earth destroying asteroids. Check. No, global nuclear annihilation. Check. No zombie hordes. (Looks around carefully) Check. So here I sit with the shiny opportunity of another 365 days ahead of me. (Less the 22 1/2 hours eaten up already out of today). Before…
From Hell (2001)
From Hell (2001) features Johnny Depp as Inspector Frederick Abberline who becomes involved in the Jack The Ripper case in London in 1888. The film is loosely based on the comic book series by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell that ran from 1989 to 1996 and focuses on one theory…
Blow (2001)
Blow (2001) features Johnny Depp as George Jung, a hustler and drug dealer who ultimately became responsible for most of the cocaine flowing into America in the late ’70s and early ’80s from Columbia. The film boasts a great cast with Ray Liotta and Rachel Griffiths as George’s parents, Franka…
Mostly Harmless
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (1979) I rarely go back and re-read books. There are just too many books in this world I haven’t read yet to spend time re-reading the ones that I have. Having said that, there are a few I make an exception for. Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide…
A Voice Silenced – Jay Lake 1964 – 2014
Photo Credit: Joseph E. Lake, Jr. / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 I never met Jay Lake, the closest I came was spying him across the lobby at Worldcon in Chicago in 2012. (His Hawaiian shirts are hard to miss). I can’t even say I’ve read his work extensively. Despite having several of his…
Countdown to “Second Harvest” Release
In just three days my short story Second Harvest will finally see the light of day. To quote Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead – “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” As my first publication, it’s a memorable occasion. My first draft for Second Harvest was completed back in the summer of…
It’s All About Character
I had two opportunities this past week to listen to people that make a living from their writing talk about their craft and how they got to where they are today. The first was playwright Colleen Murphy (www.colleenmurphy.ca) who was in Sudbury to attend the Play Smelter Workshop May 6th…
Chocolat (2000)
Chocolat (2000) directed by Lasse Hallström tells the story of a insular French village in the late 1950s that finds it’s conservative attitudes and morality challenged when a young single mother and her child come to town and open a Chocolateir. Juliette Binoche’s character Vianne quickly becomes the lightning rod…