September 1, 2025

An Interview with Nathan Frechette About “Whispers Between Fairies”

I rarely talk about my own work on Speculating Canada, but because I had the opportunity to co-write Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance Press) with the wonderful Nathan Frechette, I thought this would be a good space to highlight his work. Whispers Between Fairies was written in collaboration with Nathan Frechette. For this collection, each of us would rewrite a fairy...
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August 1, 2025

An Interview with Medieval Monster Studies Scholar Asa Mittman

I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Medieval Monster Studies scholar Asa Mittman about his research into medieval marginalia, maps and monstrosity, and the othering of bodies in the middle ages. I don’t often interview folks outside of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy for speculating Canada, but I thought my conversation with Dr. Mittman might be of interest to many...
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July 8, 2025

An Interview with Clifford Samuels

Today, Speculating Canada takes an in-depth look at the Aurora Awards, the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) and the CAFFA Hall of Fame with Clifford Samuels. Clifford gives insights on Canadian Speculative Fiction fandom, conventions, and some key authors in Canadian genre fiction. You can find out more about CSFFA at https://www.csffa.ca/ Convention organizer, reader and avid collector, are...
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May 17, 2025

An Interview with Aphy Ray

I had the opportunity to interview up-and-coming author Aphy Ray about their first book Saffron and Honey. We explored the importance of representing Queer characters, the essentialness of having asexual representation, the role of independent publishing, genre-defying books, and the need to tell stories. Aphy Ray. They/them. Queer Canadian Canadian queer fiction writer. I have other qualifications but they’re not...
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