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September 2, 2024

An Interview with Drs. John Moores and Jesse Rogerson

I recently heard about an amazing upcoming book called Daydreaming in the Solar System by Drs. John Moores and Jesse Rogerson that would explore Science education about the solar system through science fiction stories. I was so fascinated, I had to contact them for an interview. John and Jesse are both professors of space sciences at York University, and their...

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August 14, 2016

Exciting News: Two Prix Aurora Awards for 2016

Exciting news Speculating Canada followers, the Speculating Canada website and the Speculating Canada on Trent Radio 92.7FM show each won a Prix Aurora Award this year at When Worlds Collide in Calgary.  The Speculating Canada website has now earned 3 Aurora Awards and the Speculating Canada on Trent Radio show has now earned 2 Aurora Awards. The success of Speculating...

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October 6, 2014

Superheroic Sundays Throughout October

Canada has often had a complicated relationship with the idea of the superhero. We often see comics as a genre from “away”, not “of here”. Our comics have historically had a fairly short run, been overwhelmed by an American market, and have experienced our Canadian view that pop culture created in Canada is always going to be second rate. Superheroes...

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September 1, 2014

Speculative SEXtember: September 2014

This September, Speculating Canada will be a Speculative SEXtember, focused on the theme of the exploration of sexualities in Canadian speculative fiction with a particular interest in representation of LGBTQ2, Queer, or QUILTBAG people. There will still reviews of books that do not highlight sexuality and sexual identities during the month, but a higher than average representation of sexual diversity....

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August 20, 2014

How to Download Audio Files of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio

Well the summer radio season is over, so Speculating Canada on Trent Radio will be on a brief break so now is a great time to catch up on any episodes that you missed. I have heard from a few of you that you would like to download episodes of the programme so that you can listen to them when...

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August 13, 2014

Speculating the Queer: an LGBTQ2 Canadian Speculative Fiction Reading With ChiSeries Peterborough Featuring Tanya Huff, Michael Rowe, Don Bassingthwaite, and Derek Newman-Stille.

Thursday September 18th at 8:00 PM, ChiSeries Peterborough will be having a reading by LGBTQ2 Speculative Fiction authors Tanya Huff, Michael Rowe, and Don Bassingthwaite hosted by Peterborough’s Derek Newman-Stille at Sadleir House, 751 George Street North in Peterborough. We often focus on realist literature when we think of queer lit, but what about science fiction, fantasy, and horror? Queer-identified...

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June 15, 2014

A Mythic Night: An Author Reading by Karen Dudley and Marie Bilodeau

A Mythic Night: An Author Reading by Karen Dudley and Marie Bilodeau at Sadleir House (751 George Street North, Peterborough Ontario). Thursday June 19th at 7:00 PM at Sadleir House (751 George Street North, Peterborough Ontario) Looking for a bit of cultural entertainment over the summer? Interested in hearing some exciting story-telling in a historical Peterborough mansion, come to Sadleir...

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May 5, 2014

Tune in Tonight at 8:00 PM EST for the Second Speculating Canada on Trent Radio show

I had a chance to chat with Winnipeg author Chadwick Ginther and discuss the Thunder Road trilogy at the Toronto-based speculative conference Ad Astra. In our interview we talk about his upcoming stories, why Loki from Norse mythology is such a fascinating figure, the potential to blur gender boundaries in SF, bringing myths from elsewhere to the Canadian landscape, interconnections...

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April 21, 2014

OnAir on Trent Radio for the Summer : Mondays at 8:00 PM

Speculating Canada is going On Air on Trent Radio for the summer. I will be on air every Monday at 8:00 (EST) throughout the summer starting next monday (April 28th).  The summer radio show will be a mixture of discussions of Canadian speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the various speculative genres in between) and interviews with Canadian speculative...

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February 17, 2014

Upcoming interview with Alison Sinclair on Friday February 21st

Scientist involved in medical research and Science Fiction and Fantasy author, Alison Sinclair is an author with diverse interests. I was lucky enough to encounter her work when it was recommended to me by a colleague, Cathy Schoel, because of my research on disability in Canadian Speculative Fiction. Sinclair’s Darkborn series features a world where half of the population is...

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