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April 2, 2013

Prix Aurora Awards – Vote Before April 15th

Remember, dear friends, Speculating Canada has been nominated for an Aurora award and there are only 14 days remaining to vote for Speculating Canada. You can explore the Auroras at http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/ Speculating Canada has been nominated under the category “BEST FAN PUBLICATION”. Remember that you can vote for the Prix Aurora Awards up until April 15th. You can explore the categories...

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March 15, 2013

Upcoming interview with Leah Bobet on Wednesday March 20th

I met Leah Bobet at CAN CON: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature in Ottawa this past year. After chatting with her about her work, I wanted to share some of her insights with readers. You will have a chance to hear from her about her involvement in politics, studies of intersectionality, advocacy, supporting local food...

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March 10, 2013

Upcoming Interview with Corey Redekop on Thursday, March 14

Even though I research the use of monstrous protagonists in Canadian SF to express ideas of the outsider and socially oppressed groups, for some reason I haven’t done much work on the figure of the zombie…. largely because they just creep me out too much. I had been hearing so many amazing things about this book Husk by Canadian SF...

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March 5, 2013

Upcoming Interview with Scott Fotheringham on Friday March 8

This is a great interview to follow the interview with Julie Czerneda. Join Speculating Canada on Friday March 8 to hear another scientist who has turned to fiction writing discuss their ideas, thoughts, and inspirations. Scott Fotheringham is a former molecular biologist who is currently a fiction author. Although he does not identify as an author of SF, much of...

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February 10, 2013

Upcoming Interview with David Nickle on Friday February 15th

In our upcoming interview, David Nickle discusses coming of age as a writer of Canadian Speculative Fiction, particularly non-violent, anti-individualist storylines and a general sense of outsider identity that permeates the lives of many Canadian Spec Fic authors. He wants readers to question themselves and their reality, challenge their preconceptions, and experience those moments of “scary transcendence” that are embodied...

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February 1, 2013

Upcoming interview with Timothy Carter on Thursday, February 7th

I met Timothy Carter in October during Can Con, an Ottawa-based Speculative Fiction Conference (http://www.can-con.org/). Timothy gave a fantastic talk and I knew that I wanted to share some of his insights with all of you on Speculating Canada. He, fortunately, agreed to do an interview and share some brilliant insights with all of you. Timothy Carter author, cat servant,...

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January 27, 2013

Upcoming interview with Holly Bennett on Wednesday, January 30th

Holly Bennett is a fantasy author living in the same city as I, Peterborough Ontario, and I was excited to find another author in the same area. She is primarily an author of Young Adult fiction, and it is great to get the perspective of a Canadian YA author since many of the authors I have interviewed write primarily adult...

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January 24, 2013

Upcoming Radio Interview With Ian Rogers

This Saturday, January 26th, I will be posting an interview on Speculating Canada that I conducted with local Peterborough horror author Ian Rogers that I conducted on air at Trent Radio. Mr. Rogers is the author of the supernatural noir Felix Renn series, weird westerns, and general horror literature. He has published novels such as SuperNOIRtural Tales, Deadstock, and Every...

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January 19, 2013

Nominate Speculating Canada for the Auroras ( the Prix Aurora Awards) if you are Interested

Dear readers, A friend of mine has recently noted that he is voting the Speculating Canada site for the Aurora Awards. If you would be interested in nominating Speculating Canada, you can explore the Prix Aurora Awards at http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/ . Looking through the Aurora category lists (at http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/aurora-awards/aurora-award-categories/ ), we were thinking that Speculating Canada may fall under the category below...

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January 18, 2013

Upcoming Interview With Karl Schroeder on Wednesday, January 23

I first heard Karl Schroeder talk at The Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2009 and have looked forward to the opportunity to talk to him. I am pleased that I will be able to share that conversation with all of you readers on Wednesday, January 23, when Karl Schroeder talks about his work consulting about technological...

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Category: News

Prix Aurora Awards – Vote Before April 15th

Upcoming interview with Leah Bobet on Wednesday March 20th

Upcoming Interview with Corey Redekop on Thursday, March 14

Upcoming Interview with Scott Fotheringham on Friday March 8

Upcoming Interview with David Nickle on Friday February 15th

Upcoming interview with Timothy Carter on Thursday, February 7th

Upcoming interview with Holly Bennett on Wednesday, January 30th

Upcoming Radio Interview With Ian Rogers

Nominate Speculating Canada for the Auroras ( the Prix Aurora Awards) if you are Interested

Upcoming Interview With Karl Schroeder on Wednesday, January 23