Non Academic Involvement in the Speculative Fiction Community

Awards

Prix Aurora Award 2013 for Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy (http://speculatingcanada.wordpress.com/)

Author Readings Introductions

“The Strange and Unusual: An Author Reading by Ian Rogers and Silvia Moreno-Garcia” (Norwood, Ontario, 2014)

“The Nice Guys of Horror: An Author Reading by Ian Rogers and Craig Davidson” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2014)

Author Readings Organised and Hosted

“A Mythic Night: An Author Reading by Karen Dudley and Marie Bilodeau” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2014)

“Magic Dwelling on the Edges: An Author reading by Kate Story and Suzanne Church” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2014)

“ChiSeries Peterborough: Speculating the Queer: An LGBTQ2 Canadian Speculative Fiction Reading with Tanya Huff, Michael Rowe, and Don Bassingthwaite” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2014)

“ChiSeries Peterborough: A Local Speculative Fiction Reading with Kate Story, Ian Rogers, and Ursula Pflug” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2014)

“ChiSeries Peterborough: Feminum Might Night – Powerful Women Who Write Powerful Speculative Fiction with Nancy Baker, Sandra Kasturi and Marie Bilodeau” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2015)

“ChiSeries Peterborough: Speculative Fiction Author Couples with Kelly Robson, A.M. Dellamonica, David Nickle, and Madeline Ashby” (Peterborough, Ontario, 2015).

Illustrations of Speculative Fiction

Postscripts to Darkness Volume 4 (2013) – illustrated Jason S. Ridler’s “Funeral Games”. Title of illustration: “Shrouded”

Postscripts to Darkness Volume 5 (2014) – illustrated Evelyn Deshane’s “The Plague”. Title of illustration:

Postscripts to Darkness Website (2014) – Illustrated Michael Rowe’s “Ghosts” (http://pstdarkness.com/2014/08/08/ghosts-by-michael-rowe/). Title of illustration: “Haunted by Persistent Violence”

Lackington’s Issue 2 (2014) – Illustrated Julia August’s “Elephants and Omnibuses”. Title of illustration: “Mistress of the Mechanelephantine” (http://lackingtons.com/2014/05/13/elephants-and-omnibuses-by-julia-august/)

Lackington’s Issue 3 (2014) – Illustrated Bogi Takacs’ “For Your Optimal Hookboarding Experience”. Title of illustration: “Turquoise” (http://lackingtons.com/2014/08/18/for-your-optimal-hookboarding-experience-by-bogi-takacs/ )

Lackington’s Issue 5 (2015) – Illustrated Cover for the Winter 2015 Issue. Title of illustration: “Writing is the Page Edge Between Madness and Reason” (http://lackingtons.com/2015/01/28/issue-5-winter-2015/)

Panels at Conventions

“Cripping the Light Fantastic: Disability in Canadian Speculative Fiction” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2013 . Role: Organiser, Panelist.

“Let’s get Fantastic: LGBTQ or Queer Speculative Fiction” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2013 . Role: Organiser, Panelist.

“Speculative Fiction Poetry” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2013 . Role: Panelist.

“Spirit Possession in Speculative Fiction” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2013 . Role: Panelist.

“Coming Out and Speaking Up in SF/F” Toronto Pride at the Merrill Collection for Science Fiction, Speculating, and Fantasy at the Toronto Public Library. Toronto, Ontario, 2014. Role: Panelist.

“A Feminist Exploration of the Female Villain” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2014. Role: Panelist.

“No More Sparkly Vampires! Scary Monsters in Fiction” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2014. Role: Moderator.

“Speculating Spectres: The History and Evolution of the Ghost Story” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2014. Role: Panelist.

“The Whedonverse: from Buffy to Firefly to the Avengers” at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2014. Role: Moderator.

“Alternative Sexualities and Relationships in Speculative Fiction” at Pure Speculation Festival. Edmonton, Alberta, 2014. Role: Panelist.

“The Classics – In Space and Beyond!” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Speaker.

“The Beldam, the Hag, and the Hedgewitch: Witches in Popular Culture” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“Podcasts Killed the Radio Star” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“The Pleasure and Pain of Teaching Literature” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“Ghosts in Popular Culture: From Casper to Ghost Whisperer” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“Zombies as Dressing: How Society Returns in a Zombie-Infested World” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“Superheroes: From the Printed Page to the Silver Screen” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“Intersections Between SF and Contemporary Issues” at Ad Astra. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Panelist.

“Accessible Space, The Final Frontier? Disability in Speculative Genres.” In The 2015 Toronto Spec Fic Colloquium. Toronto, Ontario, 2015. Role: Lecturer.

“Fantasy Panel” in the Limestone Genre Expo. Kingston, Ontario, 2015. Role: Moderator

“Sexuality and Gender Roles in Modern Genre Fiction” in the Limestone Genre Expo. Kingston, Ontario, 2015. Role: Moderator

Other

Public Interview of Jo Walton with Kate Heartfield at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2014.

Public Interview of Jay Odjick at Can Con: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Ontario, 2014.

“Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy”. Website. Role: Creator, Sole Author, Reviewer, Interviewer.

“Speculating Canada on Trent Radio” Radio programme. Trent Radio, Peterborough Ontario 92.7 FM.

Juror for the Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Canadian Literature. 2013. (http://sunburstaward.org/http%3A//www.sunburstaward.org/2014-sunburst-jurors)

ChiSeries Peterborough host and organiser. 2014.

Organiser for Champlain and Gzowsky College Author in Residence Kelley Armstrong (Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 2010).