Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

December 23, 2015

The Watcher on the Shelf

For all that you readers have done this year to support Speculating Canada, I thought I would write a story for your enjoyment as a way to celebrate the passage into a new year. I hope that you enjoy the story. The Watcher On The ShelfBy Derek Newman-Stille Staring, staring, always staring. They made sure of it when they dipped...

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December 23, 2015

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 52: Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles talk about nEvermore

Edgar Allan Poe has inspired people with his darkly delightful prose and poetry, drawing the reader into a world of the macabre and mysterious. On this episode of Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, I talk to two authors who were inspired to edit a collection of works that are inspired by Poe. Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles talk about the...

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December 21, 2015

Canadian SF Authors, What Are You Reading? Dominik Parisien

Continuing my questions about what books our Canadian SF authors are reading, we come to the readings of Dominik Parisien. Dominik has shared an insightful list of powerful narratives. Here are his top 10 reads of the year: Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace Leena Krohn: Collected Works by Leena Krohn Sisters of the Revolution Edited by Ann & Jeff...

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December 16, 2015

Canadian SF Authors, What Are You Reading? Gemma Files

Gemma Files shares her favourite reads of 2015 with us here at Speculating Canada along with her brilliant insights about the books she has read: 2015 Reading List By Gemma Files I read a lot, pretty much constantly, and the sad part is that I all too often forget what I’ve read unless I write it down or write about...

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December 14, 2015

Golden Age Superheroes in Modernity

Golden Age Superheroes in ModernityA Review of Epic Canadiana Volume 1 by Cloudscape Comics, edited by Bevan Thomas. By Derek Newman-Stille Epic Canadiana volume 1 delightfully connects the golden age of Canadian comics (the origin of the Canadian superhero comic) with modernity, creating a link through Canadian comic book history. Epic Canadiana re-introduces readers to an aged Johnny Canuck, modelled...

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December 11, 2015

Canadian SF Authors, What Are You Reading? Ursula Pflug

Today, Canadian SF author Ursula Pflug answers the question of what she has been reading this year and shares her top 10 book list with us on Speculating Canada. 1 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 2 Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 3 Orlando by Virginia Woolf 4 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 5 The Brief Wondrous Life...

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December 8, 2015

Canadian SF Authors, What Are You Reading? A.M. Dellamonica

I have asked Canadian SF authors what they have been reading in 2015 to give you a sense of what has interested them this year. A.M. Dellamonica tells us about the top 10 books she read this year and gives us a few comments about them. CASINO ROYALE, by Ian Fleming – I read this as part of the preparation...

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December 6, 2015

Speculating Canada on Trent Radio Episode 51: An Interview with Ursula Pflug

This week on Speculating Canada on Trent Radio, Ursula Pflug and I talk about the different ways of thinking that Speculative Fiction provides, allowing for nuanced social explorations. We discuss the power of writing as a healing activity, an exploration of identity, and as providing a new way of looking at the world. Ursula Pflug and I co-teach a creative...

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December 5, 2015

Multiple Faces of Identity

A Review of Kate Story’s “Show and Tell” In Playground of Lost Toys (Exile Editions, 2015)by Derek Newman-Stille School can be a horror story. It is a space where identity is controlled and regulated and where normalcy and conformity rein. Anyone who doesn’t belong is firmly aware that they are the school’s monster and those who enforce that normalcy treat...

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December 3, 2015

Grey Areas

A review of Tanya Huff’s ” Gate of Darkness, Cirlce of Light” (DAW, 1989) By Derek Newman-Stille Tanya Huff’s Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light is a rare novel in that it features a type of protagonist that is rarely displayed in literature, and particularly urban fantasy literature. Rebecca is a woman with an ID (intellectual disability, sometimes called a...

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