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How to Sell SF/F to General Readers as Literature

Speakers: Kelley Armstrong, J. Boone Dryden, & M.C. Joudrey When Atwood does it, it’s literature. When anyone else does it, it’s Genre Fiction. What does SF&F have to say to the world that other literature doesn’t? Do you have to

Copyright Law in Canada and the United States

Speaker: Prof. Adriane Porcin A panel comparing and contrasting copyrights, contracts, work-for-hire and other concepts related to art and art law, which make for different interpretations of what can and cannot be done with one’s art once it crosses the

Critique Group Survival

Speakers: Lindsay Kitson & Daria Patrie So you’re ready to share what you’ve written with others and get feedback on it. How do you find a critique group? How do you know if you’ve got a good one? How do

Thom Talk

Speaker: Thom Allison Join Thom as he recounts how a young lad from Winnipeg in the hard world of entertainment.

Women in Speculative Fiction

Speakers: Kelley Armstrong, Tamsen McDonough, Lindsay Kitson, & Van Kunder Join our panelists as they explore how female characters have been portrayed in books and on film in the past and present and how women have been involved in their

Artist Alley vs Art Show

Featuring Kitty Cat Creations What is best for you and how to attend them.

Book Reading: Various

Speakers: Timothy Gywn, Sherry Peters, & Melinda Friesen Timothy Gwyn reads from Avians, Sherry Peters reads from Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf, and Melinda Friesen reads from Subversion. A question and answer session follows the readings. Stay until the end to

Can Fans be Pros and Pros be Fans

Speakers: Featuring Laurie E. Smith and Lana Klassen Exactly what it says on the tin. Is being a fan or being a pro a binary state of affairs — if you’re one, you definitely ain’t the other? Or is the

What do Publishers Want in Young Adult Science Fiction

Speaker: Melinda Friesen Join Melinda Friesen as she discusses with our convention members what publishers are looking for in contemporary Young Adult Science Fiction. Melinda Friesen is an author and the Acquisitions Editor with Rebelight Publishing Inc., a Winnipeg based

What Makes a Good Story

Speakers: Gerald Brandt & M.C. Joudrey What matters most in written storytelling?  Style? Pacing? Does it need to be character driven or full of action and adventure? Just what goes into making a really good story?

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