SF Canada members Joe Mahoney and Douglas Smith will be on hand at Ad Astra in the Dealer’s Room with various titles for sale during the convention. The Dealer’s Room will be open Friday 5-11 pm, Saturday 10 am-6:30 pm, and Sunday 10 am-4 pm.
Be sure to stop by to find Joe and Douglas, say hello, and check out some great Canadian specfic titles!
SF Canada member Rebecca Diem recently launched the fourth and final book in her Tales of the Captain Duke series, Of Tempests and Teacups. Rebecca will be attending Ad Astra this coming weekend and celebrating the book’s launch at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, in Room 1086 at the convention hotel, the Sheraton Parkway North.
About the book:
Stop the Tradists. Save the Captain Duke.
When the Captain Duke goes missing, Clara takes the helm to face enemies old and new. Torn between desire and duty, she must use her skills as both pirate and debutante to unite her allies and save the day.
Even if it means facing her greatest fears—and returning to where it all began.
Find out more about the series on Rebecca’s website.
Edward Willett‘s new short-story collection, Paths to the Stars: Twenty-Two Fantastical Tales of Imagination, has just been released by Shadowpaw Press. Willett says, “The stories in it span my writing career–the oldest is one I wrote at age 19 (or possibly 18, I’m not sure) at Harding University; the newest just came out earlier this year. They’re roughly fifty-fifty young adult and adult stories.”
The 320-page book is available in print and all popular ebook formats from most online (and some brick-and-mortar) bookstores, including:
Shadowpaw Press| Amazon.com| Amazon.ca| Chapters/Indigo| Barnes & Noble
Autographed copies are available directly from Willett through his new online shop.
Here’s the official description:
From Edward Willett, Aurora Award-winning author of Marseguro, The Cityborn, and Worldshaper (DAW Books), among many others, comes twenty-two tales of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, drawn from a long career of telling fantastic tales.
A young musician dreams of playing his songs among the stars…A Broadway performer on the lam is forced to direct aliens in The Sound of Music…Strange vegetables with dangerous properties crop up in small-town Saskatchewan…A man with a dark secret gets his comeuppance on a windy night on the prairie…An elderly caretaker on the Moon preserves the memory of the millions who died on Earth’s darkest day…A woman and a bat-like alien must overcome their own prejudices to prevent an interstellar war…
From the far future and the farthest reaches of space to the Canadian prairie, from our world to worlds that have never existed to world’s that might some day, rich realms of imagination and the fascinating characters and creatures that populate them await within these stories, some previously published, some seeing print for the first time.
Time to go exploring…
A review…
“From exploding fruits and vegetables to a shrine on the moon, dedicated to the memory of a devastated Earth, these stories will not disappoint. If you’re a Fantasy and Science Fiction fan like I am, you’re sure to enjoy this rollercoaster of stories every bit as much as I did. I can sum my thoughts up in two words: ‘READ THEM!'” –Lorne McMillan, Author of Isaac’s Blood
SF Canada member Claire Eamer‘s delightful picture book, Underneath the Sidewalk, has been nominated for two children’s choice awards: the Shining Willow (Saskatchewan), and the Chocolate Lily (British Columbia). The book follows a young girl who falls through a sidewalk crack into a world of monsters. The book is illustrated by Thomas Gibault of Montreal.
SF Canada member Bernadette Dyer is pleased to announce her forthcoming novel, Chasing the Banyan Wind. The historical novel set during World War 2 will be published by LMH Publishing.
In addition, Dyer also has two poems set for publication in Tamaracks, an anthology of Canadian poets scheduled for publication from California’s Lummox Press.
Both books will be available in the fall of 2018.
SFC member Holly Schofield’s latest story stems from reading about a famous grizzly bear around Banff known as Bear 148. The grizzly was in and out of various news stories after several close encounters with humans. As this article says: When grizzlies mix too freely with people, the grizzlies usually lose.
According to Bill Hunt, a Parks Canada resource conservation manager, this particular bear “…showed a very moderated response…tolerating less than ideal human behaviours time and time again.”
Despite this, she didn’t last long. Bear 148 was shot and killed by a hunter in 2017 when she wandered outside park boundaries. She was one of the last few bears legally killed before British Columbia ended grizzly trophy hunting last November.
As we hurtle toward a tech-driven future, we need to figure out how to be better stewards of our little blue planet. That was the impetus for Communitech ‘s True North conference last week. This international conference focused on issues at the intersection of society and technology, as a force for good in the world. Part of the initiative was a story contest to highlight that worthy endeavor. “Bear #178” was Holly’s winning entry.
