convention

I'll be appearing at this year's SFContario again. The convention will again be at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 300 Jarvis Street, Toronto.

Here is my final schedule of panels, signings, and appearances for the weekend:

Friday, Nov 18:

8 PM – Aurora Pin Ceremony (Solarium)

Saturday, Nov19:

11 AM – Writing Short Stories (Ballroom A)

12 PM – Half a Century Later (Moderator) (Parkview)

3 PM – Autographs (Bridge)

5 PM – Books and Their Adaptations (Moderator) (Gardenview)

Sunday, Nov 20:

12 PM – Aurora Award Ceremony (Shade Restaurant) Wish me luck!

2 PM – The Business of Writing (Solarium) Hope to see you at the convention!

I'll be a guest author and panelist again at the excellent annual Toronto convention, Ad Astra, this coming weekend. Here's my current list of panels, signings and readings:

Saturday, April 9:
3:30-5:30pm: Mass autographing session

6:00-7:00pm: Breaking Into Non-English-Language Markets — Speaker: Douglas Smith (Crowne Room)

Sunday, April 10:
12:00-1:00pm: Working with Small Presses — Panelists: Don Hutchison, Douglas Smith, Karen Dales, Timothy Carter, Laura Marshall. (Ballroom Centre)

2:00-3:00pm: It's the Best/Worst Time to be a Writer — Panelists: Matt Moore (m),Stephen Jones, Eric Flint, Ken Lillie-Paetz, Douglas Smith (Ballroom East)

3:00-4:00pm: Reading (with free ebooks and other giveaways!!)

Hope to see you there!

I'm be appearing at the inaugural edition of the brand spanking new SFContario, Toronto's newest annual genre convention, being held in downtown Toronto, Nov 19-21. Here's my schedule of panel appearances, signings, and readings, including a special screening of the indie film based on "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down."

Friday 9 PM – Aurora Pin Ceremony (Ballroom BC) A ceremony to present the new Aurora pins (which are quite spiffy) to all past winners and nominees who are attending SFContario.

Here's my schedule of panels and readings for this year's WorldCon (World Science Fiction convention), Anticipation 2009, in Montreal, Aug 6-10. I've added the times when I'll be signing at the SF Canada table. Hope to see you there!

Here's my schedule of panels, readings and signing for this weekend's annual and excellent Polaris 2009 convention in Toronto (formerly Toronto Trek). They have, as always, a number of great media guests, but they've continued the trend of recent years of including a very good literary track as well. Lots of author guests, of which I'm one. Hope to see you there!

Friday July 10:

• 7:00pm – Panel: "Neil Gaiman, Cultmaster or Literary Phenomenon?"

Saturday July 11:

• 11:00am – Panel: "Time to Get Paid"
• 1:00pm – Signing (Dealer's Room)
• 3:00pm – Panel: "It's a Must Read"
• 8:00pm – Panel: "I Just Saw Alan Moore"
• 11:00pm – Panel: "Return of the Combustible Panel"

Sunday July 12:

• 3:30pm – Reading (Unionville Room)