Category Archives: Appearances
A tiny reminder
I just sent out my latest author update via the TinyLetter service. If you’re interested in getting updates by email as well as reading this blog, or maybe even instead of reading this blog — insert crushed author emoticon here — then feel free to sign up.
I only send out updates whenever I have a new project to announce, so don’t worry about getting spammed — think of it as an alert service. You can check out the archive of letters here if you’re nervous and not sure you want to commit.
Go have a look. I’ll be here waiting. I should be writing the new book, but I’m waiting for you. No pressure.
Whistles tunelessly.
Roll a d20 for appearances
If you follow this blog, you know that I’m a big fan of the Storm Crow Tavern in Vancouver. Where else can you eat an Elvish Burger while rolling a d20 for random shots — Critical Hit! — while playing one of their many board games — who’s in for a quick game of Arkham Horror in front of the giant Cthulhu head?
On very special nights, such as when the Known Planets align with the Unknown Ones, or certain Thursdays, you can also hear writers such as myself read from their works.
I held the Vancouver launch for The Mona Lisa Sacrifice at the Storm Crow Tavern, and it was a great success, aside from that Curse of Typo Terror cast by the wait staff. Now I’ll be returning to the Storm Crow to read from The Dead Hamlets, the sequel to The Mona Lisa Sacrifice, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
My reading will be part of the Storm Crow Tavern Reading Series – Season Two. Other readers will include James McCann, Kristi Charish, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Claude Lalumiere and Heather Haley. I’m thrilled to be part of such a great lineup.
I already have a special surprise in mind for the reading. But you’ll have to be there to experience it. Book your time away from work and your family now!
It’s Word Vancouver time again!
It’s September and you know what that means. It’s back to school time — and back to Word Vancouver! I won’t be reading at any of Canada’s annual litfests this year, but I’ll be hosting a group of writers at the Canada Writes tent for Vancouver’s street fest of all things literary. Details:
Sunday, Sept. 28
4:00 pm Kim Fu
For Today I Am a Boy (HarperCollins Canada $19.99)
4:15 pm Caroline Adderson
Ellen in Pieces (Patrick Crean Editions $22.99)
4:30 pm Geoff Berner
Festival Man (Dundurn $17.99)
4:45 pm Aaron Bushkowsky
Curtains for Roy (Cormorant Books $21.00)
Get all the full details at the Word Vancouver site.
Check out these panels I’m hosting at the Vancouver Writers Fest
The Vancouver Writers Fest just announced its 2014 lineup, and it’s another great one. I’ll be hosting two panels — details below. The full lineup is pretty great — check it out if you can.
Familiar Haunts
Friday, October 24, 2014 – 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Waterfront Theatre
$20
Ready for some hair-raising tales from three frightfully good Canadian writers? Meet Jacqueline Baker, whose compelling, creepy novel features the ailing, impoverished and frightening H.P. Lovecraft, a true historical figure who was America’s first horror writer. Eric McCormack’s masterpiece of literary Gothicism stars a man haunted, literally and figuratively, byhis past in an isolated Scottish village. And Russell Wangersky’s dark psychological thriller spotlights a grocery store cleaner who collects the shopping lists people leave behind, providing him with an invisible net to throw over those who leave traces of their life in his path. This is perfect fodder for a fall Friday.
Probables and Impossibles
Saturday, October 25, 2014 – 10:30am
Granville Island Stage
$20
What’s the difference between fantasy and science fiction? Fantasy can’t happen. Science fiction is something that hasn’t happened, but could. Two fantasy writers and one science fiction writertalk about the worlds of the probable and the impossible that they’ve imagined onto the pages of their new novels. William Gibson’s The Peripheral is his latest invention in a long string of inventive novels that have earned him rave reviews and a worldwide following over three decades. Working in the world of the impossible are fantasy writers A.M. Dellamonica and Sebastien de Castell. Travel to Dellamonica’s Stormwrack, an ocean- based world on the other side of the portal. Or duck the barbarians at the borders of de Castell’s Tristia. Good thing these worlds are impossible—and very entertaining.
Reading at ChiSeries Vancouver
I’ll be reading at ChiSeries Vancouver Oct. 9, along with Melia McLure and Silvia Morena-Garcia. They’re both awesome writers and cool people, so I’m excited about this. I think I might take a break from reading The Mona Lisa Sacrifice and read my story from Imaginarium 2013 instead.
There’s a Facebook event if you’re on FB.
Hope to see you there!
The Word on the Street is… Vancouver!
I’m reading at Word Vancouver (formerly Word on the Street) again this year, and I’m flattered to be featured on the Word Vancouver website! I’ll be reading at the festival Sunday, Sept. 29, at 1-1:15 p.m., at the Canada Writes tent. I guess I’d better read something from The Mona Lisa Sacrifice!
I’ll be reading right after YA star Elsie Chapman and right before bestselling mystery writer Cathy Ace, and it’ll be hosted by Jenn Farrell, so it promises to be a fun time. See you there!
The Vancouver launch is at the best nerd pub in the city!
The time is nigh! The time for the Vancouver launch of The Mona Lisa Sacrifice, that is. I’ll be reading from my new book at the Storm Crow Tavern, Vancouver’s prime haven for geeky nerds and nerdy geeks, on Thursday, Aug. 22. The reading is scheduled for sometime between 7 and 9. I won’t commit to anything more specific than that because, well, have you seen the drinks list at the Storm Crow?
There will be food and drink — and games, because that’s the kind of night it’s going to be. There will also be books for sale, if that’s the sort of thing that interests you.
The pic above is a scene from a typical night at the Storm Crow. You know you want to be there.
You can RSVP at the Facebook event if you like.
A few pics from the Toronto launch of The Mona Lisa Sacrifice
It was great to be back in Toronto again for the launch of The Mona Lisa Sacrifice — I reunited with a lot of old friends and met a bunch of new ones. The humidity, though — I haven’t missed the humidity.
I was only able to take one pic the entire night, as I was too busy reading, signing books or ordering another mojito. Thankfully, a few other people managed to get some shots of the event. If you have any more, let me know. I’d love to see what happened!
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- Reading from The Mona Lisa Sacrifice
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- Trying to think of something clever to sign in a book.
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- Signing
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- The merch
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- Signing gets easier with more mojitos
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- My biggest, er, littlest fan!
The Mona Lisa Sacrifice launches in Toronto on June 26
My new novel, The Mona Lisa Sacrifice, launches in Toronto Wednesday, June 26. It’s going to be a party, because I’m also launching with Toronto writers David Nickle and Joey Comeau. You know the night is going to be crazy with those guys and the ChiZine crew all there! I hope you’ll come out and join in the festivities.
The launch will be held at:
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