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Friday, October 18 • 4:00pm - 4:50pm
So This is Your First Con

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Never attended a literary SF convention? Well, this isn't Comic Con. You're going to meet a bunch of people, hear amazing insights from professionals on panels, and have a chance to sit with pros over coffee or drinks. Learn what Can*Con is and how to get the most out of it!

Moderators
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Costi Gurgu

Lead UX Designer, Digital Garage
Costi’s scripts have been finalists and semifinalists in numerous competitions. Costi’s fiction has appeared in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He has sold 3 books and over 50 stories for which he has won 24 awards. His latest sales include the anthologies Tesseracts 17... Read More →

Panelists
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E. L. Chen

E. L. Chen is the author of The Good Brother and Summerwood/Winterwood, the latter of which was longlisted for the Sunburst and recommended as a Best Book for Kids and Teens by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Her short fiction has been published in venues such as Strange Horizons... Read More →
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Cortni Fernandez

Writer, Can*Con programmer
Cortni is a member of the Can*Con programming team, based in Toronto. She mostly writes SFF novels, mostly during November.
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Sarah Parkinson

Sarah Parkinson is a lawyer practising in Toronto. She received an LL.B. from the University of Windsor and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy. She was called to the Bar in Ontario in 2011. She obtained a Honours BA from the University of Toronto, specializing in History... Read More →
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Sandra Wickham

Sandra Wickham lives in London, Canada with her super powered son with Down syndrome. Her friends call her a needle crafting aficionado, health guru and ninja-in-training. Sandra’s short stories have appeared in The Urban Green Man, Sirens, Equus, Evolve: Vampires of the New Undead... Read More →


Friday October 18, 2019 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Salon D - 20 seats