Can*Con 2019: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts

Talia C. Johnson is a writer, poet, sensitivity editor, public speaker, workshop facilitator, ritual and service leader, educator, mentor, coach, and activist. She is an out queer autistic trans woman. Talia is a member of the Heartspark Press Executive Committee. She is currently... Read More →

Cait Gordon is the author of Life in the ’Cosm and The Stealth Lovers (Renaissance). Her short stories have appeared in Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland (Exile Editions), We Shall Be Monsters (Renaissance), and the upcoming Space Opera Libretti (McNett and Rossman). She is a disability... Read More →

Carolyn Charron is the author of Hunting a Sea-Glass Heart, the tale of a menopausal pirate returning to the sea, available Oct 2023 from Renaissance Press. Her short stories have appeared Nothing Without Us, an anthology of disabled writers nominated for a 2020 Prix Aurora award... Read More →

Nathan Caro Fréchette is a disabled, queer, transgender dad, designer, sequential artist, publisher, and author. He has published over a dozen short stories, both graphic and prose, as well as five novels, three graphic novels, one co-authored collection, and two works of nonfiction... Read More →

Tonya Liburd's fiction is used in Nisi Shawl's workshops and Tananarive Due’s UCLA Horror course. Her poetry has been nominated for the 2017 and 2018 Rhysling awards, and her fiction has been longlisted for the 2015 Carter V. Cooper (Vanderbilt)/Exile Short Fiction Competition... Read More →

Laurie Stewart has been writing since about the sixth grade, but only started submitting and publishing in 2015. She writes Urban Fantasy, high fantasy, and character-based Science Fiction. She lives near Ottawa and is mobility impaired, a chronic pain and migraine sufferer, and so... Read More →

I've published several short stories and a mystery novel, Journey of a Thousand Steps about a woman recently disabled by MS, turns sleuth to find her friend. The sequel, Death by Association will be released spring of 2020. I'm proud to announce that I have a short story in Nothing... Read More →

Jamieson has been writing since a young age when he realized he could be writing instead of paying attention in school. Since then, he has created many worlds in which to live his fantasies and live out his dreams.He is a number-one bestselling author—he likes to tell people that... Read More →