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

Maaja Wentz

https://www.maajawentz.com/

Maaja's first novel, Feeding Frenzy: Curse of the Necromancer, won a Wattpad Watty award. “Inside of a Dog,” appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. “You,” won a short story prize in the national Norma Epstein Foundation competition for Creative Writing, University of Toronto. Maaja writes combinations of urban fantasy, SF, mystery, thriller, and humour.

6:00pm

18:00 - Opening Ceremonies; 18:30 - Aurora Pin Ceremony Salon F - 60 seats Worldbuilding: Government and Politics Salon E - 60 seats

7:00pm

Book Launch: The Quantum Garden by Derek Künsken Penthouse A - 75 seats Readings: 19:00 - S.M. Beiko; 19:30 - Charlie Jane Anders Salon B - 20 seats

9:00pm

Books & Beer Party Rook Creek Books Hosting Space Bundoran Press Party + Book Launch for Ryan T. McFadden Con Suite

10:00am

New Voices Reading Salon B - 20 seats Science Literacy Track Inauguration and Coffee Penthouse A - 75 seats

11:00am

Witches on the Rise Salon C - 20 seats

12:00pm

Behind the Scenes of Grant Applications Salon D - 20 seats

1:00pm

Climate Keynote: It's Worse Than We Think Penthouse A - 75 seats

2:00pm

Ask Augur Magazine! Salon C - 20 seats Economic Keynote: How Emerging Technologies Change Our Workforce, Our Economy & Our Community Penthouse A - 75 seats

3:00pm

Launch of Nothing Without Us 3 Brasseurs Canada

4:00pm

Getting Industry Gossip That You Need: Conversation with Locus Associate Editor Arley Sorg Salon D - 20 seats Podcasting 201 Salon F - 60 seats Technology-Driven Labor Market Disruption: The New Industrial Revolution Penthouse A - 75 seats

5:00pm

Designing a Planet Live Salon D - 20 seats

6:00pm

2019 Aurora Award Ceremony Christchurch Cathedral's Great Hall

8:00pm

Advanced Marketing for Indie Authors Salon D - 20 seats

9:00pm

ChiZine Publications Party Con Suite

10:00am

Works in Progress Readings Salon B - 20 seats

11:00am

Ready, Steady, Flash! Salon E - 60 seats Data is the New Gold Rush Penthouse A - 75 seats

12:00pm

Readings: 12:00 - Éric Desmarais; 12:30 - Rebecca Simkin Salon B - 20 seats

1:00pm

Posthuman Subjectivities in Vassanji's Nostalgia - Presentation on South Asian and Post-Colonial Literature Salon D - 20 seats

2:00pm

Works in Progress Readings Salon B - 20 seats