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The Official E-Zine of the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy AURORAN LIGHTS The Official E-zine of the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Dedicated to Promoting the Prix Aurora Awards and the Canadian SF&F Genre (Issue # 16 – March/April 2015) 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 03 – EDITORIAL CSFFA SECTION 04 – 2015 CSSFA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCED 04 – 2015 CSSFA CANVENTION LOCATION REMINDER 04 – 2015 AURORA AWARDS – Eligibility listing, nominating & voting. PRODOM SECTION 05 – MILESTONES – ChiZine distribution deal. 06 – AWARDS – Book shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Awards, Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award, James Herbert Award, & Locus Magazine Award Poll. 07 – CONTESTS – Friends of the Merril Short story Contest Finalists. 07 – EVENTS – Expiration Date book launch at Ad Astra, True Magics book launch at Ad Astra, Writing course offered by Nina Munteanu, Science Research talk by Robert J. sawyer, ChiZine Reading Series in Toronto, ChiZine Reading Series in Vancouver with Lisa Smedman, Upcoming Edge Publishing events, Upcoming Bundoran Press events. 10 – UPCOMING CONVENTIONS OF INTEREST TO WRITERS – Ad Astra in Toronto, Creative Ink Festival in Burnaby, 2015 Academic Conference on Canadian SF&F in Toronto. 14 – POETS & POEMS – Burning Maiden poems by Colleen Anderson, & I Dream a World. 14 – PRO DOINGS – Robert Runté, Alyx J. Shaw, John Thomas Gordy, Robert J. Sawyer, Randy McCharles, Robert Charles Wilson, Edward Willett, Matthew Hughes, & R. Graeme Cameron. 16 – CURRENT BOOKS & STORIES – The Book with No End & Pearls and Swine by Colleen Anderson, Love & Other Poisons by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Blood Matters by Aviva Bel’Harold, Probably Monsters by Ray Cluely, The Best of Neo-Opsis Magazine anthology, Casserole Diplomacy On Spec Anthology, An Unexpected Journey by Russ Crossley, Shamen’s Lure by Frank Talaber, Whispers of War by Sean Rodden, Type 2 by Alicia Hendley, Wrestling with Gods (Tesseracts Eighteen), Ghost World by Kristen Perron & Joshua Simpson, StarkLight Volume 3 Anthology, & RevOlutions by Roxanne Barbour, Expiration Date Anthology, The Eye of Strife by Dave Duncan. 23 – UPCOMING BOOKS & STORIES – Scar Tissue by Colleen Anderson & Rhea Rose, Ungilded by Jane Glatt, The Evil Eye of Africa by Jayne Barnard, Spawning Ground by Kevin Cockle, Point of Fate by David L. Craddock, Waking Anastasia by Tim Reynolds, The Acolyte by Nick Cutter & Craig Davidson, Infinitum by GMB Chomichuk, The Betting by Heather M. O’Connor, A Crisis in Conscience by Michael Plested, Ephipanies by Matthew Hughes, & Tiffins, Taxes and Dragons by Gregg Chamberlain. 26 – MAGAZINES – Apex Magazine, Liminality Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, Three-Lobe Burning Eye Magazine, Acidic Fiction Magazine, Lackington’s Magazine, Polu Texni Magazine. 2 33 – MARKETS – Elder Desires Dark Romance series, Apex Magazine, Liminality Poetry Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, Three-Lobe Burning Eye Magazine, Acidic Fiction Magazine, Lackington’s Magazine, Polu Texni Magazine, James Bond Anthology, Innsmouth free Press, & On Spec Magazine. 55 – GUEST ESSAYS – Workshopping & Formal Writing Training by Robert J. Sawyer. 57 – LETTERS OF COMMENT – Sandra Wickham, Lynda Williams, Robert J. Sawyer, Ron Friedman, Lynne Fahnestalk, Spider Robinson, JM Landels, Graham J. Darling. FANDOM SECTION 59 – FANNISH NEWS – Warp Clubzine now online. 60 – IN MEMORY OF LEONARD NIMOY – Mr. Spock; The Wonder Dog by R. Graeme Cameron 63 – FAN AWARDS – 2015 FAAn Awards Announced. 64 – GUEST ESSAYS – Another Age Entirely by R. Graeme Cameron 65 – UPCOMING CONVENTIONS – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Sasquan Worldcon. 68 – LETTERS OF COMMENT – Cathy Palmer-Lister, Gregg Chamberlain, Graham J. Darling, Sylvain St-Pierre, Eric Mayer, Dave Haren, John Purcell, Lloyd Penney. 72 – COLOPHON ART CREDITS: Jean-Pierre Normand – Cover art. Lynne Taylor-Fahnestalk – Page 59. EDITORIAL Finally completed this issue way late. Hope you manage to find something of interest. In this issue I announce my intention to start up OBIR Magazine which will be entirely devoted to reviews of Canadian SF&F Genre stories, magazines, and books. Why is it called OBIR? Go to page 15 to find out what this acronym stands for. Try guessing first. Bet you can’t get it right! Free to all who interested in reading it. I’m also toying with the idea of starting up an online SF fiction magazine possibly sometime in 2016. It, too, will be free to anyone who wants to read it. I intend it to be a paying market for Canadian writers, poets and artists. If I can come up with sufficient funds that is. Only a pipedream at the moment. But maybe… Please send me feedback! You can reach me at: < The Graeme > Or my Twitter account: < @rgraemecameron > And don’t forget to check out my website < Cdn. SF Zine Archive > which is devoted to the history of Canadian SF Fandom and Fanzines! 3 ****** OFFICIAL SECTION – BLAME CSFFA! ****** CSFFA NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015 CSFFA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCED The 2015 AGM will be held at The Roundhouse Community Centre in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Saturday May 23rd from 2 - 5 PM. The formal part of the afternoon is for the CSFFA AGM. The rest of the afternoon will be given over to a number of events: the celebration of the launch of the CSFFA Hall of Fame Trophy which will be finished and ready for its public debut that day; VCON’s presentation of plans for the 40th VCON; the unveiling of the design for the new Aurora Awards; the introduction and honouring of own sculptor/artist, Gideon Hay, the designer and creator of the CSFFA Hall of Fame Trophy; the announcement of the short list of nominees for the 2015 Aurora Awards CANVENTION 35/AURORA AWARDS CEREMONY Will take place at Can-Con, The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, in Ottawa. Oct 30 - Nov 1st, 2015. See Can-Con for convention information. AURORA AWARD ELIGIBILITY LISTS STILL OPEN TO ADDITIONS Till Midnight ESTApril 25th, 2015. Anyone can add to the list as long as each item meets the Category definitions. You don’t have to be a CSFFA member but in order to limit SPAM and allow us to contact you if we have questions about the submission we do need a valid e-mail address. Just login in (and then go to Eligibility lists), or join us to become a member ($10), at Aurora Awards Login. You can find the Eligibility lists here. Covers 2014 achievements for the 2015 Awards. 2015 AURORA NOMINATIONS STILL OPEN To nominate, you must become a CSFFA member, which costs $10, or, if a member in 2014, you must now renew. Join here. join or renew You may nominate anyone or anything from the eligibility list, but also anything not yet on the eligibility list, as long as it meets the nomination criteria. 4 Both the eligibility list and the nominations form will be open till Midnight EST April 25th, 2015. 2015 AURORA AWARD VOTING Voting will begin June 1st, 2015 and close Midnight EST October 17th, 2015. (There will be no voting during Canvention 35.) To assist you in making up your mind whom to vote for, the works of most nominees (possibly all) will be available in the CSFFA Member’s Voters Package for free download either complete or in excerpts. Awards will be announced at Canvention 35. Note that there will be a separate CSFFA business meeting which all CSFFA members are encouraged to attend. CSFFA WEBSITE – Prix Aurora Awards ****** UNOFFICIAL SECTION – BLAME THE EDITOR! ****** PRODOM NEWS ITEMS PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES & OTHER CATASTROPHES ChiZine DISTRIBUTION DEAL ChiZine Publications TORONTO, Ontario (March 2, 2015) — ChiZine Publications is pleased to announce it has signed new distribution agreements for its trade titles in Canada and eBooks globally. CZP trade paperbacks will now be distributed in Canada by PGC/Raincoast. Worldwide eBook distribution will be handled by Trajectory. CZP’s trade paperback distribution outside Canada will continue to be handled by Diamond Book Distributors. “We’re looking forward to working with PGC/Raincoast,” says Brett Savory, co-publisher of ChiZine Publications. “They have a tremendous reputation helping independent publishers rise above the noise. With our growing catalogue of titles, a partner who can get our titles into the hands of fans nationwide is a big plus.” “Trajectory is also a major step forward,” adds Sandra Kasturi, CZP’s other co-publisher. “Their innovative technical approach to eBooks makes them an industry leader. We embraced eBooks from the beginning, and Trajectory can help us extend our reach even farther.” Contact: Sandra Kasturi, Co-Publisher ChiZine Publications http://www.chizinepub.com [email protected] 5 About ChiZine Publications: ChiZine Publications (CZP) is British Fantasy Award-winning and three-time World Fantasy Award-nominated independent publisher of surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by co-publishers Brett Savory and Sandra Kasturi, Bram Stoker Award-winning editors. AWARDS, ACCOLADES, & OTHER EXULTATIONS Edward Willett – reports Masks is shortlisted for Best YA Novel & Regina Book Award in this year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards. HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION ChiZine Publications is the winner of the HWA 2014 Specialty Press Award, which recognizes a publisher outside the mainstream New York City publishing community that specializes in dark-themed fiction. ChiZine Publications (CZP), founded and run by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, sprang
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