Bruce Madole, an award-winning songwriter and short fiction writer, speaks about the reality of publishing, advice he learned from writing mentors and the importance of humour in crime writing. Bruce Madole is an award-winning songwriter and was the 2017 winner of the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award, for a short story titled How To Make A BLT. Working professionally as a technical writer and journalist since 1980, Bruce began his literary career as a poet, including a year-long poetry workshop at Trent University, in 1978, under the mentorship of Dennis Lee. After spending the best part ..read more

Christopher Canniff shares his journey through Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, and how he began work on two novels, one of which became Poor Man's Galapagos. He also talks about how he ended up interviewing a WW2 British Commando for his book, Intervals of Hope. Christopher Canniff is the author of Intervals of Hope (Blue Denim Press, October 2021), Poor Man's Galapagos (Blue Denim Press, 2015) and Abundance of the Infinite (Quattro Books, 2012). He mentored with MG Vassanji and David Adams Richards at the Humber School for Writers. He published in Descant Magazine and with Tightrope Books, and s ..read more

Fellow Canadian Suzanne Craig-Whytock shares how she transitioned from being a writer to publisher, the goals for her publishing house DarkWinter Press and what writers can expect after their manuscript is submitted for publication. Suzanne Craig-Whytock is the author of four novels: Smile, The Dome (English version, 2019; international Arabic translation, 2022), The Seventh Devil, and The Devil You Know, all published by Bookland Press, two short story collections: Feasting Upon The Bones and At The End Of It All, both published by ..read more

Sarah Haasz shares her career journey, how she ended up creating "Gangnam Project" and what inspires her work. After 20 years as a Broadcast Executive for various children's programming networks in Canada, Sarah Haasz has taken her robust industry experience directly to kids television production, creating original series and assisting producers in bringing their shows to fruition. Sarah recently wrapped “Gangnam Project”, the live action K-pop drama/comedy series she created and which she'll be talking about today. She also produced the Emmy-nominated “Circuit Breakers”, a live action anthol ..read more

Writer Jesse Zimmerman discusses what inspired him to write, the difficulties of publishing and how he created his main character, "the Challenger" in his first book, Our Adventures with the Challenger. At time 22:00 he reads from Our Adventures with the Challenger. Jesse has always lived, worked, and studied in Toronto. Growing up, Jesse enjoyed fiction, particularly speculative fiction and fantasy, anything imaginative. He began writing at a very young age on a DOS computer, creating short stories and little novellas. In his teens he was particularly interested in fantasy, having fond memori ..read more

Author Kit Daven unveils why AI serves as her creative ally, how to utilize AI as a valuable tool to seek feedback on her writing, and why the notion that writers should harbor any fear of AI should be dismissed. Kit Daven’s heart beats for the eerie and the extraordinary in her tales. Even her sci fantasy series, which begins with The Forgotten Gemstone, unfolds in The Other Castle, and culminates in The Starry Rise, possesses demonly threads running through the trans-dimensional landscape. Her most recent work, The Arrest in Mannequin Row, steps out of the fantasy realm into an urban one, wh ..read more

Writer and editor Matthew Gordon shares how he juggles editing eight books at once while writing, researching and working; advice for surviving writing as a marathon and how he manages his time. Matthew Gordon's short fiction has appeared in Amazing Stories, in High Shelf Press, in The Quilliad, and in The Exhibitionist. His non-fiction has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Sporting News, The Billfold and on RealGM.com. He has lived in Ontario, New York, Texas and Alberta. He now lives in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario. At time 21:00 he reads Wound ..read more

On the Artsy Raven M.A.C. Farrant describes her journey of becoming a prize-winning writer, the Zenlike process of discovery when she writes and how cows inspired her latest Jigsaw Puzzle book. M.A.C. Farrant - Marion Farrant has been writing and publishing since the 1980s:  18 works of fiction, non-fiction and memoir; two produced plays, countless book reviews for the Vancouver Sun and Toronto Globe & Mail; and over a dozen chapbooks.  Along with Pauline Holdstock she ran the Sidney Reading Series from 1994 – 2009. Her books have been a finalist for many awards, among them the C ..read more

Writer Cormack Baldwin describes what it was like growing up in a family of writers, why he started an online zine featuring unusual formats for telling stories, and how he juggles multiple jobs while pursuing a literary career. Cormack Baldwin is a speculative fiction writer, editor, and disaster human. When frightened, he frequently recounts long tales about his hometown's disappearing and reappearing graveyards or his most recent brush with fate before fleeing into the night. Links: Archive of the Odd Zine - archiveoftheodd.wordpress.com Twitter - @cormackbaldwin Link to End All Links - cmb ..read more

ANALOG editor Trevor discusses the impact of AI on writers, the effect AI has on the editing process and how AI can be used as a tool for writers and editors. Before taking the reigns of ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION & FACT as editor in 2012, Trevor started off as an editorial assistant in 1999 and worked his way up the ladder at ANALOG and ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION, under Stanley Schmidt, Sheila Williams, and Gardner Dozois, respectively. On top of that, he’s also been a Broadway stagehand, collected data for museums, and executive produced a science fiction pilot for a basic cable channel. He li ..read more