Toronto author and co-editor Eric Choi will moderate an evening spent with the local contributors to Carbide Tipped Pens, a new science fiction anthology. Authors Kate Story, David DeGraff, and Eric Choi will read brief sections from their stories in the anthology, followed by a question and answer session, and a signing. Books will be available […]
Fantasy author Robin Hobb will appear at the Merril Collection in the 3rd floor reading room of the Lillian H. Smith branch on Thursday, November 13 at 7PM. She will be discussing her writing and her new book, Fool's Assassin. Her new novel chronicles the continuing adventures of FitzChivalry Farseer, which began in Assassin's Apprentice, six books earlier. In […]
Diversity in Science Fiction and Fantasy will be a roundtable discussion moderated by Léonicka Valcius, with panelists Charlotte Ashley, Leah Bobet, E.L. Chen, Malon Edwards, and Tonya Liburdis. The panel will offer a wide-ranging discussion about diversity in the Canadian and North American lit and spec fic fields, their various forms, what works, what doesn't, and […]
Long Hidden: Speculative fiction from the margins of history offers short fiction giving a voice to the silent spear carriers of history, letting the people who are supposed to suffer in silence speak out. "The Oud" by Thoraiya Dyer and "It's War" by Nnedi Okorafor reveal the personal pain and cultural devastation caused by military actions. Standout stories include "Ogres […]
Harriet Marchem would have been Snow White in another reality. In this world Harry hates apples, and works with a Wicked Stepsister and a Pied Piper as an agent of the ATI Management Bureau, tasked with protecting the people living in our world from fairy tales. Fantasy readers will enjoy the world of Indexing , […]
Catherynne Valente's wonderful trilogy begins with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, a whimsical Victorian fairytale intended for adults. In the first book September is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard. She makes friends with A-L, whose mother was a wyvern and whose father was […]
Glen Hirshberg, author of Motherless Child, The Snowman's Child, and numerous short story collections, will appear at the Merril Collection of Science Fiction on Thursday, July 17, at 7:00PM. Mr. Hirshberg is a previous winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. Mr. […]
When the Emperor is murdered, Maia, his isolated, youngest son, abruptly becomes the Emperor Edrehasivar VII. Aided only by his secretary and bodyguards, the new half-goblin emperor fights to change the course of a thousand-year old empire. Fantasy combines with mystery, and politics with suspense, as Maia must identify the murderer of his father before the […]
Hugh Howey; author of the groundbreaking novel "Wool" Monday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m. 239 College St. (Lillian H. Smith building) Lower level program room Hugh Howey is the author of "Wool", the first self-published e-book to sell over a million copies. The book has also been published in hard […]
William Gibson will be interviewed by Robert J. Sawyer at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street on Thursday, January 12, 2012. Free tickets are available starting December 15. More information is available here: William Gibson at the Toronto Reference Library