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VCON 42 / Canvention 38 Schedule :: Candas Jane Dorsey




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Candas Jane Dorsey

Candas Jane Dorsey is the internationally-known, award-winning author of novels Black Wine (originally Tor, re-released Five Rivers) and Paradigm of Earth (Tor); short story collections Machine Sex and other stories, Dark Earth Dreams, Vanilla and other stories and ICE and other stories (PS Publishing, England, 2018); four poetry books; several anthologies edited/co-edited, and numerous published stories, poems, reviews, and critical essays. She was editor/publisher for fourteen years of literary press The Books Collective, including River Books (1992-2006) and Tesseract Books (1994-2003). She teaches writing to adults and youth, communications at MacEwan University, and speaks widely on SF and other topics. She was founding president of SFCanada, and has been president of the Writers Guild of Alberta. In 2005 she was awarded the Province of Alberta Centennial Gold Medal for her artistic achievement and community advocacy, and in 2017 received the WGA Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Literary Arts. She is also a community activist, advocate and leader.



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10:00 am

Short Story Writers' Workshop 1 (closed session) :: Writers Workshops & Readings (Steveston A)
R. Graeme Cameron, Candas Jane Dorsey, Holly Schofield, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
Saturday October 6, 2018 :: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
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8:30 pm

Aurora Awards Ceremony :: Main Programming (Britannia C)

Saturday October 6, 2018 :: 8:30 pm
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2:00 pm

Reading and Q&A with Author Candas Jane Dorsey :: Main Programming (Britannia C)
Candas Jane Dorsey
Sunday October 7, 2018 :: 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
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