This past week Nate Hendley and Ron Moffatt appeared on the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library to speak about Nate’s book The Boy on the Bicycle. This meticulously researched journalistic investigation into the wrongful conviction of Ron Moffatt as an adolescent was the subject of the presentation. Ron, now a senior living in Sault Ste. Marie, was only 14 when Toronto police bungled a conviction regarding the heinous murder of a seven-year-old boy on the CNE…
Timothy Gwyn’s fascinating YA novel, Avians, is now available in audiobook through Audible, Amazon and iTunes. This is a remarkable story, with strong female characters, and precise aviation detail. If you haven’t either read or listened to Avians, you should, because this is simply one of the best YA novels out there. The world Timothy Gwyn has created is original and fascinating, one where civilization is restricted to flight for trade and transport, with an apartheid society segregated through…
One of Dave Duncan’s last works is a suspenseful science fiction entitled Pillar of Darkness, now published posthumously and releasing January 1, 2019. It’s now available for pre-order in print and ebook through Five Rivers and your favourite online bookseller worldwide. Two hundred miles wide and higher than the moon, Sungoback has stood over central Africa for thirty years, a pillar of light by night and of darkness by day. Science cannot explain it; it destroys technology….
It is with the greatest sadness I have to write about the passing today of one of Canada’s legendary SF&F writers, Dave Duncan. We go through life knowing we are born to die, but some people we come across are legendary, and so we forget they are mortal also. Dave was one such. A gentleman, crusty at times if you didn’t understand his background or culture, a storyteller of great skill. In fact, I’d come…
Timefall is set in Regina – present-day, and a thousand years in the future – featuring a teen mom whose baby is the long-predicted saviour of a distant future society; a flawed psychic Seer; and ecological cataclysm looming in both worlds. Biking along Wascana Creek, all Katie wants is a bit of peace – away from her teething baby Tyler, her bratty brother, and her nagging mom. Finding a quiet spot to stretch out on…