Panels participants include |
Alison Baird
Alison Baird is a resident of Oakville, Ontario. She is the author of numerous fantasy novels for both YA and adult readers, including The Dragon's Egg (Scholastic Canada), The Hidden World, The Wolves of Woden, and The Willowmere Chronicles (Penguin), White as the Waves (Tuckamore Books) and The Dragon Throne trilogy (Warner), as well as numerous works of short fiction. In addition to English, some of her work has been published in Russian and Dutch editions.
|
Keith Braithwaite
Keith Braithwaite has been an active SF/F fan for more than 20 years,variously as a president of MonSFFA, editor of that organization's fanzine, Warp, and ConCept concom member. He wrote and directed many of MonSFFA's popular fan films, including Plant 9 From Outer Space, MooseMan, and the multiple award-winning Beavra. He currently sits as MonSFFA's vice-president and edits the club's news bulletin, Impulse.
|
Jason Bourget
Jason Bourget is a Ph.D. candidate in English Literatureat Queen's University. He has been a fan, and critic, of science fiction for as long as he can remember. Currently, he is working on his
doctoral dissertation, examining how politics inform and structure representations of masculinity in late twentieth-century science fiction (1959-1987).
|
Heather Dale
Heather Dale is a full-time Canadianrecording artist and touring musician, inspired by ancient legendsand fantasy themes like the King Arthur stories. Based in Toronto,Heather has been a sci-fi/fantasy fan her whole life: spendingcountless summer days watching reruns of Dr. Who with her brother,making her brother GM for their two-person D&D games, stealingher brother's copies of Asimov & Heinlein when he wasn'tlooking... you may sense a theme here. She didn't realize that other people besides her brother liked SF/F until being introduced to theFan & Filk communities within the last decade via Toronto's Ad Astra and FilkOntario cons. She's never looked back! Since thenshe's been a performing guest at FKO, OVFF, Arisia, Ad Astra,ConCept, Contata, FilkContinental, World Fantasy Con and severalhouse concerts with fans in the USA and England. She was a 2005Pegasus double-nominee, a 2007 Aurora finalist for her live album “The Hidden Path”, and nominated in the 'Best Performer' category for the 2008 Pegasus Awards.
While still in university, Heather joined the Society for CreativeAnachronism (SCA: Mistress Marian of Heatherdale) and still goes toas many events as she can across North America every year. Herfirst solo concert was in 1997; she now tours full-time across North America and Europe with her partner Ben Deschamps. Ben grew up working on a dairy farm in the Ottawa Valley, before turning hissteps toward a music career in England -- playing with acts ranging from bluegrass to psychedelic space rock. Ben has several academic degrees in literature and Classics, and has also been a life-long fanof science fiction, especially the books of Harlan Ellison, Bob Forward and Robert Sawyer, with a special interest in dystopias &Russian scifi. For sound clips and lots more info, check out www.HeatherDale.com, including Heather's own short story re-tellings of the King Arthur legends(www.HeatherDale.com/LOA) and her brand newCD 'The Gabriel Hounds'.
|
Odellia Firebird
Odellia Firebird is a student andpractitioner of a myriad of interconnected and interdependent arts. Shehas studied theatre, fimmaking, and literature in variousschools. Odellia has also written, directed, and produced some fineworks including “The Blessed, the Cursed and the Forgotten One”as well as “A Page in the Saga”. She has multiple publicationsto her name; including novels, short poems, and articles.
|
Liana Kerzner
Liana Kerzner, called ?Canada?s Ultimate Fangirl? by the Edmonton Journal, is a prominent voice in the world of all things geeky as a writer, panellist, cosplay pinup, and convention/award show participant. The extensive superhero toy collection she has built with her husband, has been featured frequently on national TV. Liana is the ?Red? half of Ed & Red?s Night Party!, Canada?s longest running comedy series, and is staying true to her nerd roots by offering full episodes of the series free online this fall via Joost. She is the writer/producer behind hit Ed the Sock TV projects such as Smartass: The Ed the Sock Report and the legendary Fromage series. Liana headlines a public affairs talk radio show with her husband Steven on CFRB, co-writes an advice column for Faze Teen magazine, and is currently working on a fantasy comic book surrounding feminist theology entitled The Vessel.
Steven Kerzner
Steven Kerzner is the creator of TV icon Ed the Sock. A titan of the Canadian cultural landscape despite only being nine inches tall, Ed has been referred to as one of the most influential voices in Canadian Broadcasting. An award-winning producer with 27 years in the TV business, Steven has also been involved in politics and currently headlines a public affairs talk show with his wife Liana -- Sunday Nights with Liana and Steven -- on Canada?s most listened-to talk radio station CFRB. He also co-writes an advice column for Faze Teen magazine under the ?Ed? persona. A lifelong comic book, sf fan and toy collector, Steven is also an aficionado of the 30s pulp fiction of Doc Savage, the Shadow and others.
|
Nancy Kilpatrick
Award-winning author Nancy Kilpatrick has published 17 novels, close to 200 short stories and has edited 8 anthologies. She writes mainly horror, dark fantasy, mysteries and erotica and has been working on two new novels over the last few months. Her most recent stories have just appeared in: Blood Lite (Pocket Books) and Bits of the Dead (Coscom Entertainment). Look for her stories in these upcoming anthologies: The Living Dead (Nightshade Books); Darkness on the Edge (PS Publishing); The Moonstone Book of Zombies ; The Moonstone Book of Vampires ; Monsters Noir ; Traps and Don Juan . Currently she is co-editing with David Morrell Tesseracts 13 , an all horror/dark fantasy anthology.
For GLs see the Edge Publishing website
And one more thing for those in the Montreal area. Nancy is starting a horror reading group (yes, a book ‘club'). Members will decide which horror/dark fantasy books to read and meet once a month to discuss the book of the month. If you are interested, email her at: nancykilpatrick@hotmail.com
Check out Nancy 's latest at: www.nancykilpatrick.com
|
Lori Lightfoot
Lori was born and raised in Toronto and that's where she makes her home. But she does spend some of her time in Montreal these days :) . Lori is a collector of Living Dead Dolls and loves to hang out with her cat, Juby. In her spare time she has been known to dress up like a Klingon and support Kag/Kanada! Matthew Saliba
For the past five years Matthew Saliba has been slowly building a name for himself as a filmmaker specializing in films which combine elements of sado-eroticism (which is to say the erotic representation of sadomasochistic imagery as opposed to the vulgar and pornographic fashion in which it's unfortunately presented in most films) and horror. His current projects include: FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED, a feature-length anthology film composed of nine independently produced shorts by some of the veterans, rising stars and newcomers in the Quebec Horror industry all using the themes of Frankenstein as inspiration. The anthology will feature shorts of all genres including: horror, comedy, drama and even a spaghetti western/kung-fu hybrid starring Martial Arts Legend Gordon Liu (of KILL BILL fame)! In addition to overseeing the entire project, he will also be writing and directing an entry of his own: DARK LOTUS, a sado-surreal film noir shot in black-and-white.
Besides being a filmmaker, Matthew Saliba is also an actor, a model, a playwright, a stand-up comedian, a gentleman, and a gentle man.
|
Sébastien Mineau
Fan of Star Wars since he was 3 years old, Sebastien grew up with the latest in media Sci-Fi years after years. in the 90's, he got back in touch with his love for Star Wars and teamed up with a few fans to create Sithclan.net. In the more recent years, Sebastien has been dedicating time between his career in technological journalism and his many passions. You can usually find him around the Alliance Imperiale or hosting some sort of event.
|
Charles Mohapel
Charles has, since 1982, attended 23 World Science Fiction Conventions, 1 NASFiC, 2 World Fantasy Conventions, 1 San Diego Comic-Con, and various other local and regional cons. He has served as the Official Masquerade Photographer for 4 Worldcons and has been the Official Convention Photographer (solo, team member, or chief) for 5 Worldcons and 1 World Fantasy Con. Charles began contributing convention photos to SFRevu in 2004 and has been published in Science Fiction Chronicle, Chronicle and Locus magazine as far back as 1997. Now he contributes media reviews to SFRevu and serves as the News Editor for its sister publication TechRevu.
|
G.D. Morrow
G.D. Morrow is convinced, due the long string of weird events in his life that he is, in fact, a faërie changeling switched at birth with his parents’ third child. Switched not to add to the faërie gene pool, or as a good joke on mortals, but because the faëries felt he was too odd for even them to keep. Over the years he’s worked many jobs, but he’s most proud of his current plan to conquer the universe. Maybe by next Thursday.
Apprentices of Quark is his first self-published novel. His other books, published by The Independent Press, include Dead Magicians Club: Maps and Dead Magicians Club: Streets. He has devoted and growing following of readers, many of whom are members of deviantART, an extremely popular artist website. He’s a member under the name Dr of Demonology, and his page features an assortment of poems, songs, drawings, and his emoticon comic strips Lil’ DMC and Lil’ TARDIS Adventures.
www.drofdemonology.deviantart.com
Gordon hails from Montreal, the city of his birth, where he resides with his cat, Chibi, who often demands attention while he’s trying to write. He has no children and has never been married. Some guys are just that lucky. Dead Magicians Club merchandise available, including t-shirts, mousepads, etc http://www.cafepress.com/DrOfDemonology
|
Howard Picaizen
Howard has been a huge fan of scifi television and movies since he was first introduced to Star Wars back in 1977. His favorite shows are Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Stargate SG-1. He joined the fandom community in the early 1990s, taking an active role in the local Montreal clubs 'The High Council of Gallifrey' and 'Warp 9'. He participated in panels at Toronto Trek 11 and 12, and after a 10 year absence, at Polaris 22. This will be his first ever Con*Cept. Apart from earning a living as a Unix Systems Administrator and spending time with his family, Howard is also currently the Website Coordinator and Head of Media Programming for Anticipation 2009, the 67th Worldcon, in Montreal. (And somehow also finds time to read Marvel and DC comics on a weekly basis!)
|
Andrew Porter
NYC resident Andrew I. Porter, 62, sold his semi-prozine, SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE, to DNA Publications in 2000 and was fired in 2002; he started the magazine in 1979. A 25-time Hugo Award nominee, he won the fanzine Hugo in 1974 for ALGOL and the semiprozine Hugo
in 1993 and 1994 for SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE, a 1991 Worldcon Special Committee Award for "Distinguished Semiprozine Work", and in 1992 a Special British Fantasy Award. Since getting into fandom in 1960, he's published many different titles (including the newszine S.F.WEEKLY), been active in fan groups in NYC, worked on conventions in the US, Canada and overseas, and was on the central committee of the 1967 Worldcon, NYCon 3. With John Bangsund, he was responsible for the dream of Australia hosting the worldcon becoming reality. He was fan Guest of Honor at several conventions, most notably the 1990 Worldcon, ConFiction; also SummerCon in Toronto, and Norwescon in Seattle.
In publishing, he's been a proofreader and copy editor, assistant editor on F&SF from 1966-74, associate editor at Lancer Books, and a trade magazine editor and production manager on such titles as RUDDER, QUICK FROZEN FOODS (under Sam Moskowitz), CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT and ELECTRO-PROCUREMENT. He was editor/designer of THE BOOK OF ELLISON, published to honor the 1978 worldcon GoH. He has sold articles and photos to PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, OMNI, THE NEW YORK TIMES, etc. He's attended hundreds of conventions and 38 worldcons. Retired since 2002, he successfully battled liver bile duct cancer in 2007.
|
Matthew Saliba
For the past five years Matthew Saliba has been slowly building a name for himself as a filmmaker specializing in films which combine elements of sado-eroticism (which is to say the erotic representation of sadomasochistic imagery as opposed to the vulgar and pornographic fashion in which it's unfortunately presented in most films) and horror. His current projects include: FRANKENSTEIN UNLIMITED, a feature-length anthology film composed of nine independently produced shorts by some of the veterans, rising stars and newcomers in the Quebec Horror industry all using the themes of Frankenstein as inspiration. The anthology will feature shorts of all genres including: horror, comedy, drama and even a spaghetti western/kung-fu hybrid starring Martial Arts Legend Gordon Liu (of KILL BILL fame)! In addition to overseeing the entire project, he will also be writing and directing an entry of his own: DARK LOTUS, a sado-surreal film noir shot in black-and-white. Besides being a filmmaker, Matthew Saliba is also an actor, a model, a playwright, a stand-up comedian, a gentleman, and a gentle man.
|
D.K. Savage
D.K. Savage is a former research scientist in cellular genetics, educated at the University of Western Ontario and Boston College. He currently contributes articles on nutrition, molecular biology and medical biotechnology to a variety of web-based publications. His first Science Fiction novel, SHOOTING HIATUS, is now available from Amazon.com
|
Paul Simard
Having been a member of the Planetary Society for over 10 years and with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada twice (from 1984 to 1990 and 2004 to present), Paul Simard has been interested in astronomy for as long as he can remember. Although he used to be a software programmer, he is now pursuing a career in computer animation which he tries to combine with his passion for astronomy to help show the public the wonders of the universe.
|
David Shuman
David Shuman, a Former President of the RASC Montreal Centre and long-time member has always been interested in Space and Astronomy. A professional Graphic Designer, 3-D animator and
budding Filmmaker, David merges his interests in Space and Art. He has presented numerous shows on the subject, in particular, his fascination with stereoscopic imagery had led to 3-D shows about
Space Exploration. David is also an avid modeller, concentrating on historical launch systems.
|
Rene Walling
A fan of animation, comic books and science fiction, René Walling co-chairs Anticipation, the 67th Worldcon. He also writes for Frames Per Second magazine and has occasionally been known to work as a graphic designer.
|
|
