You're invited to Can-Con 2016 in Ottawa and to the Guelph Book Bash (including the launch of Rhapsody 2016)

Author Tanya Huff

Can-Con, Ottawa's literary science fiction and fantasy conference starts soon:

September 9th to 11th

at the beautiful Novotel Hotel in downtown Ottawa.

Panels this year include 'Adapting Literary Works to TV and Movies,' 'Being a Woman in the Publishing Industry,' 'Extreme Weather Slap Down' and much more.

Guests of Honour: Sheila Williams, editor of Asimov's; Sam Morgan, senior agent with JABberwocky; Tanya Huff, author of the Confederation and Blood series; and award-winning author/editor and aerospace engineer Eric Choi.

For more information, check out http://can-con.org/cc/

Book Bash Festival 2016, a celebration of Guelph books

Sunday, October 16

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Red Papaya Restaurant

The Old Quebec St. Mall
55 Wyndham Street North, Guelph, Ontario (Map here)

Hosted by Jen Rafter

Live music by Madison Galloway

Over 20 local authors

Free admission (Donations accepted for Action Read)

Book Bash 2016 will also be the launch event for The Rhapsody Anthology 2016, the annual collection of Guelph poetry and very short prose that Friends of Vocamus Press publishes to increase public awareness of Guelph authors.

Note: My next workshops in Guelph will be Secrets of Writing a Page-turner, Saturday, Sept 10 (see here) and then How to Write a Bestseller, with New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, Saturday, Feb 18 (see here). Looking forward to seeing all my Guelph friends there. ~ Brian

See Brian Henry’s full schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.