On July 1, I had the honour to lead the singing of “O Canada” at the Lieutenant Governor’s Garden Party at Government House in celebration of Canada Day. And here’s a video! Here I am …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, already a finalist for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards and finalist for a 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division, has just been …
Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, a nominee for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards, is also a finalist for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division. This is …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m up for two Aurora Awards this year! Fireboy is on the ballot for Best Young Adult Novel, and The Worldshapers is once again on the ballot for Best Fan …
I spent a good chunk of today at Wordbridge, the annual writers’ conference in Lethbridge, Alberta. My main reason for coming was to launch a Shadowpaw Press title (Broken Realm by Jenna Greene, a Lethbridge …
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OK, so I’m 17 years behind the times…
Robert J. Sawyer quotes the news I posted at the head of the version of my science column emailed free to whomever wants it (you can subscribe here!) about my recent novel sale to DAW Books.
Which I really appreciate, but reading his introduction, in which he wrote “Ed has twice been my writing student at the Banff Centre (in 2003 and 2005),” suddenly made me realize that in my column introduction I called the Banff Centre the Banff School of Fine Arts.
In my defense, that would have been absolutely correct…prior to 1989, that is.
I just write about the future. Apparently I actually live in the past.
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