Here’s where you’ll be able to find me next month in Montreal at Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention.

I don’t know which I’m looking forward to more—the programming or the smoked meat!

The Year in Novels
Thursday, August 6
2:00 p.m.-3:00 pm. (Room P-516D)
with Jo Walton, Kevin J. Maroney
Our panel of experts tell you about the must-reads of the year.

Scanning for Life
Thursday, August 6
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (Room P-518A)
with Janice Cullum Hodghead (moderator), Mark Olson, Sonya Taaffe
In the fifth edition of Anatomy of Wonder, Neil Barron said that the book would not cover SF poetry because it is “a relatively minor and very specialized field that, in my judgment, has never produced major works.” Is that fair? If not, what are the major canonical works?

How to Respond to a Critique of your Writing
Thursday, August 6
5:00 PM-6:00 p.m. (Room P-511A)
If you’ve never been in a critique setting it’s intimidating. Scott Edelman tells you how not to get “down” when your work is being put down. A veteran of workshops, rejections and Clarion, an editor and writer himself, Scott gives a talk to new writers about how to respond to criticism of their work. This talk is especially recommended for people contemplating a residence workshop or people scheduled for the small session workshops at Worldcon that begin on Friday.

SF in Comics
Thursday, August 6
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (Room P-522B)
I moderate Anne ANGE Guéro, Tom Stidman, and Claude Lalumière
A discussion of the long marriage of the genre and the medium, from Buck Rogers to Nexus—perhaps with an emphasis on the intersecting contributions of Ray Bradbury.

Signing
Friday, August 7
7:00 PM-8:00 p.m. (Location: P-Autographs)

What Makes A Good Story?
Saturday, August 8
11:00 AM-12:00 p.m. (Room P-513B)
I moderate Bill Willingham, James Nelson-Lucas, Nancy Kress, and Robert Silverberg,
How do you know when you have an idea that’s viable? What elements make a story powerful, interesting, riveting? This panel includes well-known writers and a professional storyteller.

Who Watched the Watchmen?
Saturday, August 8
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (Room P-511BE)
with Russell Blackford (moderator), Tom Stidman, Lenny Bailes, Yanni Kuznia
After many years and false starts the big screen adaptation of Watchmen finally happened. Was it any good? Was it too faithful? Not faithful enough? Did it make sense if you hadn’t read the graphic novel? Let’s discuss.

SF Graphic Novels: Recommended Reading
Sunday, August 9
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (Room P-511BE)
I’ll be moderating Dominick Grace, Eric In the Elevator Zuckerman, Stephen H. Segal, Esther M. Friesner
They’re not your dad’s comic books anymore. What are the classic graphic novels? What’s currently on the cutting edge?

Reading
Sunday, August 9
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Room P-512AE)
with Geoff Ryman, James Patrick Kelly, and F. Brett Cox

Kaffeeklatsch
Monday, August 10
3:30 PM-4:30 p.m.
A chance to ask those burning questions.