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Creating Worlds
Sunday August 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Bonavista Ballroom
Join us for a panel discussion on the art and craft of world-building across different genres. This session is designed to explore the fundamental elements of world-building and what it means to seamlessly incorporate them into our writing. Whether you’re crafting a fantastical realm, a dystopian future, or a contemporary setting, the principles of world-building remain pivotal in bringing your story to life.
Moderators
avatar for Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson writes science fiction and fantasy, is a local business owner (Titan Health & Safety), teaches World Building, facilitates the Weekly Write In, is a Co-Chair for the When Words Collide committee and is the current President for The Alexandra Writers Centre Society. Sarah... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Rick Overwater

Rick Overwater

Rick Overwater is a longtime Calgary-based fiction author, songwriter and comic creator.His graphic novel, Futility: Orange Planet Horror was nominated for a 2019 Aurora Award in the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association’s Best Graphic Novel category. As well, his short... Read More →
avatar for Miji Campbell

Miji Campbell

Miji Campbell is currently writing historical fiction and disappears regularly down rabbit holes of research. Her memoir Separation Anxiety: A Coming of Middle Age Story was her first book and winner of the 2016 Whistler Independent Book Award for Nonfiction. Miji's work has appeared... Read More →
avatar for Bonnie Jacoby

Bonnie Jacoby

Bonnie Jacoby writes adventurous fantasy and futuristic science fiction for teens. As a resident of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Bonnie's love for nature is reflected in her stories, transporting readers to worlds that are both familiar and fantastical. With her debut book, Dreams... Read More →
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Kevin Weir

I began my work in film before becoming an author of page, stage, and screen. A fan of fantastical worlds, I found a way to channel my chaotic energies into wild yarns, taking readers on unforgettable journeys. My debut novel, Endless Hunger, was praised as a "riveting, genre-blending... Read More →
Sunday August 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Bonavista Ballroom
  Panel Discussion, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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