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Blurb Shop
Sunday August 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Fairview
Includes audience participation. Get split into teams and, using a simple plot, create a short book blurb. Share the blurb and vote for which sells it best. Panelists will discuss what makes an effective blurb.

Steffanie Costigan, Reading Dream Press
Rob Bose, Seventh Terrace
Ed Willett, ShadowPaw Press
Brian Hades, EDGE Publishing
Speakers
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Ed Willett

Edward Willett is the award-winning author of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction for readers of all ages. His most recent science fiction novel, The Tangled Stars, was his twelfth for New York's DAW Books. Ed is also an Aurora Award-winning podcaster... Read More →
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Rob Bose

Robert Bose grew up on a farm in southern Alberta spending every free moment reading whatever fiction he could get his hands on. He's the editor of a variety of books and anthologies for Coffin Hop Press and The Seventh Terrace, the author of myriad short stories including the fiendish... Read More →
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Brian Hades

President, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
As the head of EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Brian Hades has been leading efforts to publish and promote high-quality, thought-provoking works in these genres.Through EDGE, he has published an international roster of authors tackling a wide variety of speculative fiction... Read More →
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Steffanie Costigan

Author Steffanie Costigan began her passion for writing at the young age of three years old. Despite her ongoing challenge with Dyslexia, she began to develop her skill in writing.Steffanie would visit her next-door neighbors often, who was an elderly couple from Germany; they shared... Read More →
Sunday August 18, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am MDT
Fairview
  Panel Discussion, Business

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