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VCON 33: Greater Vancouver's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

By keithlim on September 3, 2008 - 3:39pm

VCON is Greater Vancouver's annual science fiction & fantasy convention.

Guests of Honour are Kelley Armstrong (Author), Patrick Rothfuss (Author), Lisa Snellings (Artist), James Ernest (Gaming), and Dr. Jaymie Matthews (Science), with Michael Walsh (Toastmaster). Also Attending: Don DeBrandt, Lynne Fahnestalk, Eileen Kernaghan, Jeanne Robinson, Spider Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Lisa Smedman.

Three days of programming, plus Art Show, Book Launch, Breakfast Buffet, Dance, Dealers Room, Elron Awards, Fan Club Tables, Filk Music, Games Room, Hospitality Suite, Kidcon, Masquerade, Parties & Meetups, Turkey Readings, Voodoo Board.

Pre-registration rates (till 15 Sep) are Adult: $50, Student: $38, Child 7-12 years: $25, and Gamer-only: $40. Children 6 years and under are free. Payment in US$ accepted at par. After 15 Sep, on-site registration only at $60/$45/$30. One-day memberships available on-site.

Venue: Compass Point Inn, 9850 King George Highway, Surrey, BC, Canada V3T 4Y3

Website: http://www.vcon.ca/
Phone: (778)230-1605

Poet Laureate George McWhirter to read on the World Poetry Café Radio Show!

By worldpoetry on May 10, 2007 - 3:00pm

Poet Laureate George McWhirter to read on the World Poetry Café Radio Show!
The World Poetry Café Radio Show, with hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea are proud to feature the poet laureate of Vancouver May 15, beginning at 9:00 pm. on CFRO, 102.7 FM. For internet connections, go to www.coopradio.org and follow the links. For satellite: Starchoice 845.
McWhirter's first book, Catalan Poems (Oberon, 1971), shared the 1972 Commonwealth Prize with Chinua Achebe’s Cry Soul Brother; McWhirter's novel Cage (Oberon), about a B.C. priest in Mexico, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1988; and he has received the League of Canadian Poets Canadian Chapbook Prize (for Ovid in Saskatchewan, 1998), the F.R. Scott Prize for Translation (1988), the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (1972), the Macmillan Prize for Poetry (1969) and a Killam Prize (1998) for his teaching.
Please tune in and listen to this amazing poet and person!
Co-host Ariadne Sawyer says:” We are please to welcome George to our World Poetry Family!
For more information: ariadnes@uniserve.com