2012 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

Peter Watts, “Hive Minds, Mind Hives”

sfc2012 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:14:11 +0000

Peter Watts presents a talk entitled “‘Hives Minds, Mind Hives” at the 2012 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

Helen Marshall, “The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book”: Some Thoughts on the Coming of eBooks

sfc2012 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:12:50 +0000

Helen Marshall presents a talk entitled “”The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book’: Some Thoughts on the Coming of eBooks” at the 2012 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

Mike Carey, “‘Speak of the Dazzling Wings’: Myth, Language, and Modern Fantasy”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:27:15 +0000

Mike Carey presents a talk entitled “‘Speak of the Dazzling Wings’: Myth, Language, and Modern Fantasy” at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

Daniel Heath Justice, ” Indigenous Imaginaries: Contemporary Aboriginal and Native American Fantasists and the Decolonial Imperative”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:25:54 +0000

Daniel Heath Justice, professor of aboriginal literature at the University of Toronto, delivers his lecture ” Indigenous Imaginaries: Contemporary Aboriginal and Native American Fantasists and the Decolonial Imperative” at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

Caitlin Sweet and Lesley Livingston, “Intimate and Interactive with Caitlin and Lesley: Making up Worlds…and Words”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:24:06 +0000

Caitlin Sweet and Lesley Livingston present “Intimate and Interactive with Caitlin and Lesley: Making up Worlds…and Words” at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

Daniel Rabuzzi, “A Dragon of Their Own: Fairy Tale & Myth From a Feminist Perspective”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:22:49 +0000

Daniel Rabuzzi, author of the Choir Boats, delivers his lecture “A Dragon of Their Own: Fairy Tale & Myth From a Feminist Perspective” at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium.

In Support of the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:21:31 +0000

This video was compiled by Helen Marshall and Laura Marshall, for presentation at the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium. To donate, visit http://www.sunburstaward.org./Thanks to all who participated by sending videos: Matt Moore, Gord Zajac, Andrew Davidson, Lorna Toolis, Cory Doctorow, Laura Marshall, Helen Marshall, Claude Lalumiere, Julie Czerneda, John Clute, Diane Walton, Nicholas Ruddick, Matthew Johnson.

The video was produced by Thomas Gofton of Synn Studios, Inc. For more information visit http://www.synnstudies.com/.

Peter Watts, “God, Jackboots and Rule 34 OR How Pornography Could Save the World”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:19:08 +0000

Peter Watts speaks at the 2010 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium on “God, Jackboots and Rule 34 OR How Pornography Could Save the World.”

Gemma Files and Michael Rowe, “Queering the Genre”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:13:43 +0000

Gemma Files and Michael Rowe speak at the 2010 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium on “Queering the Genre.”

Julie Czerneda, “Canadian Science Fiction: Taking Over the World, Nicely”

sfc2012 — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:12:28 +0000

Julie Czerneda speaks at the 2010 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium on “Canadian Science Fiction: Taking Over the World, Nicely.”