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Pale Grey Dot nominated for an Aurora Award

Screenshot of the CSFFA website.

I’m happy to report that Pale Grey Dot has been nominated for an Aurora Award in the category of Best Novel! This annual award handed out by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) for English-language Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards. Needless to say, this is a great honour, and my thanks go out to my editors (Adria Laycraft and Melissa Morrow), Jamis Paulson and Sharon Caseburg from Ravenstone Press, and my critique group from the Toronto Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers. All of them helped to make PGD the best it could be!

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A Pale Grey Writing Retreat – 2025

The 2025 Writers Retreat!

March 7th to 10th was the retreat of one Aurora Award winning author, Peter G. Reynolds, up in the Blue Mountains of Ontario, attended to by twelve incredible authors, all allegedly working on their individual projects. As for me? I was wrote REDACTED, which I can’t wait to share with you later in the year.

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After Action Report – Indigo Signing in Barrie

Don's signing at Indigo Barrie

An after action report of my November 30th signing at Indigo Barrie.

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An Interview with: Y.M. Pang, Wielder of the Broken Blades

Today we have Y.M. Pang, Aurora finalist and author of too many fantasy and science fiction stories to list out here. She is one of Toronto’s most successful short speculative fiction authors.

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Pale Grey Signing at Can*Con 2024 – Nov 3rd, Ottawa

Screenshot of the Can*Con schedule, with a bunch of arrows pointing to the signing timeslot.

In a quick bit of news, I’ve been tagged to do signings at Can*Con this year in Ottawa alongside Mona Storm.
– 10 AM, Sunday, November 3rd
– Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa

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Pale Grey Dot gets the nod from the September issue of the Toronto Sci-Fi & Fantasy Newsletter

Major upcoming events:
– Toronto SFF Newsletter: Now!
– SeanGeek & FastFreak Podcast Interview: Releasing July 8th
– Book Launch: Vore Tech by A.R. St.Pierre: July 16th
– Book Launch: The Civilization, by K.M. Mckenzie: October 11th
– Barrie Indigo Book Signing: November 30th

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Article: “Storied Ships” on the 49th Shelf

49th Shelf!

What’s this? A recommended reading list by yours truly has been posted on the 49th Shelf? And it’s about ships in speculative fiction? Go check it out!

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Pale Grey Interviews, Signings, Podcasts, and More!

Major upcoming events:
– Toronto SFF Newsletter: Now!
– SeanGeek & FastFreak Podcast Interview: Releasing July 8th
– Book Launch: Vore Tech by A.R. St.Pierre: July 16th
– Book Launch: The Civilization, by K.M. Mckenzie: October 11th
– Barrie Indigo Book Signing: November 30th

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An Interview with: Justin Dill, Connoisseur of Dust

An image of Y.M. Pang

Today we have Justin Dill, author of the Aurora nominated story: The Dust Bowl Café.

Writer, editor, and musician, Justin is an icon of Toronto speculative fiction.

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A Pale Grey Launch

The crowd at Bakka-Phoenix.

Pale Grey Dot has officially launched in both paperback and ebook!

This means that across the internet…

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