After Ad Astra

Ad Astra 2006 has come and gone - and what a weekend it was! From March 31 to April 2, sf/f fans and authors gathered at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Toronto for a plethora of panels, readings and Guest of Honour appearances. Foremost among said guests was Martin Springett, who confirmed his renaissance man status by exhibiting and speaking about his artwork, and by playing an hour of his fantastic music (including a new piece inspired by A Telling of Stars, which, of course, got me all misty). The highlight of the con for me, however, was not my panels or reading (though the latter, especially, went very well). Nope - it was dressing up in a pink-sequined, go-go mini-dress and auctioneering the Sunburst Award auction with the fabulous Lesley Livingston. I both hope and fear that photos of this event, and these outfits, will make it onto my site sometime soon! There's a particularly fine one of Lesley and me flanking one R. Scott Bakker... Special thanks to webmaster Terry Findlay for all his wonderful Ad Astra photos, and for being such amiable company at the bar! View Ad Astra photos