Tellings News

Caitlin's First Commissioned Story

2009-03-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

Caitlin’s first commissioned short story, “To Play the Game of Men,” will appear in Ages of Wonder, an anthology to be published by Penguin U.S. in late March, 2009.

Caitlin at GenreCon

2007-04-11T18:07:00.000-07:00

Caitlin will be spending the day in Sarnia, Ontario on Saturday, May 12 for GenreCon, the local library's annual convention. Robert J. Sawyer will be the guest of honour, and there will be many other panelists whose work runs the gamut from sci-fi to fantasy to horror to mystery to romance. Go to GenreCon website

Telling and Silences to be released in German

2007-03-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

A Telling of Stars and The Silences of Home are both going to be released in German. The rights to both novels were sold to Kerstin von Dobschuetz at Goldmann / Random House. Silences will be published first. Stay tuned for further details.

Another year, another Ad Astra, another sparkly Sunburst Award auction...

2007-03-08T08:48:00.000-08:00

And I do mean sparkly.

For the second year in a row, Lesley Livingston and I sacrificed decorum for art. This year we were joined by author and Prize Girl Adrienne Kress. We were all perilously underfed, but managed to stay on our tippy heels for the duration of the auction. After that we changed into more reasonable attire and repaired to the bar, where we ate (finally) and chatted with other authors, and editors, and friends we only see once a year.

It ended up being a very late night for most of us. I had a fairly early panel the following morning, and nearly decided to give it a pass - but I'm very glad I didn't. A bracing discussion about what, if anything, has happened to high fantasy is apparently the perfect way to end a con.

The next Big Event will be World Fantasy in Saratoga, NY, this fall. Here's to more fun and friends (if less sparkliness) then.

For more Ad Astra 2007 pics, click here.

Caitlin to Head Jury for 2007 Sunburst Awards

2007-02-06T13:25:00.000-08:00

This year Caitlin will head the jury for the Sunburst Awards. The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award based on excellence of writing. It is presented annually to a Canadian writer with a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection of speculative fiction published any time during the previous calendar year. Named after the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, one of the first published authors of contemporary Canadian science fiction, the award consists of a cash award of Cdn$1,000 and a medallion which incorporates a specially designed "Sunburst" logo. The winner receives his or her award in the fall of every year.

An Evening of Words and Music

2006-08-10T20:08:00.000-07:00

Music inspired by the works of Caitlin Sweet, Guy Gavriel Kay, and R. Scott Bakker will be performed by composer Martin Springett who will be accompanied by Chris McKhool on violin and Rahlen Sullaphen on bass. All three authors will be reading from their works. The event will be held in The Merrill Collection of SF Speculation and Fantasy, 293 College St., Third Floor on September 14th at 7:00 P.M. CDs and books will be available for purchase.

Bedtime Tales

2006-08-06T20:56:00.000-07:00

Caitlin will be participating in a night of readings by 20 Toronto area writers, called Bedtime Tales: Fables and Fantasies, as part of Nuit Blanche, Toronto's all night cultural festival.
September 30, 2006, from 7pm to 7 am.
Confirmed participants include: Kelley Armstrong, Sabrina Jalees, Mariko Tamaki, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Caitlin Sweet, Gemma Files, Kristyn Dunnion, Lillian Allen, Russell Smith, Tamara Faith Berger, R.M. Vaughan, Paul Hong, Hadley Dyer. More to be announced...

Win "A Telling of Stars" and "The Silences of Home"!

2006-06-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

Of course you already have copies of Caitlin's books but here is a chance to get additional copies for free! If you don't want to hoard them for yourself you could always give them to some less fortunate literary fantasy fan. Pat's Fantasy Hot List is offering copies of A Telling of Stars and The Silences of Home as prizes in a contest. For details on how to enter click here.

Silences of Home Nominated for Aurora Award

2006-05-23T19:45:00.000-07:00

"The Silences of Home" is a finalist for the Prix Aurora Award 2006 in the category "Best Long-Form Work in English". The Awards will be presented in Toronto during TT20 www.tcon.ca/tt20 on the weekend of July 7-9. The voting ballot will be posted on the Aurora website May 27. Help give Caitlin the recognition she so richly deserves. Click here (May 27th or after) to get a copy of the ballot and vote for "The Silences of Home"!

After Ad Astra

2006-04-05T21:25:00.000-07:00

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

Editor's Choice Award for Silences

2006-03-02T09:56:00.000-08:00

The Silence of Home has been selected as one of the best fantasy books of 2005 by the SF Site editors.

http://www.sfsite.com/columns/best06.htm

Ad Astra 2006 - 25th Anniversary

2006-02-21T16:00:00.000-08:00

Caitlin invites you to join her at Toronto's own Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, Ad Astra. Ad Astra is 25 years old this year. Caitlin will be participating in some panel discussions and will likely do a reading as well.

Don't miss the Sunburst Auction. Caitlin and her friend, Lesley Livingston, will be the auctioneers!

March 31, April 1, April 2, 2006
Crowne Plaza Toronto Don Valley Hotel

1250 Eglinton Avenue East
1-877-474-6835 or 416-385-6721

The official site is: http://www.ad-astra.org/index.html

Music Inspired by Caitlin's Writing

2006-02-01T08:16:00.000-08:00

Toronto musician and cover artist for A Telling of Stars, Martin Springett, has composed a suite of tunes (often referred to as the "Sweet Suite") inspired by Caitlin's books. In the photo Martin is performing the suite at Ad Astra where Caitlin heard it for the first time. "A Telling" is made up of three sections; click here to listen to the first. The full piece will be online soon. For more about Martin Springett, his music, and art click here.

Professor Caitlin

2006-01-31T09:02:00.000-08:00

Caitlin will be teaching an sff/f creative writing course at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies in the fall of 2006. Stay tuned for more details!

Nominations

2006-01-20T09:06:00.000-08:00

Caitlin was recently nominated in three categories in the "2006 wotmania.com OF Awards" on the wotmania.com website.
The nominations were for:
• Best New Author
• Most Underrated Book (The Silences of Home)
• Most Fan-Friendly Author
Caitlin's forum was also nominated for:
• Best SF/F/H Website (other than wotmania)