Privacy, networking and the author/reader relationship with 2017 Guest of Honour Guy Gavriel Kay.

Where does the magic come from? 2017 Guest of Honour speech from writer, bookseller and Director of Self Publishing & Author Relations for Kobo, Mark Leslie.

The Rights Factory Inc. president Sam Hiyate recounts how he launched his career as a literary agent in his 2017 Guest of Honour speech.

We few, we happy few... C.C. Humphreys rhymes, illuminates and quotes Shakespeare during his 2017 GoH speech.

Wait a minute, you call a winter hat a what, again...?

Around the World in 80 Murders: When Words Collide panelists Ian Hamilton, G. W Renshaw, Jayne Barnard, Sharon Wildwind, Mahrie G Reid (M) discuss the myriad locales their fictional characters have encountered the Grim Reaper.

Q1. How do you use food in your writing and what is the most memorable use of food you have read?

Q2. Can authors use fictional places in real settings?

Q3. How do you deal with clothing when your characters are travelling?

Panelists discuss ghosts stories--fiction and non-fiction.  They ruminate over spirits they've met, the spectres in their fiction, Ouija boards, and 'real live dead people.'

Panelists: E. C. Bell, Mark Leslie, Laini Giles, S. G. Wong (M)