Book Launch: Robert J. Sawyer and Finnian Burnett

Join Canadian science fiction authors Robert J. Sawyer and Finnian Burnett for readings from their latest works, "The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine" and "Redshirts Sometimes Survive." Readings to be followed by a discussion between the authors, and time for audience questions and book signing.

About the Authors

Robert J. Sawyer
Dubbed “the dean of Canadian science fiction” by the Ottawa Citizen and the CBC, Sawyer has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year; a record-setting 17 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards; the top science-fiction awards in China, Japan, France, and Spain; an Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada; and over 50 other national and international writing awards. He is a member of both the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario and was one of the nine initial inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Finnian Burnett
Finnian Burnett (they/them) is a writer whose work explores the intersections of the human body, mental health, and gender identity. They are a recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts grant, a finalist in the 2023 CBC nonfiction prize, and a 2024 Pushcart nominee. Their work appears in Blank Spaces Magazine, Reflex Press, The Daily Sci-Fi, CBC, contest anthologies such as Word on the Lake, The Wine Country Writer’s Festival anthology, Federation of BC Writers, and more. Their two novellas-in-flash, The Clothes Make the Man and The Price of Cookies, are available through Ad Hoc Fiction and Off Topic Publishing respectively.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher Calgary Public Library