I had a great time at Ottawa’s CanCon and Aurora Awards this past weekend. It was great fun despite the Minto Hotel’s tendency to shut down room parties by 11 pm. Highlights included introducing Aurora nominee and Bundoran author Neil Godbout at the Bundoran Press room party, seeing Hayden Trenholm win and Aurora for Best Related work, and presenting the Filk award to Kari Maaren when original presenter Suzanne Church took ill. With doing panels and working at the Bundoran table in the Dealer’s room, I’ve never been so busy at a Con.
I did manage to find some time for other panels, including Hayden Trenholm and Lifetime achievement recipient Robert Sawyer interviewing each other. For the most part, however, I was one busy little conventioneer. The only thing I can say is, in the future, if it’s the last day and I’m on a ‘thinking’ panel, I may opt out simply because my brain is mush by then.
Maybe.
Special thanks to Derek Kunsken for convincing me to go, and to the Con Committee for the hard work they put in. And now some picture:

Jean-Louis Trudel giving Tanya Huff her monetary award for winning Canada’s version of the ‘Big One.’

Me! That’s me presenting for Best Fan Filk! Only in Ottawa can an obscure writer grow up and become an award presenter overnight.