After two months away, it’s good to finally be back home in Mississauga. Carolyn and I had a great time in Saskatoon, and already miss our new friends from there. Being the first-ever writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron was an amazing experience. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
… conducted by current Aurora Award nominee Edward Willett just went online here. It’s a good, meaty interview about my residency at the Canadian Light Source and my new novel Wake. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Click photo for larger versionArthur Slade, who won the Governor General’s Award for Dust, and Robert J. Sawyer hanging out at the 20th anniversary celebration for the Sage Hill Writing Experience in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Art is currently teaching at Sage Hill, and the organizers are courting Rob to teach there […]
Yesterday, we went to Lumsden, Saskatchewan, for the 20th anniversary of the Sage Hill Writing Experience. Today: a barbecue at the home of bookseller and writer Kent Pollard, followed by dinner with Carolyn’s Saskatoon cousins. Monday: my final weekly writing lecture for the Canadian Light Source staff, plus my final three one-hour one-on-one critiquing/mentoring appointments […]
This Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m., there will be a launch for my new anthology Distant Early Warnings: Canada’s Best Science Fiction at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon; this will also serve as the farewell event for my two months here in Saskatoon as writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source. (Note: this event was orginally […]
I’ve been having a great time serving as writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s national synchrotron research facility. My final week begins today. Here’s a sign that someone recently put up on my office door at the synchrotron: And yesterday, I was helping archaeologist Elizabeth Robertson with an experiment down on one of the […]
Yesterday, as part of my outreach duties as writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, I attended a book club meeting; the clubs members — six very nice women — had all just read my John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winning 2005 science-fiction novel Mindscan. At one point, I got asked the inevitable question: who are […]
Photo of Robert J. Sawyerby Troy Fleece, Regina Leader Post. Click photo for larger version.Today’s (Saturday, June 27, 2009) Regina Leader-Post — the major daily newspaper in the capital city of the province of Saskatchewan — has a wonderful profile of me by Samantha Maciag. The article covers my writer-in-residence position at the Canadian Light […]
It’s been a busy seven days of public appearances and interviews — in three different cities: Saturday evening, June 13, 2009, I appeared in Calgary, Alberta, reading from Wake at the EDGE Publishing book-launch event. Monday, June 15, 2009, I gave an hour-long creative-writing lecture on “Great Beginnings” to the staff of the Canadian Light […]
John Gormley Live is Saskatchewan’s most-popular radio morning show, and I was guest for almost half an hour this morning. Missed it? No problem! You can hear the whole interview right here (I start at the 16 minute 9 second mark, and, in this version, with the commercials trimmed out, it lasts about 18 minutes). […]
Tonight I gave a very-well-received talk and reading at the Saskatoon Public Library, as part of my residency at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, with 108 people in the audience. And at the end, there was a reception with refreshments, and people came up to say hi, and get autographs, and ask questions, and all […]
Carolyn and I have been in Saskatoon for two full weeks now. Incredibly, my writer-in-residence gig at the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s national synchrotron, is already one-quarter over. But what a two weeks it’s been. During it, I: Did safety training at CLS Was interviewed by CBC Radio One in Saskatoon Was interviewed by CBC […]
That’s the headline for a story at CBC.ca today — and here’s the very nice article about my residency at the Canadian Light Source that accompanies it. (There was also a lovely piece on the Saskatchewan CBC Evening News last night, from which the quotes for this article were excerpted.) Visit The Robert J. Sawyer […]
I’ve only got five writer-in-residence appointments not yet spoken for during my stint at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon. If you want one, better book fast. I expect them all to be booked up shortly. Contact me at sawyer@sfwriter.com if you’d like to book an appointment. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Carolyn and I are safe and sound in Saskatoon (say that five times fast!). We’re having a blast, but — man! — I haven’t had a chance to catch my breath. We flew here from Toronto on Monday, June 1, had lunch with Canadian Light Source’s Matthew Dalzell, then did our safety training at CLS, […]
If you want me to critique a manuscript while I’m writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source, you must adhere to the following guidelines. I’m happy to critique any kind of manuscript — fiction (all genres), nonfiction, scripts, plays, poetry, school essays, etc. 1) Book an appointment in advance with me by emailing me at: sawyer@sfwriter.com […]
Want a free critique of your manuscript — and happen to be in Saskatoon? My first three critiquing days are all booked solid now, except for one appointment on Saturday, June 6 — I need someone to take the 3:00 p.m. slot for a critique (I don’t want to fall behind schedule my first week!). […]
The University of Saskatchewan’s alumni magazine is called Green & White, and the Spring 2009 issue has a nice little piece about my stint (which begins this Monday!) as Writer-in-Residence at the Canadian Light Source. It says: Taking Up Residence Award winning Canadian science-fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer, will call the Canadian Light Source synchrotron […]
They’re going fast! I’m only doing 30 or so one-on-one hour-long consultations while I’m writer-in-residence at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon in June and July, and I’ve just booked the first six appointments. If you want one — absolutely free! — email me at sawyer@sfwriter.com. I’ll read up to 5,000 words of manuscript (which […]
Planet S is the biweekly arts-and-entertainment newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and I was on the cover of the April 9, 2009, issue, and the cover story was about me. That story by Ashleigh Mattern, headlined, “Light Speed, Mr. Sawyer — Engage!,” is online here. (The first word in the article refers to Wanuskewin Heritage Park, […]
I was interviewed today on CBC Radio One’s afternoon show The Point with Aamer Haleen about my upcoming gig as Writer-in-Residence at the Canadian Light Source. The interview is now online. Go here, select “Part 2,” and I come on at the 00:16:13 mark (move the little slider to skip ahead). The Robert J. Sawyer […]
I’ll be interviewed today live on CBC Radio One Regina’s “Blue Sky” with Michelle Higley at 12:50 p.m. Saskatchewan time (1:50 p.m. Toronto time / Eastern time) about my upcoming residency at the Canadian Light Source. It’s 540AM in Regina, or you can listen online here. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
On April 19, 2005, as part of the Rob and Bob Tour — the joint book tour for Robert J. Sawyer’s Mindscan and Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin — Bob and I visited the Canadian Light Source synchrotron facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Out of that visit, the following has come to pass; I will be the […]
