Stephen B. Pearl

Book clubs

If your book club has chosen one of my books to read, thank you. Would you like to discuss the book with me and have a question and answer session through a short online group meeting? If yes, please contact me about arranging this.

Conventions, festivals, shows

Here are some of the events I have participated in through discussion panels, sometimes as a panel moderator, author readings, guest author, featured speaker, or exhibitor. Recently these events have been online, particularly from 2020 to 2022; sometimes I have organized, run and participated in a convention online-writing stream.

My panel discussion and seminar knowledgeable areas and experience include:

• science, space travel, environmental technologies, alternative energy.
• creative writing, world building, alien/monster creation, fact checking.
• myths and legends, mysticism, meditation.
• science fiction, fantasy, paranormal/dark fantasy, historical fantasy, litRPG, romance, erotica.

August 2022: GenCon online, When Words Collide online, Fan Expo Canada in person author guest 6 panel discussions, 1 seminars.

Online, virtual events:

• Brains to Books Cyber Convention, B2B CyCon - previous online convention where authors and readers meet, merged into OWS Cycon.
• Can*Con - conference on Canadian content in speculative arts and literature, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Con-G - Geeks @ Home, online anime and geek fandom convention, Guelph, Ontario.
• GenCon - largest tabletop game convention in North America, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Hamilton Public Library Virtual Story Teller - previous online story teller, Cloning Freedom.
• KeyCon - Manitoba's premiere sci-fi and fantasy convention with a literary focus, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• LitCon Cyber Convention - online convention where readers meet and authors greet. Connecting people through books!
• OWS Cycon - previous festival for horror, fantasy and scifi indie authors.
• Penguicon - a place where all geeky interests are represented, explored, and respected, Southfield, Michigan.
• The Short Story Show - previous online version of and brought to you by the Vancouver Story Slam, the longest-running monthly storytelling competition in Canada.
• When Words Collide - festival for readers, writers, artists and publishers of commercial and literary fiction, Calgary, Alberta.

In person events:

• Libraries - Fort Erie Public Library, Hamilton Public Library, Toronto Public Library - talks about creative writing, author readings, various library locations, Ontario.


• Ad Astra Convention - previous science fiction and fantasy convention, Toronto, Ontario.
• Authors in the Park - meet, talk, purchase from, and listen to author readings, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Bakewell Christmas market, and The Bakewell Book Shop - previous, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
• Brantford Art in the Park - previous arts, music, dance, and gardening tips, Brantford, Ontario.
• Brantford Pagan Meet and Greet, Brantford, Ontario.
• Can*Con - conference on Canadian content in speculative arts and literature, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Chatham Kent Expo - pop culture show, Chatham, Ontario.
• Christmas Bazaar, Cayuga Secondary School, Cayuga, Ontario.
• ConBravo - anime, gaming, and new media convention, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Concession Street Festival - arts, crafts, and music, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Con-G - previous anime and geek fandom convention, Guelph, Ontario.
• Dark Carnival Expo by Rue Morgue - previous horror festival, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Eden Mills Writers' Festival, Eden Mills, Ontario.
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• Eerie Con - science fiction and fantasy convention, Niagara Falls, New York State.
• Faery Fest Enchanted Ground - previous festival celebrating fantasy in the arts, Guelph, Ontario.
• Fan Expo Canada/Fan Expo - comics, science fiction-fantasy, horror, anime and gaming convention, Toronto, Ontario, author guest, panelist, moderator, past exhibitor.
• Flamborough Book Fair and Market, Freelton, Flamborough, Ontario.
• FrostCon - previous anime, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, cosplay and more, Toronto, Ontario.
• Forest City Comicon - comic con celebration of nerd and geek culture, London, Ontario.
• Frightmare in the Falls by Rue Morgue - horror festival, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
• GenreCon - previous convention focusing on genres of horror, action, anime, fantasy and sci-fi, Guelph, Ontario.
• Gryphcon - gaming convention, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
• Hamilton Book Crawl - previous sidewalk festival, Greater Hamilton Area local authors, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Hamilton Harvest Festival Pagan Pride Day, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Horror-Rama - previous Toronto's only all-horror convention, Toronto, Ontario.
• James St. North Art Crawl - local artists and artisans, sidewalk festival, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Locke Street Festival, arts, crafts and music street festival, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Niagara Falls Comic Con - celebration of all things pop culture, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
• Man, Myth, Magic Exposition - previous expo combining myths, legends, magic and the unknown, featured guest speaker and exhibitor, Mississauga, Ontario.
• Makers' Market pop-up - artisan arts and crafts shows, various locations, Greater Hamilton Area, Ontario.
• Pause for the Cause - Pantry Four Paws - animal rescue arts and crafts fund raiser show, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Pirate Festival - fun pirate event, Guleph, previously Milton, Ontario.
• Polaris - previous science fiction, fantasy, and beyond convention, Toronto, Ontario.
• SFContario - previous science fiction and fantasy convention, with radio play, Toronto, Ontario.
• Sidewalk Sounds, Hamilton - a family event several sidewalk stages, djs and musicians, local vendors, Concession St., Hamilton, Ontario.
• Spooktacular Stroll - previous fun family event where children trick or treat with local vendors, Binbrook, Ontario.
• Stoney Creek Art in the Parking Lot - arts, crafts, and music, in the park at Battlefield House, Stoney Creek, previously in the parking lot at the historic Powerhouse, Stoney Creek, Ontario.
• Supercrawl - Hamilton's music and arts festival, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Superfan Comicon - previous comics, science fiction, fantasy, horror, wrestling convention, Toronto, Ontario.
• INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair - previous book show, Toronto, Ontario.
• Toronto Comicon (Fan Expo) - comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming, Toronto, Ontario.
• Toronto Pagan Pride Day Festival, Toronto, Ontario.
• World Fantasy Convention, Toronto, Ontario.
• Word on the Street, authors' row, Toronto, Ontario.

Find new authors, links

Book Series in Order is a site listing different authors and their books in order written, a labour of love.

Books Radar is a site listing different authors and their books in order written, a labour of love.

Fiction DB is a site listing different authors and their books.

Goodreads lists many books, authors, recommendations and discussions.

Liminal Fiction lists many speculative fiction books, authors, genres, and has an extensive filter search by genres, tropes e.g., mirror shows true self, space medicine, and tags, which should help you find authors and their books.