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*Various ‘characters’ ply through the dense crowds of Northern Fan Con (photos by Nina Munteanu)*

Last weekend I drove north to Prince George to join publisher/writer Lynda Williams and her team at Reality Skimming Press at the Northern Fan Convention. Held at the CN Centre, the con and trade show was very well attended, with booths that held anything from realistic light sabers to anime figurines and collectible cards–and so much more. The con also featured shows with media celebrities, cosplay, workshops, and–of course–the obligatory costume contest.

*‘Dante’ and ‘Hornet’ join an AT ST making rounds at Northern Fan Con* *(photos by Nina Munteanu)*

I helped man the publisher’s table where we were selling books in the Okal Rel series; I also sold out on my two latest novels A Diary in the Age of Water and Gaia’s Revolution.

*Lynda Williams with a book buyer at Northern Fan Con (photo by Nina Munteanu)*

*Nina Munteanu selling out her books at Northern Fan Con*

Oh! And I got to play with a Stars Wars storm trooper and tai fighter. Not bad for one weekend!

Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist / limnologist and novelist. She is co-editor of Europa SF and currently teaches writing courses at George Brown College and the University of Toronto. For the lates on her books, visit www.ninamunteanu.ca. Nina’s bilingual “La natura dell’acqua / The Way of Water” was published by Mincione Edizioni in Rome. Her non-fiction book “Water Is…” by Pixl Press (Vancouver) was selected by Margaret Atwood in the New York Times ‘Year in Reading’ and was chosen as the 2017 Summer Read by Water Canada. Her novel “A Diary in the Age of Water” was released by Inanna Publications (Toronto) in June 2020. You can read her just released eco-fiction thriller Gaia’s Revolution by Dragon Moon Press.