![]() ![]() ![]() It only costs $10 for a year’s membership to CSFFA, the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, and that $10 gets you the “voters’ packet,” which usually includes ebook versions of a majority of that year’s nominees-so that the electorate for the CSFFA is able to vote fully informed (rather than just voting for someone because you know that person’s name or she’s your spouse’s second cousin or something). ![]() This year’s voting for the Auroras will begin on June 15 and run through July 23, with the Auroras being given out at When Words Collide/Canvention in Calgary, Alberta on August 12-14. The Aurora is given out annually at Canvention, the Canadian National Convention-which is held in conjunction with a different convention every year-in eight professional categories and four fan categories. The Aurora Award was originally called the Casper Award, but there were people who thought it was the Friendly Ghost award-plus, if you Google it, there are several different awards named Casper-so it was changed. Then, we’re going to talk about Robert J. Why is it April Fish in French? Only the French know for sure!) But today’s column is serious, however: first we’re going to talk about Canada’s equivalent to the Hugo Award : the Aurora Award. Poisson d’Avril! (That’s the only April Fool’s Day joke you’ll see from this column today. ![]()
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