Robert J. Sawyer

A new one-day SF convention in Toronto, coming Saturday, April 24, 2027: NorthCon, run by fannish legends Lloyd and Yvonne Penney!

Various podcast platforms have the interview with me from the CBC's THE NEXT CHAPTER about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION now: app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

#FinishedReading The Highland Clans by Alistair Moffat. #StartedReading Iterations And Other Stories by @robertjsawyer.com #booksky #history #scifi

Interviewing @robertjsawyer.com is a pure pleasure - exploring ideas, listening to his stories, & delighting in his passion for #science and #sciencefiction. Take your time with this video. It offers a lot to enjoy and discover. sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/sally-wien...

Yesterday's terrific broadcast interview with me on CBC Radio One's THE NEXT CHAPTER with Antonio Michael Downing about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is now available for streaming at the CBC site, or wherever you get your podcasts. Here's the CBC link: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

UPDATE! Friday and Saturday night room parties at Can*Con are in room 1810 (on the 18th floor) — NOT the 4th floor as previously indicated. Friday at 9:00: Canadian SF&F Association party Saturday at 9:00: My LIVE LONG AND PARTY! party Everybody welcome at both!

In honour of today's 75th anniversary of I LOVE LUCY, here's Desi Arnaz singing the seldom-heard lyrics to the TV show's theme song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fn7...

Seventy-five years ago today, I LOVE LUCY premiered.

My just-released SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is part of this terrific ebook bunlde:

Get my just-released SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION and 14 other terrific ebooks (including the life-changing THE ARTISAN AUTHOR by Johnny B. Truant) in the 2026 Novel Writing Tools Bundle curated by the great @TheKJA for just US$30. storybundle.com/writing

I haven’t reviewed a novel by @robertjsawyer.com, even though he’s one of my absolute favorite science fiction author. That ends today. Here is my review of his novel Calculating God drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2026/10/book...

Happy FLASHFORWARD Day!

Here's part two of the great Suzy Vadori's interview with me, using my new nonfiction book SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION as the springboard: www.buzzsprout.com/2333353/epis...

CALGARY! Come see me being interviewed about the writers' life live this Thursday, October 1, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society. It's free for Society members, or $15 for nonmembers. www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p1148/...

The international edition of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is now available from Amazon in the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan (and in any countries those Amazon stores ship to): sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

My pal Emo Philips is coming to Toronto! (And some other fun cities, too!) Check out his tour schedule: www.emophilips.com/events

Going live on YouTube in ten minutes at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time: www.youtube.com/live/eoMsAwl...

Wonderful lunch dockside today in Mississauga with my old friend neuroscientist Dr. Erik Viirre, the director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego.

Your reminder that the entire ~40 min chapter 1 of The Best of All Possible Planets audiobook narrated by Eli Schiff and Lewis Black is on YouTube free of charge. Give it a listen! youtu.be/vK9d3hCI0_4

Now that I'm done edits on Thought Experiment Revolution, I've had some time to return to my notes and ruminate on some tangentially related things. I hope this gives a sneak peek into the kinds of things I'll be discussing in the book! moralguillotines.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/s...

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For those planning to attend the Montreal Worldcon (the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal) September 2-6, 2027 (next year), note that the membership rates GO UP on September 30, 2026 — get your membership before they do! montreal2027.ca/en

HALIFAX! I'm appearing at the AfterWords Literary Festival; I'll be there Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7. The full schedule and ticket info: afterwords.ca/festival-2026/

Join me and collector extraordinaire Richard Rempel in conversation about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION this Thursday, September 17, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time LIVE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/eoMsAwl...

Always great to attend a @robertjsawyer.com book launch! This time it was his new nonfiction collection, “Sawyer on Science Fiction,” which I look forward to diving into! #books #scifi #toronto

Today! Come on out this afternoon!

Join us tomorrow! Can't make the event but want a personalized copy? Let us know and we'll make it happen.

TORONTO! Join me this Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m., at Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, for the launch of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION.

It's true! I reference FLASHFORWARD in QUANTUM NIGHT because, of course, my characters have good taste in TV!

Did my first two by-Zoom critiquing sessions this evening for my gig as the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society writer-in-residence. One client pleased me by saying, "Everything you've said is actionable" — meaning that it was stuff she could put to use, not that she's going to sue me!

TORONTO! Join me this Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m. at SF&F specialty Bookstore, Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, for the launch of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION.

Come see me in LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, at Word on the Street Lethrbridge, on Saturday, September 19. My main event is at 1:00 p.m., and my signing is at 2:00 p.m.

Just arrived: Robert J. Sawyer's SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION. @robertjsawyer.com

Calculating God, By @robertjsawyer.com , featuring @romtoronto.bsky.social in the story. (Cover art by Lui Junwei) #CelebrateCanada

I was on three panels, and none of them disappointed. "Writing Outside Our Lived Experiences" was an epic, early morning panel with @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com (yes!), and @huckwrites.bsky.social. I moderated this one. What a way to start my day!

CALGARY! Book launch for SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is this Saturday, Aug 15, at 1:30pm at Thomson Social Hub (Hyatt Regency) 700 Centre St S. Free! Everyone welcome! Bonus! If you buy the book from publisher, Shadowpaw Press, at the launch, you get a free coupon for the ebook edition, as well!

Now reading: Sawyer On Science Fiction. I'm not far in yet, but as I expected, so far there’s no shortage of incisive insights. ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🪐 #SawyerOnScienceFiction #sciencefiction @robertjsawyer.com 📚🪐

A quote from my SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION:

So thrilled to be a Featured Guest at the Los Angeles World Science Fiction Convention (the Worldcon) later this month:

CBC Books has a terrific article about this year's winners of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards ("the Auroras"): www.cbc.ca/books/sci-fi...

Winners in Las Vegas! Yesterday, at ST:LV, my dear friend Chase Masterson received The Fleet’s Star Cross Founder Award for her spectacular charity work with the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, and today I won Canada's Aurora Award for Best Novel of the Year for THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE.