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Kayla Allen 🏳️‍⚧️ @kaylaallen1965.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Remember that if you are at #FantasyCon 2026 to stop by the @wtpress.bsky.social table in the Dealers’ Room and pick up ribbons from the next two Worldcons and the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid for 2030.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hello and happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day! We're about ready to get started with this year's winner announcement A very special thanks to our first-ever sponsors: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, @laworldcon.bsky.social , and @revmindi.bsky.social ! #2026IgnyteAwards

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Kayla Allen 🏳️‍⚧️ @kaylaallen1965.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Flying the 🇨🇦 for @edmontonin2030.bsky.social at #FantasyCon 2026 Glasgow.

Table at FantasyCon 2026 Glasgow with flyers and handouts, including cards for the Edmonton in 2030 Worldcon bid.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooh we got a photo! Love how vibrant our SFF community is here!

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@cjdwriter.bsky.social is a huge supporter of our bid, and we're a huge supporter of her excellent work.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is true! We plan to have a session in our science track to talk about this phenomenon!

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No, I'm not. Edmonton is a real place, and it's actually a lot of fun. We have a fantastic art gallery, the biggest mall in North America, a funicular, and for some inexplicable reason a paddle-wheel riverboat.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You've probably only heard of Calgary because Wesley Crusher comes here for skiing in 2368.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In 1986, there was a problem with the multiverse and several slightly different timelines were merged into this one. You must be one of the people from Timeline 615, in which Edmonton was not founded.

A small herd of about a dozen bison stand in a field with autumn grass in front of a stand of yellowing poplars

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why haven't I heard of this "Edmonton"? I thought Calgary was the capital city of Alberta!

Sculpture sign saying The Battle of Alberta with people mingling in the background.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yes. I'm pretty certain that Edmonton is a city. It's 310 miles due north of Montana as the crow flies. (That's a six-hour drive in Canadian distance units.)

The head of a crow peeks over the edge of a roof with a blue sky in the background

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's a city of 1.24 million people which is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. It's known for its arts and culture scene, including the largest theatre festival in North America.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Question: does Worldcon do land acknowledgements, given it's in a new city each year? Answer for Edmonton:

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Visit the @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social, @brisbane28.org, @dublin2029.bsky.social, and @edmontonin2030.bsky.social tables in the vendor room to find out more about the locations and details of future, and potential future, Worldcons!

An older woman with a red shirt sits at a table for Montreal. Banners about Montreal are behind her with a Canadian Flag and Rainbow Pride Flag on the table.

A group of people surrounds the Brisbane in 2028 booth as people find out about the bid.

Two women sit behind the Dublin in 2029 Booth with an Irish flag on the table as well as trinkets and informational papers.

Two women are smiling, wearing North of Ordinary shirts, and sit behind the Edmonton 2030 booth with an Explore Edmonton banner behind them and a stuffie on the table.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Next: a second round of trivia and my fingers need a break. I guess if you want to know what happened in the second half of the party, you'll have to invent a time machine so you can attend. Signing off for now!

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Family recipes and what is "correct" can get pretty heated. I think this would be more "playing with fire" than "cooking with gas."

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Judy "I don't know if we're selling Edmonton ..." Ignore the ambrosia salad and go for the perogies. Seriously.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I fear we have gotten a little off topic, but this discussion of weird Prairie food is pretty funny.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Candas "I remember a lime green jelly salad at a wedding, and this guest from England would not eat it. Nothing in nature is that shade of green or wiggles like that."

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Judy mentions the pure culture shock of ambrosia salad. "I did eat it. And I was just like, this is interesting."

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And the next time you attend, you're more part of the new culture, and you can bring it back to your own Indo-Carribean parents 😄

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Premee notes how weird it can be to be an "outsider" -- the only brown person attending a perogy supper or the Smokey Lake pumpkin festival -- and how that narrative distance and incorporation transforms you overtime from out- to in-sider.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The secret roadmarks of your small town ... perogy, spray-painted macaroni crafts, Leggs pantyhose sold in drugstores ... are symbols that can tell you you're home.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The magic of food is entwined with the magic/mundanity of small towns.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

She says family reunions are all the same no matter what food you share (potato salad, perogy, curry) ... the way there are always old people and kids even as we age and grow.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Candas wrote a story called "Food of My People," which started when she began thinking about mythologies. Her heritage is Scotch Presbyterian and she says no one holds onto their heritage the way they do--even if they've dropped the religion aspect.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The biggest influence in her books is the stories and influences of the elders and the stories they tell. Blending past and present to build a future-a sense of hope in the stories that we carry from our childhoods and pass to the next generation.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Judy has lived in many, but has never published a story inspired by this. However, what sticks with her about small towns is the sense of community. She was the sole occupational therapist for a few sq km in northern Saskatchewan.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Audience question: When writing about small towns in SK and AB, do you feel there are differences between towns in the two provinces and how you write them and how they affect you?

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@cjdwriter.bsky.social brought a copy of her novel "A Paradigm of Earth," but it isn't the only book of hers set in Edmonton.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Premee reads from her short story, "Willing," inspired by a "rural myth" she overheard.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Something different, stranger, stronger, formed from more sources, takes a hit and doesn't break."

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Her parents started finding aspects of their culture mixed in with other cultures, like foods in Chinatown or Millwoods' South Asian culture, and found the constructed culture here strangely similar to the Caribbean culture.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Premee was born here, so didn't have a first-hand experience of her immigrant parents' culture. Her parents first moved to Toronto which also had a large Caribbean culture. Moving to Edmonton was very ... white. And it wasn't just snow.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

She adds that Edmonton also has an excellent Chinatown and applauds how the residents took being forced into a small area and turned it into a vibrant culture. She will now read a bit of The Dark Becomes Her. judyilin.com/thedarkbecom...

judyilin.com

The Dark Becomes Her — Judy I. Lin

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Judy mentions one of her books (the dark becomes her) being set in Vancouver's Chinatown, a part of her heritage. Chinatowns are "a pocket of home."

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@blackriders.com, one of our bid chairs, asks our panel to comment on how living here has affected their books.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm having major autocorrect issues today. Please forgive me and correct any names that get incorrected.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Also you can go to The Mall (West Edmonton Mall) but instead come to @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social, all our other local new and used bookshops, and our local coffee shops, of which there are legion.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Premee mentioned being attacked by birds (in neighbouring Saskatchewan) and Judy gives a shout-out to the Clifford E. Lee bird sanctuary just outside the city. These comments are thematically connected. It was not a threat.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@premeemohamed.com: even having lived her most of my life, there's still more to discover. And you should probably book a couple extra days to explore outside the city or in our river valley

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Hugo, Girl! the podcast @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Support @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, the only bid endorsed by totally unbiased dinosaurs Edmontonsaurus and Albertasaurus!

Lori and Kevin at the Edmonton 2030 bid table with Edmontonsaurus and Albertasaurus

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