We want to bring Worldcon, the World Science Fiction convention, in 2030 to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), more commonly known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Yes, Edmonton. @edmontonin2030.bsky.social You can support us, and get involved, here: www.edmontonin2030.org

Wondering what our proposed Worlcon venue would look like if it were in the process of being destroyed by gigantic robots, check out the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. The city is portrayed fairly accurately, though Edmonton has slightly fewer gigantic robots in real life.

Wondering how to pronounce the characters "ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ" in our bid name? The word is Amiskwacîwâskahikan, it means "Beaver Hills House," and it's the Plains Cree name for what is now called Edmonton. Here's a pronunciation guide: forvo.com/word/amiskwa...

We’re at @canconsffh.bsky.social this weekend! Stop by and say hello and ask us what the heck we mean when we say that a Worldcon in Edmonton will be “North of Ordinary”!

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We're going to be at @canconsffh.bsky.social this weekend! Stop by our table to say hello and find out about our bid to bring Worldcon to Edmonton. We're planning to make 2030 #NorthOfOrdinary!

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of this year’s Ignyte Awards! What a superb shortlist.

The positive impact that On Spec has had on Canadian Science Fiction cannot be overstated.

Tomorrow is the big book launch for the third in @premeemohamed.com's The Annual Migration of Clouds series! (I should say "Aurora-award winning"!)

I absolutely love this

Important information that every parent should know.

In need of an escape this morning, so I'm planning my travels for the upcoming year. Among other things, trying to decide which cons to do. Where should I go, friends?

Speaking of @canconsffh.bsky.social , last year's starter pack for panelists, vendors and volunteeers was popular, so I made a new one for this year. Please tell me if you're on programming or helping out with Can*Con this year and would like to be added, or if you'd like to be removed.

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The @edmontonin2030.bsky.social Worldcon bid will have a table at CanCon. (I'll be there staffing the Edmonton bid table)

We are very much looking forward to having a table at Can Con @canconsffh.bsky.social! Stop by our fan table to chat about the bid to host the 2030 World Science Fiction in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton)!

Pleased to mention that we now have a YouTube channel. Some videos are there from our online bid party, with plans to upload more over the next year. I'm told that YouTube etiquette demands we encourage people to "SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON AND SUBSCRIBE." www.youtube.com/channel/UCdC...

If we are fortunate enough to host a Worldcon in ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton), we will be very mindful of the fact that the convention would be held in Treaty 6 territory. Once our bid committee is formed in the next month, we will require committee members to take Indigenous Awareness training.

Congratulations to friend of the bid Diane Walton from @onspecmag.bsky.social for receiving a well-deserved honour from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association!

Correction: some people visiting our bid table at @seattlein2025.org were informed that due to Canada using the metric system, the schedule of our event would be measured in kiloseconds and megaseconds. This is incorrect. We apologize for any confusion.

TOMORROW! At my local book besties venue @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social -- the Canadian branch of our worldwide THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT signing tour! :D With @cjdwriter.bsky.social ! Free, 7 pm, Aug 19. www.audreys.ca/events/25540...

If you were unable to visit the virtual bid party on Saturday, @drfionamoore.bsky.social has made her talk "Fictionalising the Franklin Expedition" available to view and/or hear on her blog. adoctorofmanythings.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/f...

We’ve been asked a few times if we will have a mascot for the convention. Not saying we will, and not saying these are the final options, but what would you think of either: An anthropomorphic funicular named “Nick” or A dancing Trilobite. or Billy Zane.

We’ve been asked a few times if we will have a mascot for the convention. Not saying we will, and not saying these are the final options, but what would you think of either: An anthropomorphic funicular named “Nick” or A dancing Trilobite. or Billy Zane.

I had so much fun talking about game writing and how to lower the barriers to entry into a game with @brandoncrilly.bsky.social at the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social party this evening! And then hosting a Jackbox games session for some delightful folks! And then chatting with people!

As part of our online virtual bid party today, we have some pre-recorded videos that you can watch at your leisure. Some great interviews and readings with some of our favourite Canadian SFF creators. (We promise: more to come in the following months) www.edmontonin2030.org/videos

Knock knock. Who's there? On. On who? ONLINE BID PARTY! (I'm sorry, I'm really tired. Anyway the party starts soon. Details below) www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty

Knock knock. Who's there? On. On who? ONLINE BID PARTY! (I'm sorry, I'm really tired. Anyway the party starts soon. Details below) www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty

Our online bid party will be a little more structured than last night's in-person rager. See you there anyway?

Unable to attend @seattlein2025.org? Canadians are invited to our online bid party. Visit the link for all the details. Log in for the whole thing or part, as long as you log in! www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty

Worldcon! Get to know what Canada has to offer including a reading from me today: www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty

Anyway hi! I am at the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid virtual party today! Which is 3 - 7 pm PST, or 4-8 MST if you are in (say) Edmonton. I will be hangin out with the Can*Con folks for their panel and I also have a reading! See you there! www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty

Join us this afternoon as Edmonton parties online in support of its 2030 WorldCon bid. I’ll be reading from The Night Girl alongside authors Brendan Myers and Regina Hansen at 5pm MDT. Check it out!

Congratulations to @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social for being the site of the 2027 World Science Fiction Convention! Felicitation a nos amis en Quebec!

Join me at the Edmonton 2030 Worldcon virtual bid party for a special talk on Fictionalising the Franklin Expedition! Party starts at 3 PM Seattle time (11 UK time) and my talk starts at 4 (midnight UK time). Zoom link follows. us02web.zoom.us/j/8312096728...

Canadians: couldn't make it to @seattlein2025.org? Join us online for four hours of reading, discussion and general chat with writers from across Canada, and a chance to hear from the Chairs and other team members of the Edmonton 2030 bid. 3pm to 7pm Seattle time us02web.zoom.us/j/8312096728...

*clears throat*

We have a couple of signed @premeemohamed.com books remaining from last night. They will be given to first people who arrive at our bid table today with an Albertosaurus-level pre-support email receipt dated Aug 16. www.edmontonin2030.org/support-the-...

Thank you @edmontonin2030.bsky.social for welcoming us at your bid party! It was so lovely! ❤️

That in-person bid party was off the hook. Thank you to everyone who came out.

Party in 30 minutes buds

I am back at the table now..come by and learn about @edmontonin2030.bsky.social . N And we have a party tonight Sheraton Grand Pike Tower Room 2828 730pm

The place to be tonight if you're at @seattlein2025.org is our bid party. Room 2828 Sheraton Pike Tower. You'll learn that Canada is more than the silly jokes we've been posting, meet brilliant people, and leave absolutely stoked to vote for Edmonton in 2030. See you there!

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. PLEASE DO NOT VISIT THE @edmontonin2030.bsky.social BID TABLE. WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE STOP DONATING TO www.edmontonin2030.org/support-the-...

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For folks not able to attend World Con Seattle in person: this virtual bid party should be fun! I’ll be chatting about near-future eco-lit at 5 pm PT.

Included on the bid party playlist will be: “Check The OR” by Organized Rhyme “Echo Beach” by Martha and the Muffins “Go On” by Basia Bulat “Where Have All The Good People Gone?” by Sam Roberts Leave requests here but I can't promise we'll play them. 7:30 tonight, room 2828 Sheraton Pike Tower

All attendees at our bid party tonight will be required to not only spell correctly, but also pronounce the U in honour, favourite, neighbour, etc. We can tell. Bid party at 7:30 room 2828 at the Sheraton Pike Tower. @seattlein2025.org #worldcon

There will be polite Canadian clapping and praise for any keener who can whistle The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Bid party at 7:30 p.m., in the Sheraton Pike Tower Room 2828 See you there, @seattlein2025.org #worldcon

For one night Canada annexes room 2828 in the Sheraton Pike Tower for our bid party. Being polite, we will return it to Seattle tomorrow morning. Party starts at 7:30. @seattlein2025.org #worldcon