Volume 2, Issue 10
October, 2025
Welcome to the October Newsletter!
We hope to keep you posted on local events, inspire you to read emerging authors, review your next great read and share tips and opportunities to help you keep your finger on the pulse of the Canadian literary community.
Friendly Authors Networking Socials (F.A.N.S.)
FANS Meeting: November 15, 2025 Quality Foods Upstairs Board room.
10:30 am to Noon
FANS Terry Talk Writing Skills Series: November 15, 12:30 to 2:30 pm $10 per person
Topic: Accessing Your Creativity Through the Power of Words
Presenter: Jane Bow
Description: Come and explore how and why words work. Connect with their power through writing, and go home with a newly created character who is uniquely yours. You will then use all of your senses to examine a natural object. Writing freely, you will let the words guide you. Examining the nature of your words’ energies will give you tools so that, returning to your object, you can use it to create a character. (Natural objects will be provided.)
Jane Bow is a writer with four novels published, three of which have been shortlisted for awards. Her most recent book, Homeless, was a finalist in Britain’s International 2024 Rubery Book Awards. Jane has taught creative writing at Trent University and Ontario’s Haliburton School For The Arts and has done readings and presentations on her work in Canada, the U.S., Britain, and India.
The 46th Annual Pearkes Creative Craft Fair
Nov 7th to the 9th, 2025
That’s right! Filidh Publishing will be at the Pearkes Creative Craft Fair again this year! This is Vancouver Island’s most established fair, and this year, we’ll be doing something a little different. Our amazing local authors will have a BOOK LAUNCH BOOTH for the new titles our authors have ready for the public! Be the first to snag your new releases!
Featuring: ALL WEEKEND
D.K. Weeds – Pirate Coins and 3D Dreams,
Zoe Duff – Coorie In & Blether Wee Tales,
JF. Mc Dermott – Go Fast Go Faster,
Ron Kearse – Craig! (An Unlikely Story)
And also featuring:
Jason A.N. Taylor – Security and Other Shitty Jobs: Parables of the Morally Suspect on Friday and Sunday only
Edeana Malcom - Compleat Gardener Series on Saturday only
RP Mickelson - Clare’s Deliverance, Book Three of the Mystical Healing Trilogy on Sunday only
3D Print model demonstration.
Blind Date with a Book – old favourites
Children and YA selections.
Admission
· Public admission to the show $7
· Or only $8 for all 3 days!
· Children under the age of 12 accompanied by an adult free!
· Tickets can be purchased at the front entrance to the fair fieldhouse building.
Location
G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre
3100 Tillicum Road
Victoria, BC
Author of the Month
Please welcome our newest FANS member. Gordon Greene is a Canadian author whose writing journey is rooted in a lifelong passion for storytelling. After a distinguished career spanning over four decades in business and IT systems, culminating in his retirement from IBM in 2016, Greene turned his focus to fiction, channelling his leadership experience and creative vision into compelling narratives.
His debut novel, Dominance Unleashed: Unmasking the Monolithic King (2023), marked the realization of a dream nurtured since childhood. He followed this with Echoes of Duty: In Search of Innocence (2024), a gripping tale of suspense and redemption, and Quest (2025), a high-stakes thriller exploring the razor’s edge between technological innovation and destruction in the age of AI.
Greene’s works are available in eBook and print formats, with Dominance Unleashed and Echoes of Duty also offered as audiobooks. His latest release, Quest, is available as a podcast audiobook series on major platforms. Learn more at https://gordongreenebooks.com
Excerpt of the Month
And now, for something completely different… we give you Quest by Gordon Greene in podcast format. In a world on the brink of an AI-driven catastrophe, only the brightest minds can prevent a national disaster or unleash something far worse. When the President of the United States declares artificial intelligence the most significant emerging threat to national security, a covert task force, codenamed “Q,” is formed to combat the invisible dangers lurking in the digital realm. Under the command of Dr. Alexandra Conner, the CIA Director of Analysis, and an elite team of experts, they must race against time to predict and neutralize AI-driven threats before they bring the nation to its knees.
https://gordongreenebooks.com/quest_audio.htm
New Development to Consider!
The Great Creators Cooperative Canada (GCCC) *
is a Canada-wide, creator-owned marketplace where writers, artists, musicians, photographers, and makers can sell their work directly to the public — fairly, transparently, and on their own terms.
Unlike big platforms that take large commissions, GCCC is a cooperative, owned by its members. That means profits stay with the creators — you.
As a member, you can:
· Open your own online store in minutes
· Set your own prices and shipping rates
· Earn royalties from every sale
· Participate in referral and promotion rewards
· Help shape the future of a Canadian creator community
Joining is simple — purchase one $20 share and start selling your creations on greatcreators.ca.
You can find information about the Founders Program here.
Information about shares is here
Information about Royalties and how profits might affect members is here
Let’s build a fairer marketplace — together.
(* not a product of Filidh Publishing Corp)
Events to Ponder
I. Vancouver Writers Fest - https://writersfest.bc.ca
II. Gibsons Art and Words Festival 2025 - https://gibsonspublicmarket.com/event/art-words-festival-2024-august-22-25/
III. Surrey International Writers Conference - https://www.siwc.ca
IV. Victoria Festival of Authors - https://victoriafestivalofauthors.ca
V. Federation of BC Writers - https://www.bcwriters.ca
VI. Canadian Authors Association - https://canadianauthors.org
VII. Victoria Writers’ Society – http://victoriawriters.ca
VIII. Pride In The Word - https://victoriapridesociety.org/pride-2024/literary/
IX. Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival - https://denmanislandwritersfestival.com/festival-2025/
X. Elephant Mountain Lit Fest – Nelson, BC - https://www.emlfestival.com
XI. Word Vancouver - https://www.wordvancouver.ca
XII. Fraser Valley Book Festival - https://www.fvwritersfestival.com
XIII. Weaving Words Indigenous Writers Festival, Prince George - https://www.weavingwords.ca
XIV. Comox Valley Writers Society - https://cvwriterssociety.ca/conference/2025-north-island-writers-conference/
XV. Whistler Writers Festival - https://whistlerwritersfest.com/
XVI. Wine Country Writers’ Festival - https://wcwfestival.com/
XVII. Word on the Lake - https://wordonthelakewritersfestival.com/
XVIII. Word on the Water - https://www.wordsonthewater.ca/
XIX. Vancouver Island Children’s Book Festival Nanaimo - https://www.vibookfest.ca/
When Words Collide, Calgary, AB - https://www.whenwordscollide.org
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