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Since my last post here in 2018, my life has changed dramatically, and while I still love steampunk, and all the wonderful people I've met because of it, I'm not active within the community any longer.
However, this website will be here to inspire you, and let you know you're part of an amazing group of people here in Canada, and around the world!
Cheers,
Lee A. Farruga
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Jessica Marie Frey is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. While she is best known for her debut novel Triptych, Frey's work encompasses poetry, academic and magazine articles, screenplays, and short stories.
She is also a huge fan and advocate of steampunk. For the past 5 years, she has been working on a new young adult series The Skylark Saga. ...
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A young gentleman based in the Ottawa, Ontario area, has started up this website with steampunk accessories for everyday use.
Check out Corvus Accessories, he has some wonderful items. I love the watches in particular.
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Over the past few years, Steampunk Canada member Nelson Boon has given us a wonderful series revolving around street urchin Alonzo, who learns to use his brilliant mind and good heart to better his situation.
Last time, I reviewed Boy in the Clockwork Web.
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One of Canada's favourite steampunk bands, Jardin Mecanique is creating a graphic novel about their characters' origins.
They have created a Kickstarter campaign, and all asking all steampunk and graphic novel fans to help get it created.
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We've been around for 7 years. Where did the time go.
Happy Anniversary!
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Author Nelson Boon (aka Steampunk Canada member Steam Bob), is a teacher who loves history, and in particular the Victorian era. In Steampunk, he says "I see a world where people are heros because they are dedicated to finding knowledge and truth, and they depend on their own intellects and ethical conduct to attain their goals." In his latest novel, he dedicates it to the children of the Industrial Revolution.
About this time last year, I had the pleasure to rev...
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It's been a crazy summer, and I apologize for the absence, but I did find time to read a wonderful new thriller from Pyr Books called The Apothecary's Curse.
In Victorian London, the fates of physician Simon Bell and apothecary Gaelan Erceld...
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We've talked about Canadain steampunk artist Kyle Miller many times here on Steampunk Canada, and for good reason. His creations have always been cutting edge, and simply amazing!
This time around he's got something new that will turn any steampunk, or otherwise, into a maker. Check out his new Kickstarter campaign for
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"At the end of the 19th century the eccentric Canadian inventor Thaddeus Barnes buried six copper cylinders across Canada. The locations of those cylinders he encoded in a private journal. That journal was filled with riddles, ciphers, mathematical puzzles and word games. His intention was that the most worthy of his three children would solve his vexing challenges, discover the cylinders and retrieve the six pieces of a brass key which would unlock a hidden safe that contained details of ...
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