EP 429 - A Post-Mortem on Co-Hosting the 2025 Aurora Awards with Liz May Anderson

Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing · Aug 14, 2025 · 58m

This episode features a campfire chat with Mark's partner Liz Anderson about co-hosting the 2025 Aurora Awards livestream on Sunday August 10, 2025.

In the interview, Mark and Liz talk about:

The background of co-hosting the Aurora Awards over the years

Working on a pandemic parody music video on a whim within about 24 hours as a bit of an escape

The trepidation and challenge of working on something that one is not as familiar about

The level of commitment and interest within the speculative fiction community

How much time and creative energy people have poured themselves into the creative…