At The Companion, we're on a mission: to uplift a fan community in a world that has become increasingly lonely. With an ambitious goal of creating 1 million life-changing memories for 1 million fans, we've embarked on a journey that has seen incredible moments of connection and support.
In 2024, our big project is led by Actress & Director Amanda Tapping (as well as The Companion advisor and partner) by co-authoring a uniquely crowdsourced book with original stories from Amanda and fans.
July 23, 2024 Update: We are so pleased to open up submissions for your stories. Over the next 5 months, we'll be asking over a dozen questions for you to use as writing prompts to create this uniquely crowdsourced book.
You do not need to pre-order the book for your story to be considered.
“There's a different level of generosity to sci-fi fandom. We embrace diversity and inclusion. People connect from around the world, this global map of interconnecting lines. It’s that kind of connection where you keep an eye out for each other and if you see somebody struggling, you’d go up and help them, and it’s a beautiful thing.”
- Amanda Tapping, June 3, 2023
Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom isn't just a book, it's a platform and community. Check out our summer slate of livestream interviews and podcasts from amazing guests from the world of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.
You can ask our guests a question in our Answering Machine too!
New to The Companion...catch up on our past newsletters
- Update 11: July 23 - Book Submissions are Open: Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom Call for Stories
- Update 10: July 16 - Embracing Mental Health Enamel Pins Update: Kickstarter Launches August 1
- Update 9: June 7 - Batch 1 of Bookplates Shipped and T-Shirts and Hoodies in our Merch Store
- Update 8: May 28 - The Companion Origin Story, Brad Wright's How to Recharge Your Creativity, and Amanda Tapping's Panel at Basingstoke Comic Con
- Update 7: April 30 - Incoming Transmission: Gate to Gate Challenge Update
- Update 6: April 25 - Teryl Rothery's Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom Livestream + Michelle Hurd & Rebecca at Diversity & Inclusion Convention with Embracing Mental Health Live
- Update 5: April 6 - Bookplates & Brad Wright’s How to Recharge Your Creativity
- Update 4: March 28 - Concept #4: Our Masks and some cool content from the community
- Update 3: March 22 - Concept #3: The Bigger Picture
- Update 2: March 19 - Concept #2: Human, Nature and Companion Champion Pins
- Update 1: March 15 - Concept #1: Universally Together
Want to Join the Purple T-Shirt and Hoodie Gang?
Since running a small batch of Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom T-Shirts and Hoodies at Basingstoke Comic Con, members have been asking if we could produce more. Our 2nd batch has been arriving quickly to members and they look great!
Want to join the Purple Shirt & Hoodie gang? You can grab one at our Merch Store.
Selection of Past Events
The Companion
Tommy Valentine
Lawrence Kao
The Companion
Tommy Valentine
Rebecca Davis
Rebecca Davis
