Tuesday 21 September 2010

Alt. Fiction - Other Worlds, 6th November 2010

Tor UK are teaming up with the folks from Alt. Fiction to hold a one-day event called Other Worlds, on 6 November 2010 at the QUAD centre in Derby:

"Other Worlds offers a mixture of panel discussions, giveaways and signings and is an ideal event for both readers and writers of science-fiction and fantasy. Authors appearing include the UK's best-selling SF author PETER F HAMILTON, Shadows of the Apt writer ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY, rising fantasy star MARK CHARAN NEWTON and author of the Recursion trilogy TONY BALLANTYNE.
Workshop Sessions: Tickets cost £3 each.
11am-12pm Fantasy workshop with Mark Charan Newton
11am-12pm Sci-fi workshop with Tony Ballantyne
These will take place in The Box and the Meeting Room at QUAD.
Main event: Tickets cost £8/£6 concessions
1pm-1:45pm Panel: Other Worlds – The landscape of SF and Fantasy with Peter F Hamilton, Mark Charan Newton, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Tony Ballantyne (Cinema 2)
1:45pm-2pm Break
2pm-2:45pm Science-fiction discussion with Peter F Hamilton and Tony Ballantyne (Cinema 2)
2pm-2:45pm Fantasy discussion with Mark Charan Newton and Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Box)
2:45pm-3pm Break
3pm-4pm Signing with Peter F Hamilton, Mark Charan Newton, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Tony Ballantyne (The Box)
Books available to buy on the day from 12pm."

Hopefully there will be beer as well... I'll be attending, so I hope to maybe see some of you there. Tickets can be booked through the QUAD website.

2 comments:

JamesY said...

I see Mark Charan Newton has also recently blogged about this event. It looks fun, but I doubt I'll make it. Hopefully next time.

Jebus said...

Tell Tchaikovsky to come on over to Oz sometime.