FantasyCon schedule!

It’s FantasyCon time! Hooray!

Yes, we’re off to (hopefully) sunny Scarborough today for a weekend of fantasy-based fun and book-chat. It’s looking like a pretty amazing weekend (Scott Lynch! Francis Hardinge! Joe Hill! Us!) and Team Rebellion is out in force, alongside plenty of our authors.

Check out the full schedule below, and come and say hello – we don’t bite (although if we do, it’s entirely affectionate). Don’t forget to come and wail a few tunes with us at our Saturday night karaoke…

See you by the sea!

Friday

She Blinded me with Science

Friday, September 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Palm Court Ballroom – The Grand, 

How Much Science Should There Be in SF Stories? Elizabeth Bear, Gareth L Powell, Ian Sales, Ren Warom, Alex Lamb (Chair)

Rocket Man

Friday, September 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Palm Court Ballroom – The Grand, 

After Years of Space Opera Domination, Is It Time To Bring Sci-Fi Back to Earth? Nina Allan, Jacey Bedford (Chair), Gareth L Powell, Al Robertson, Matthew De Abaitua

Reading- Matthew De Abaitua and Guy Haley

Friday, September 23 @ 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Cocktail Bar (Grand Hotel), 

Reading – Tim Major and Alex Lamb

Friday, September 23 @ 9:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Cocktail Bar (Grand Hotel), 

Reading – Gareth L Powell and Al Robertson

Friday, September 23 @ 10:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Cocktail Bar (Grand Hotel), 

Saturday

Agent and Editor Sessions – Jonathan Oliver

Saturday, September 24 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Cocktail Bar (Grand Hotel), 

All About You

Saturday, September 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Palm Court Ballroom – The Grand, 

First Steps as a Writer – How Do You Go About Launching Your Career? Rob Power, Sue Moorcroft (Chair), Helen Armfield, Iain Grant, David Tallerman

Agent and Editor Sessions – David Thomas Moore

Saturday, September 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Cocktail Bar (Grand Hotel), 

From Yesterday

Saturday, September 24 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Royal Ballroom (Royal Hotel), 

The Emergence Of Historical Fantasy – Is The Past The Future? Jonathan Oliver (Chair), Steven Poore, Susan Bartholomew, Zen Cho, Jacey Bedford

Black Out The Sun

Saturday, September 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Palm Court Ballroom – The Grand, 

Is Post-Apocalyptic Fiction All Out of Ideas? Joe Hill, James Smythe, Nina Allan, Jo Fletcher (Chair), Mike Carey, Bella Pagan

Paint it Black

Saturday, September 24 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Palm Court Ballroom – The Grand, 

Why is Horror so Often Incorporated Into Other Genres? Simon Bestwick, S J Townsend, Jo Thomas, Timothy Jarvis, Phil Sloman (Chair)

FantasyCon Karaoke

Saturday, September 24 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Royal Ballroom (Royal Hotel), 

FantasyCon Karaoke – Presented by Solaris Sing Your Heart Out Into The Night At Solaris’ Famous Karaoke!

Reading – Simon Bestwick and Tom Johnstone

Saturday, September 24 @ 11:30 pm – Sunday, September 25 @ 12:00 am

Reading Café (Royal Hotel)

Sunday

Reading – Jonathan Oliver and Iain Grant

Sunday, September 25 @ 10:30 am – Monday, September 26 @ 11:00 am

Cocktail Bar (Grand Hotel), 

How To Build a Time Machine

Sunday, September 25 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Main Ballroom (Grand Hotel), 

Time Travel in Genre Fiction Tim Major, Penny Jones, Andrew Knighton, Michelle Horst (Chair), Robert Dickinson

The British Fantasy Awards Ceremony

Sunday, September 25 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Royal Ballroom (Royal Hotel), 

 

For more information on FantasyCon by the sea, visit the official website.