A PDF version of the full programme for Saturday and Sunday is available at this link
| Time | Programme Room 1 | Programme Room 2 |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Opening Ceremony Susanna Clarke, Guests, Committee | Closed for Opening Ceremony | |
| 10:15 - 10:55 | Just a Minute Quiz Paul Cornell, Charlie Stross Leah Moore, Nicholas Whyte Frank Darcy | Closed for Opening Ceremony | |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Magic: What It Is, And How It Works
Susanna Clarke, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Colin Smythe, Juliet E McKennaPatrick Nielsen Hayden | 40 Years of Star Trek
Diane Duane, Maken Margaret Moran, Peter Morwood |
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| 12:00 - 12:50 | What Does Fantasy Do? Danielle Ackley-McPhail Maggie Furey, Paul Kearney C. E. Murphy | Emerald Eye Launch John Kenny, Frank Ludlow Dave Murphy, Bob Neilson John W Sexton |
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| 13:00 - 13:50 | Fantastic! The Doctor Who Panel
Paul Cornell, Colin Greenland Nicholas Whyte | Loving the Alien
Frank Darcy, Ronan Gallagher James P Hogan, John Reppion |
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| 14:00 - 14:50 | Guest of Honour Interview:
Susanna Clarke Juliet E McKenna | Closed for GoH Interview | |
| 15:00 - 15:50 | Why We Need Small Press John Kenny, Colin Greenland Frank Ludlow, Dave Murphy Charlie Stross | Research Is What You Can Get Away With… Diane Duane, Maggie Furey James P Hogan, Paul Kearney |
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| 16:00 - 16:50 | Charity Auction
John W Sexton | Swords! Eoin Meehan, Peter Morwood |
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| 17:00 - 18:00 | The Sow That Eats Her Own Farrow: How the Book Business is Destroying Itself Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ariel Juliet E McKenna, Bob Neilson Colin Smythe, Nicholas Whyte | How To Break Into the American
Comics Market Bob Byrne, Paul Cornell John Hendrick, Leah Moore John Reppion | |
| 20.30 | TABLE QUIZ! Venue TBA |
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Panels are 50 minutes long to allow for smooth transition to the following panel
The name in italics is deemed to be the panel’s moderator
Programme Room 1
10.00 – 10.15 Opening Ceremony
We say hello, introduce our Guest of Honour, and start the proceedings!
10.15 – 10.55 Just a Minute Quiz
Panellists must speak on a given topic for 60 seconds without hesitation, deviation, or repetition
11.00 – 11.50 Magic: What It Is, And How It Works
Magic appears in a lot of fantasy fiction, but what is its function, and what makes it work?
12.00 – 12.50 What Does Fantasy Do?
What is the enduring popularity of Fantasy fiction due to? What needs and aspirations within us does it appeal to?
13.00 – 13.50 Fantastic! The Doctor Who Panel
The enormously successful relaunch of Doctor Who under the microscope, with one of the series’ scriptwriters on hand to give an insight into how it all happened.
14.00 – 15.00 Guest of Honour Interview
Juliet E McKenna interviews Susanna Clarke about her work and ambitions.
15.00 – 15.50 Why We Need Small Press
The editorial staff of Albedo 1 discuss the importance of small press to the continued survival of genre fiction.
16.00 – 16.50 Charity Auction
John W Sexton hosts our auction in aid of the Oesophageal Cancer Fund. Dig deep!
17.00 – 18.00 The Sow That Eats Her Own Farrow: How the Book Business is Destroying Itself
As bookshops continue to sell more books for less money, and publishers only want guaranteed bestsellers, is the book trade in danger of destroying itself?
20.00 – LATE TABLE QUIZ (Venue TBA)
Programme Room 2
10.00 –10.55 Closed for Opening Ceremony
11.00 – 11.50 40 Years of Star Trek
September the 8th is the 40th anniversary of the first episode of Star Trek. What is the enduring popularity of this show, and has it finally run its course?
12.00 – 12.50 Emerald Eye Launch
A launch for the Irish SF anthology Emerald Eye, with authors and editors in attendance.
13.00 – 13.50 Loving the Alien
A showing of a short film shot by Ronan Gallagher at the recent Irish UFO Conference, followed by a discussion of his work.
14.00 – 15.00 Closed for Guest of Honour Interview
15.00 – 15.50 Research Is What You Can Get Away With…
Trips abroad and authentic weapons training. Just how much can you get away with when you’re researching your novel?
16.00 – 16.50 Swords!
Enthusiastic sword owners Eoin Meehan and Peter Morwood bring along some of their exotic cutlery to show to us.
17.00 – 18.00 How To Break Into the American Comics Market
All our panellists have recently secured work in the American comics market. What advice do they have to offer to budding comics writers?