Juliet E McKenna Author of The Tales of Einarinn and The Aldabreshin Compass series of novels, as well finding the time to sideline in reviewing and other writing, Juliet is also an entertaining, witty, and consummately professional guest and speaker at any convention she attends, and we are honoured to have her. Read Juliet E McKenna's Profile Diane Duane Author of the Young Wizards series, Diane has also written for many television shows, including Star Trek. Peter Morwood One of the best and liveliest con guests there is, and after getting into his rather accomplished literary career, he probably isn't planning to go back to work for the Customs service Maggie Furey Author of Artefacts of Power and Shadowleague series, she says:"It seems that all authors have cats. They really write this stuff...". That said, we have decided to invite her rather than her cats. Charlie Stross Nominated recently for a Nebula award for his novellette Lobsters, Charlie enjoys collecting weird gadgets and orphan computers and is a fan of small breweries and their products. Paul Cornell Author of Something More and British Summertime, as well as writings concerning some Doctor bloke, whose name escapes me, his writing credits are phenomenal and varied for a man of his comparatively tender years. | What is P-Con?The Phoenix Convention, is a science fiction, fantasy and horror convention, with an emphasis towards the literary ends of the genres. P-Con II, the second Phoenix Convention, will take place in the Ashling Hotel, Parkgate St., Dublin 8 on the 13th and 14th of November, 2004. The Guest of Honour at P-Con II is Juliet E McKenna and other guests (at present) include Ariel (editor of the Alien Online), Paul Cornell, Diane Duane, Maggie Furey, James P Hogan, Katherine Kurtz, Peter Morwood, John W Sexton, Charlie Stross & Steve Westcott with more to follow. P-Con News UpdateThe latest news from P-Con:
Joining the ConventionJoining the convention is easy. Just download an application form, which you can find in the Joining P-Con section. The rates at present are €20 for full membership and €10 for supporting membership, and there are more details available in the Joining P-Con section. News about the ConventionAs well as news updates on the website, you can follow the progress of the convention by subscribing to the P-Con Newsletter, which will give you the news, both good and bad, about the convention. To subscribe to the P-Con Newsletter, just fill in the form on the Newsletter Section and hit the "Subscribe" button.
Your e-mail address will only be used for the newsletter and WILL NOT be given to other parties. The VenueThe Ashling Hotel, site of the convention is an old-fashioned but well appointed hotel, conveniently situated a few minutes from the city centre. It is readily accessible by public and private transport without having to go through the city centre and, by the time of the convention, will be right beside a LUAS stop. More details on how to get to the hotel are available in the Travel section. The hotel is kindly offering special rates to anyone who will staying in the hotel during the convention, and more details are available in the Accommodation section. About the websiteThe website will be kept as up to date as humanly, and humanely, possible, and new sections will be added on an ongoing basis. We also have an RSS feed (available by clicking here). If there is anything you think should be included in the site, you are always welcome to contact us by using the Feedback form. We would like to thank Feòrag NicBhrìde for the use of the Phœnix (which she designed just after attending last year's P-Con) as this year's logo. And if you want to see the original Phœnix before the P-Con webmaster got a hold of it, visit her website. |
George Green Ariel is better known to the world at large as the site editor of the highly successful online magazine The Alien Online. Steven Westcott Especially imported from the Isle of Man for the convention, P-Con I veteran Steve is the author of Reluctant Heroes and has two more books in the pipeline for this year and next. George Green George's first novel Hound was published last year. Working as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Dept. of English and Creative Writing of Lancaster University, his advice to budding writers is "...to go away, fall in love, have your heart broken then come back and write about it!" So if you see depressed young literary types clogging up the bars of Lancaster, you know who to talk to. James P Hogan James is one of the most prolific authors in the science fiction genre, and despite being described as "firmly planted at the "hard science" end of the science-fiction spectrum", he still manages to be one of the nicest people you could meet at a convention. John W Sexton John W Sexton was born, somewhere in Ireland, in 1958. He is variously a poet, a rock singer, a short story writer, a children’s novelist, and a radio playwright. | ||
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