This year’s Eastercon is nearly upon us, and all three Briardene authors will be at Reconnect! Here’s the full programme, and below is a summary of where to get your SF critic fix over the weekend. We’ll have copies of all three books for sale at the con — if you’re attending and would like to reserve one (or two, or all three), drop us an email. We will have a table in the dealers’ room.
To being with the main event: our new book, Paul Kincaid’s Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction is out on Thursday! (Pre-order from us or from Amazon.) And to celebrate we will be launching the book on Saturday at 2pm, in Glenbank. Come along for critic chat and to pick up your copy of the book!
Paul’s other panels are:
Landscapes and their Fictional Realisation, Friday, 15.30, Lagan B, with Juliet McKenna, Anna Spark Smith, Jo Zebedee, and Kev McVeigh (mod.)
Who and What is Criticism For?, Saturday, 12.30 (just before the launch — you will have time to grab a quick lunch between them), Broadway, with Nick Hubble, Abigail Nussbaum, Roseanna Pendlebury, and Emily January (mod.)
Abigail Nussbaum — fresh from her double-Hugo-nomination for Track Changes and as Best Fan Writer — will be on four panels, including the above-mentioned panel on criticism and:
Damn Fine Cherry Pie, Saturday, 20.00, Boardroom, with Nicholas Jackson, Trevor Kennedy, Neil Williamson, and Nikita Andester (mod.)
Dune: Has The Sand Settled?, Monday, 12.30, Broadway, with Vincent Docherty and El McInerny (mod.)
Empire Waists and Empire: How Should We Write The Regency?, Monday, 14.00, Lagan A, with Bec Handcock, Farah Mendlesohn, Virginia Preston and Charles Stross (Abigail is mod for this one).
Finally, I (Niall Harrison, for it is I) will be at the Colourfields launch (obviously), and also at two other items:
I have the privilege of interviewing one of the Guests of Honour, Ian McDonald, on Friday afternoon, 17.00, Hall 1A (ICC, not Hilton)
And I will be moderating a panel on SF in translation, with Jean Bürlesk, Jeannette Ng, and Ian Watson.
All in all it promises to be an excellent convention — hope to see you there!
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