Word & Image

[image error]On Monday, I posted my schedule for Context, the  32nd New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention, which is to be held in Auckland over this long weekend, 3-6 June.

One of my panels, at 2 pm on Sunday, is Word and Image with artist  Frank Victoria and musician Donald Wolcott—a discussion on the creative relationship between writer and artist in speculative fiction, how the idea of the story is given effect through word and image—as well as how word and image spark off each other to generate new creations.

As part of that panel, I have put together a resource folder on the inter-relationship between word and image from the earliest beginnings of The Heir of Night story—which is also the inception of The Wall of Night series. The Word & Image folder includes material by artist Peter Fitzpatrick (Fitz to just about everyone) on how he took what I can only call my "hopeful hieroglyphics"  and turned them into the interior map for The Wall of Night series.

Just for fun, Fitz has also done a Word & Image poster, featuring the red AU/NZ Heir cover, to accompany the folder. I like it so much I thought I'd give you all a sneak preview today—& if you like it too, post a comment: I'll give the first 5 people to do so today an A4 copy signed by Fitz as artist and me as author.

Meanwhile, if you're at the convention over this weekend, there'll be flyers available as well. If you're not attending, stay posted, as I'll be reporting here on my highlights and any other fun that's going down.