Where you can find me during Eastercon 2013

At an ungodly hour on Friday morning I will be setting off for Eastercon up in Bradford. Hooray! Here’s my schedule in case you’re going and want to come and find me:

Friday

6pm: Debut Authors (panel)

“New authors talk about starting out: how to get published, and what happens when you do.” Bella Pagan moderates Adrian Faulkner, Naomi Foyle, Francis Knight, Emma Newman and Stephanie Saulter.

Saturday

11am: The stories in games (panel)

“Narrative games require stories to work, whether they are tabletop RPGs, LARPs or computer game. How do these stories differ from those in books and films? And how do you fix them when the encounter the enemy (or “player”)?” Mike Cule moderates Ian McKenna, Emma Newman, Marcus Rowland and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

12 noon: Genre Get together – Fantasy

If you’d like to have a chat, and/or have a copy of Between Two Thorns that you’d like me to sign, this is a perfect opportunity

1pm: Reinventing Urban Fantasy (panel)

“There’s a lot more to urban fantasy than tattooed women hunting supernatural beings in the USA. Our panel explore the boundaries of the genre, and its metaphors.”

Sunday

12 noon: Ready, Steady, Flash!

“Lee Harris challenges authors to produce short themed fiction to a very tight deadline, and then read it out. Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, Roz Kaveney and Emma Newman scribble, and Donna Scott entertains while they write.”

Oh God oh God oh God oh God oh God oh God oh God!

(I’m very nervous about this – on a par with the nerves about Just A Minute at the Weekender.)

6pm: Reading (shared slot with Mike Shevdon)

And the rest of the time?

I’ll either be in the bar, watching other panels or hiding in my room, rocking back and forth slowly saying “Why did I say yes to being in Ready, Steady, Flash? Why? Why!”

But seriously, come and say hello!