Fantasycon Schedule

Next Friday, I’ll be venturing down to York for my last convention of the year, Fantasycon. Fantasycon 2011 was my first ever convention in the UK (in Brighton), so I’m rather fond of it. Crazy to think how much things have changed in 3 years.

I have a couple of panels and one reading at Super Relaxed Fantasy Club.

11.00am – It’s the End of the World as we Know It – And I Feel Unsurprised

Does the popularity of dystopia in YA reflect a generation’s expectation of living in a nightmarish future?

Guy Adams (m), Janet Edwards, Leila Abu el Hawa, Jonathan Oliver, Laura Lam

12.00 Noon – Dead Parents, Burned Homesteads and Wicked Stepmothers

Is it essential to write out the parents before youthful characters can head out on adventures? Are adult figures always unhelpful or malign? Should writers search for ways to keep parents around — or do fantasies of a world without parents fulfil a real need?

Marc Gascoigne (m), Edward Cox, Emma Newman, Sophia McDougall, Glenda Larke, Laura Lam

9.00pm – Super Relaxed Fantasy Club

I’ll also definitely be at the banquet on Sunday, as I’m up for the British Fantasy Society for Best Newcomer and possibly accepting for Lauren Beukes in horror.

I’m excited to go to York for the first time, and plan to nip out from the con a bit to explore.