BristolCon 2024
(Saturday October 26th to Sunday October 27th 2024)

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Guest(s) of Honour: Peter F Hamilton and Joanne Harris
Location: Hilton DoubleTree Hotel, Bristol
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What's on at BristolCon 2024

Last Updated: 12/10/2024 01:23:04

This is the Draft Programme, it is subject to change at any time

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Saturday October 26th 2024

Time Panel 1Panel 2SGS 1SGS 2
09:45 Welcome Ceremony with MEG Welcome Ceremony with Dan (Programme)    
09:50 Reading: Rosa B Watkinson Reading: Thomas Wrightson    
10:00

Fantastic Felonies & Criminal Crossovers

Writing Non-Human Characters

   
10:50 Reading: Emma Newman Reading: Anna Smith Spark    
11:00

Interactions

Beyond Arthur

Future-set Fairy Tales  hosted by Tim Kindberg

Good, Bad, Undefined  hosted by E J Doble

11:50 Reading: Joanne Harris Reading: HELEN Claire Gould    
12:00 Guest of Honour: Joanne Harris interviewed by Joanne Hall She / Her

Creating A Culture – Building A Working Fantasy / Sf Society

Being Interesting  hosted by Stephen Cox

Introduction To Tarot  hosted by Carolyn Dougherty

12:50 Reading: Piotr Swietlik Reading: Tej Turner    
13:00

Writing Fight Scenes

Sex In The Citadel

Self Publishing  hosted by Graham Austin-King

SF As Activism  hosted by Stephen Oram

13:50        
14:00 Book Launch:

     
14:50   Reading: Chrissey Harrison    
15:00

Actually, I Thought The Bad Guy Was The Best Character

Writing Historical Fantasy

Chemistry in SF: Cavorite, Coaxium and other fictions  hosted by Pete Ellis

Peter Morwood & Diane Duane Kaffeklatsch  hosted by TBC

15:50 Reading: Danie Ware Reading: Justina Robson    
16:00

Influences on Authors

Margaret Atwood's Squids In Space Nonsense

Dialogue In Genre Fiction.  hosted by Piotr Swietlik

Geeks & Leeks  hosted by Roz Clarke

16:50 Reading: C. M. Kuhtz Reading: Pete Ellis    
17:00

AI: Is the real problem human-made?

Running the World / Cleaning the Toilets

How to overcome the fear of writing and finishing a book  hosted by Emma Newman

Peter F Hamilton Kaffeklatsch  hosted by Peter F Hamilton

17:50 Reading: Tim Kindberg Reading: Steve McHugh    
18:00

Um, Actually…

Death By Reboot

Knitting Circle  hosted by Josie Jaffrey

 
18:50 Reading: Ivor K. Hill      
19:00 Ten Years of the SPFBO: The role of contests in self-publishing

     
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Sunday October 27th 2024

Time Panel 1Panel 2SGS 1SGS 2
09:45   Welcome Ceremony with    
09:50 Reading: Rebecca L. Fearnley Reading: C. M. Kuhtz    
10:00

Writing around life

Ah, That's Nice, Isn't it?

   
10:50 Reading: Juliet E McKenna      
11:00 Book Launch:

 

Archery in Fantasy and Writing Fighting  hosted by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

Must Main Characters Be Strong?  hosted by TBC

11:50   Reading: E J Doble  
12:00 Guest of Honour: Peter F Hamilton interviewed by Gareth L. Powell

Rogues and Ruffians, Pirates and Thieves

It's All A Matter Of Perspective  hosted by Anne Corlett

12:50 Reading: TBC Reading: Rosie Oliver    
13:00

Legends, Myths, & Finding Your Own Way

Cli-fi - subgenre or necessity?

Audio Drama  hosted by Emily Inkpen

How To Edit Your Own Work  hosted by Justina Robson

13:50   Reading: Rexx Deane    
14:00 Talk by Lynette Nusbacher: More Lembas Please

Sex or Death?

Build A Beast  hosted by J E Hannaford.

Gareth L. Powell Kaffeklatsch  hosted by Gareth L. Powell

14:50 Reading: Jonathan L. Howard Reading: Jason Whittle    
15:00

Lost Cities and Abandoned Places

Apocalypses - how many ways can we destroy the planet?

Knit & Natter  hosted by Ruth (She/Her)

Motivation Or Madness?  hosted by Roz Clarke

15:50        
16:00 Closing Ceremony - MEG presents the End Of Con finale      
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