If my health allows, I’m intending to go along to the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Dublin from August 15th-19th. So here’s my schedule, which I’m rather pleased with.
Wild Cards: Wild Cards Trivia
15 Aug 2019, Thursday 14:00 – 15:30, Second Stage (Liffey-B) (CCD)
The Wild Cards superhero series encompasses anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels, written by over forty authors across more than thirty years. George R. R. Martin and three teams of Wild Cards authors embark on an epic Trivia contest. Who knows what will happen? With: Mary Anne Mohanraj; Carrie Vaughn; Charles Stross; Peadar Ó Guilín and Emma Newman.
Stroll with the Stars: Friday
16 Aug 2019, Friday 09:00 – 09:50, Ground Floor Foyer (CCD)
Go for a walk with me, Zen Cho, David D. Levine, Michelle Sagara, Kate Heartfield and BE Allatt.
Have Publishers got your Back?
16 Aug 2019, Friday 10:30 – 11:20, Odeon 4 (Point Square Dublin)
Artists and authors are the public face of books and comics and, as a result, can be the main targets of online abuse when fans take offence at something. Should publishers protect the creators of the work they are marketing? In what ways do publishers offer support at times like these? Is there or should there be a difference if the work is being done on commission, rather than originating from the author or artist? With: Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Books); Atlin Merrick (Improbable Press); Ms Catherine Cho (Curtis Brown); Tara Ferguson (Humanoids Inc., Vault Comics, Pulse College, Dublin).
Which Comic Was Your Manual?
16 Aug 2019, Friday 15:30 – 16:20, Odeon 2 (Point Square Dublin)
We ask our panel of comics professionals what comics, graphic novels, and series they regularly use as reference and for inspiration. Who do they personally consider to be the comic book greats and why? And are these works useful to everyone, or just to comic creators? With: Paul Carroll; Sana Takeda; CE Murphy.
Kaffeeklatsch: Paul Cornell
16 Aug 2019, Friday 17:00 – 17:50, Level 3 Foyer (KK/LB) (CCD)
I believe you have to sign up for these in advance.
Reading: Paul Cornell
17 Aug 2019, Saturday 10:00 – 10:20, Liffey Room-3 (Readings) (CCD)
Artists and Authors Collaborating
17 Aug 2019, Saturday 12:30 – 13:20, Odeon 2 (Point Square Dublin)
Comics are an inherently collaborative medium. Join our panelists to talk about the creative give-and-take, the differing and perhaps overlapping responsibilities of the author and artist, and how to juggle all these balls under a strict deadline! With: Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing); Sana Takeda; Raya Golden (Fevre River Packet Company and Random House ).
Can’t Stop the Signal – Continuing through Comics
17 Aug 2019, Saturday 14:30 – 15:20, Odeon 5 (Point Square Dublin)
Firefly, Buffy, The X-Files, The Dark Crystal, Aliens, Predator and more have all found new life off the screen in comic adaptations or official continuations. How much is changed and/or lost when moving from one medium to another? What more can be done with the move? How is fidelity maintained with the original? With: Grace P. Fong (Fictograph); Lisa Tuttle; Stephen Mooney (Marvel/DC/Image).
Doctor Who Beyond the TV Screen
18 Aug 2019, Sunday 10:00 – 10:50, Liffey Hall-2 (CCD)
We see a lot of programme items that talk about Doctor Who as a TV series, the actors, the stories, etc. However, we don’t see as many items about Doctor Who beyond the TV. How has the Doctor’s reach permeated print? Books? Gaming? Radio plays? With: John Jarrold; Nina Niskanen; Harun Šiljak (Trinity College Dublin, CONNECT SFI Centre for Future Networks and Communications).
Octocon presents: The Golden Blasters
18 Aug 2019, Sunday 14:30 – 16:20, Odeon 1 (Point Square Dublin)
Octocon is proud to co-host this year’s Golden Blasters with Dublin 2019. Now in their tenth year, the Blasters are dedicated specifically to the art of the short film and screenplay in the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. Please join us as we show you the finalists for this year’s awards – the winners of which will be decided not only by our panel of judges but also by you, with the coveted Silver Blaster audience award. So be sure to come along and help decide which film will take home this year’s Blaster.
Golden Blasters Judging
19 Aug 2019, Monday 10:30 – 11:20, Alhambra (Point Square Dublin)
The judges get together to judge the entries for the awards to be handed out.
Autographs
19 Aug 2019, Monday 14:00 – 14:50, Level 4 Foyer (CCD)
And that’s it. I hope to see some of you there. Do say hello.
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