Alt.Fiction - June 12 - QUAD Derby
Posted on 8th February 2010
The fourth Alt.Fiction is programmed to take place on 12th June 2010 in QUAD; Derby’s brand new state-of-the-art multi-media venue.
Alt.Fiction, Derby’s international festival for alternative fiction, has been running successfully since 2006 as a one-day event focusing on the genres of science-fiction, fantasy and horror and featuring some of the UK’s top authors in the field such as Ramsey Campbell, Iain Banks, Mike Carey and Harry Harrison from the US.
Alt.Fiction is made up of a number of different types of sessions, such as readings, workshops, discussion panels and Q&A sessions.This year BBC books – publishers of tie-in-novels from the ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Torchwood’ and ‘Being Human’ series – have confirmed their attendance
For further information, please visit our website at www.altfiction.co.uk.
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Information about the Venue
QUAD is Derby’s new centre for art and film, on the Market Place in Derby city centre. QUAD is a gallery, cinema, café bar and workshop that anyone can use.
See www.derbyquad.co.uk for more information.
Press Release (04/ 06/ 10)
THE SPECULATOR—-FREE SFF BROADSHEET!
The Speculator is a free broadsheet exclusive to Alt.Fiction 2010. It’s stuffed with stories and articles brought to you by… well, The Speculators, Leicester’s foremost—indeed, only known—SF and Fantasy writers group.
‘It is a showcase of our work, our imagination and our love of the craft of writing,’ says editor-in-chief Daniel Ribot. ‘I hope Alt.Fiction attendees will enjoy, comment and participate with us, perhaps going so far as buying a thirsty editor a well-deserved pint!’
Seventeen writers in all have contributed, their efforts accentuated by the feverishly dazzling handiwork of many genre artists. So that’s twelve—count ‘em—twelve pages of sheer mind-fondling, vision-injected 100% STORY for your delectation, all TOTALLY FREE!
Because we love you, people, really we do. No, really.
