SCI-FI & FANTASY BOOK REVIEWER… …and struggling writer.

Posts Tagged ‘discussion’

Charles Stross & Cory Doctorow

In Latest News on 3 June 2009 tagged CCTV, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, discussion, London, Open Rights Group, panel, privacy, surveillance, talk, technology with no comments

A few weeks back the Open Rights Group hosted a benefit talk in Central London called Resisting The All-Seeing Eye that I couldn’t go to as it clashed with our own festival. It was about privacy and surveillance in the modern world and featured two authors, Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow, both pretty outspoken [...]

Alt.Fiction, Derby, 26th April 2008 (cont)

In Events on 16 May 2008 tagged Alt.Fiction, authors, convention, discussion, Events, fantasy, panels, science fiction, workshops, writing with no comments

After the break, nicely replenished with upmarket cheeseburger, fries and a milkshake I pushed my way through the town square that was fast becoming ‘Emo Central’ and headed back to the Assembly Rooms for the first of the evening sessions, scriptwriting, featuring Graham Joyce, Philip Palmer and Michael Marshall Smith.
Now the truth is that I [...]

Alt.Fiction, Derby, 26th April 2008

In Events on 15 May 2008 tagged Alt.Fiction, authors, Derby, discussion, Events, panels, readings, workshops with no comments

Arranged by Alex Davis and Derby Council, Alt.Fiction is a day of panels, workshops and readings by a decent cross section of successful science fiction and fantasy authors, aimed at would-be science fiction and fantasy authors and fans of the genre(s). The day kicks-off rather sensibly at noon - which is good because Derby [...]