Friday
Big Room
18.00-19.00 A Good Read.
Four people discuss four books.
Shaz Taslimi (M), Doug Palmer, Moti Lieberman, ari dorsey
19-15-20.15 Using History in Different Ways.
Ken MacLeod said history is the trade secret of science fiction. Worldbuilding, historical fantasy, alternate history, what different ways do we lean on it?
Jo Walton (M), Ada Palmer, Gillian Chan, Sherwood Smith
20.30-22.00 Terra Ignota, a Whole Series.
At last we can talk about the complete thing!
Jo Walton (M), Mike Booth, Anthony Mojave, Lewis Powell
Reading Room
19-15-20.15 Sherwood Smith Reading
20.30-22.00 Matthew Surridge talks about movies
Saturday Big Room
10.00-11.00 Pacing Series
A series is as different from a novel as a novel from a short story. How do we pace and structure them?
Ada Palmer (M), Rosemary Kirstein, Sherwood Smith, Naomi Kritzer
11.15-12.30 Marge Piercy and the dream of other ways to live
Piercy is a mainstream writer, but she has written two SF novels. How do they look now?
Jo Walton (M), Caroline Kubzansky, Ruthanna Emrys, Su Sokol
LUNCH
14.00-15.00 Aspects
Discussion of John M. Ford's recently published Aspects
Jo Walton (M) Rich Horton, Shaz Taslimi, Andrew Plotkin
15.15.16-15 Vikings!
Axe time, sword time, coming closer, wind time, wolf time...
Ada Palmer and Gillian Chan discuss Vikings, the history and the myth.
16.30-17.30 Why is this Pandemic Different From All the Other Pandemics
Fictional pandemics are not like Covid... or are they?
Jo Walton (M) Gretchen McCulloch, Naomi Kritzer, E.J. Fischer, Jon Evans
DINNER
19.30-20.30 Ask a Scientist
We all have science questions
Doug Palmer, Michael Mellas, Ruthanna Emrys
20.45-22.00 The Knights Who Say "Fuck"
Swearing in SF and fantasy.
Gretchen McCulloch, Adele-Elise Prevost, Jo Walton, David Levine
Saturday Reading Room
10.00-11.00 Gillian Chan Reading
11.15-12.30 Ada Palmer Reading
LUNCH
14.00-15.00 Gretchen McCulloch reads Romeo and/or Juliet
15.15.16-15 Alexis Shotwell reads from Love After the End
16.30-17.30 Su Sokol Reading
DINNER
19.30-20.30 Maureen McHugh Discussion
Jo Walton and E.J. Fischer
20.45-22.00 Jon Evans Reading
Sunday
10.00-11.00 Reading All the Things
Some of us read in a wide variety of genres
Jo Walton (M), E.J. Fischer, Rich Horton, Alexis Shotwell
11.15-12.30 The Papal Election of 1492
Discussion of the papal election simulation and how you can take part this summer!
Ada Palmer, Riley Rossner, ari dorsey, Francis Burke, Jo Walton
LUNCH
14.00-15.00 The Outskirts: Discussion of The Steerswoman books
Jo Walton (M) Andrew Plotkin, Lewis Powell, Gretchen McCulloch
15.15-16.15 How do we reach a better future?
Ada Palmer (M), Ruthanna Emrys, Alexis Shotwell, Jon Evans
16.30-18.00 Caterpillars of the Commonwealth present: Three Shouts On a Hill
A reading of a play by Jo Walton
18.00 Raffle drawing
Sunday Reading Room
Sunday
10.00-11.00 Rosemary Kirstein Reading
11.15-12.30 Ruthanna Emrys Reading
LUNCH
14.00-15.00 Emmet O'Brien and Jon Singer in Conversation
15.15-16.15 Naomi Kritzer Reading
16.30-18.00 David Levine Reading
19.30 onwards Picnic in Oxford Park