Schedule for Alt.Fiction Spring Writing Weekend

Hi Guys,

Here's the latest news on the Alt.Fiction Spring Writing Weekend, which takes place this May. We've just managed to confirm the schedule, which looks really exciting and is crammed with feedback time, workshops and talks that will be hugely useful to everyone attending.

So here it is - if you haven't booked your place yet, tickets are just £180 including all food and accomodation and can be booked at http://altfiction.co.uk/the-programme

Cheers

Alex

Alt.Fiction Spring Writing Weekend – schedule
All events in the Chatsworth Room unless otherwise stated

Friday 20th May

4pm onwards Arrival time
7pm-9pm Dinner (Legacy Chesterfield Hotel restaurant)
Saturday 21st May

8am-9:30am Breakfast
9:30am-10:00am Opening session – writing aims and ambitions
10:00am-10:45am Opening talk by Alex Davis – Literary Agents
10:45am-11am Break
11am-12pm Discussion session – plotting and planning
12pm-12:15pm Break
12:15pm-1pm Feedback session – bring some work with you
1pm-2pm Lunch
2pm-3pm Workshop with guest author Tony Ballantyne
3pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:15pm Interview/Q+A with guest author Tony Ballantyne
4:15pm-4:30pm Break
4:30pm-5:00pm Day one summary and plenary
5:00pm-7pm Free time (including free writing time in Chatsworth Room)
7:00pm-9:00pm Dinner (Legacy Chesterfield Hotel restaurant)

Sunday 22nd May
8am-9:30am Breakfast
9:30am-10:30am Inside Publishing talk and Q+A with Alex Davis
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-11:30am Feedback session 2 – bring some work with you
11:30am-12:00pm Discussion session – the genre book market 1
2pm-12:15pm Break 12:15pm-1pm Workshop with guest author Simon Clark
1pm-2pm Lunch
2pm-3pm Interview/Q+A with guest author Simon Clark
3pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4pm Feedback session 3 – bring some work with you
4pm-4:30pm Day two summary and plenary

Events are go...

Hi Guys, A week or so since I last posted, which I can only put down to being busy both with social stuff and decorating, although I have to admit I didn't get my hands all that dirty... :-) But things are picking up very nicely under the banner of Alt.Fiction - obviously we're not all that far away from our Spring Writing Weekend, with some places still available for that. The schedule of events will be going live soon, and I think everyone will be really impressed when they see the level and quality of activity going on. Then of course we've been lucky enough to make two big announcements since then, first and foremost all the details of our flagship Alt.Fiction 2011 event, taking place on 25th and 26th June. Our Guests of Honour for this year are huge SF author Alastair Reynolds and top comic book writer and novelist Dan Abnett, who will both be joined by a stellar cast of authors throughout the weekend. I'm so excited about the expansion to two days and all that can offer, so it should be a fantastic year. But wait, there's more... as we've also been able to snag an event with the legendary Iain M Banks at Leicester's Phoenix Square on the 3rd June. Anyone who has seen Iain before will tell you how entertaining a speaker he is, and he was a real star turn at Alt.Fiction back in 2007. I'd love to say more, because that's far from all we have in the pipeline, but some things are still cranking their way through ths system before becoming official. But rest assured we won't be taking too much time off after the June weekend, and we'll be back in full swing throughout September and October. That's all for now... signing off for lunch! Thanks a lot Alex