Events

Dec
11
Thu
2014
Launch of Future Perfect in Saffron Walden @ Intelligent Penguin
Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Future Perfect cover imageKatrina MountfortKatrina Mountfort will be launching her debut novel Future Perfect on the evening of December 11th in Saffron Walden at Intelligent Penguin in Gold Street.

Future Perfect is the first book in the Blueprint Trilogy which takes us to a future in which men and women are almost identical, and personal relationships are forbidden. Following a bio-terrorist attack, the population now lives within comfortable Citidomes. MindValues advocate acceptance and non-attachment. The BodyPerfect cult encourages a tall thin androgynous appearance, and looks are everything. A dark undercurrent runs through the trilogy: the enforcement of conformity through fear, the fostering of distorted and damaging attitudes towards forbidden love, manipulation of appearance and even the definition of beauty. Join Katrina to celebrate the launch of her book with a drink, hear a reading, buy a copy and have it signed! What better way to spend a December evening?

It’s also worth saying a big thank you to Intelligent Penguin, a digital agency, who offered the use of their venue in exchange for a donation to a charity of Katrina’s choice. In keeping with the themes of the book, Katrina chose Beat, a charity providing helplines, online support and a network of UK-wide self-help groups to help adults and young people in the UK beat their eating disorders.

 

Oct
19
Fri
2018
Elsewhen Press at FantasyCon 2018 @ The Queen Hotel, Chester
Oct 19 – Oct 21 all-day

We will be at FantasyCon again in October. This year in the old walled city of Chester.

We will, of course, be in the Dealers Room for the whole weekend. We will be selling all of our titles.

On Saturday morning at 11am we are having a launch event in the Jubilee Room (shared with Horrific Tales) at which we will have readings from three of our latest books as well as some refreshments and the opportunity to chat to the authors and get them to sign your copy of their book (which we can sell you!). The authors at the launch will be:

Juliet KempThe Deep and Shining Dark
David M AllanThe Empty Throne
David CraigResurrection Men

Please come along to support them.

Some of our authors will also be participating in panels or giving talks as follows:

Fri 5:30pm The Gladstone Room
Putting the Science in Science FictionDavid M Allan

Sat 2:30pm The Edward Room
Reviewing and Getting ReviewedSusan Oke (moderator)

Sat 3:00pm The Gladstone Room
Are We All Teenagers at Heart?Juliet Kemp, PR Ellis

Sat 4:00pm The Albert Room
Writing Short FictionJuliet Kemp (moderator)

Sat 5:30pm The Albert Room
Cavorite to CoaxiumPR Ellis

Sat 8:30pm The Albert Room
Writing and Representing Queer Characters in Genre FictionPR Ellis

Sat 9:30pm The Albert Room
Writing GroupsSusan Oke

Sun 12:30pm The Edward Room
Underrepresented Voices in Genre FictionJuliet Kemp

The FantasyCon programme can be downloaded from here.

Oct
21
Sun
2018
Dealers Room open to the public at FantasyCon 2018 @ The Queen Hotel, Chester
Oct 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

If you’re in or around Chester this coming weekend, but weren’t planning on coming to FantasyCon, there’s some great news for you. The Dealers Room at FantasyCon will be open to the public on Sunday morning (9am to 1pm). That means you can come in and visit a whole room full of Independent Publishers (including us) eager to sell you the best SFF books around; as well as purveyors of t-shirts, artwork and jewellery among other things.