Media Alert: Gollancz Festival is imminent! This year Gollancz is taking the initiative to launch a big, big festival hosted at Waterstones Picadilly on the 13th of August. The Gollancz Festival will be a multi-media experience celebrating the genre fiction of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The Gollancz Festival will go down in the history books as one of the biggest publisher events hosted so far.
About a month ago the room schedule was released where you could see who would appear in real flesh, just recently they have released the digital line up. Which can be found below:
Gollancz Festival Digital
Schedule
09:00* Join us on Pinterest and Twitter for
top Convention breakfast tips and ideas from our fabulous authors.
To participate just follow Gollancz on Pinterestan
09:30 Hang out on Reddit with the incredible Nalini
Singh for an AMA!
10:00 Drop in on Facebook and
check out an epic Fantasy Panel (with Den Patrick, Elspeth
Cooperand Stephen Hunt)
10:30 **SECRET INTERACTIVE EVENT** Follow Gollancz on Twitter,
or keep an eye on Facebook to find out how you can take part
11:00 Have you got a question for Team Gollancz? We’ll
be answering all your questions in a Google Hangout from 11.00
11:30 And stay tuned for an exclusive Google Hangout with Joe
Abercrombie!
12:00 Stop by our YouTube
Channel to see Scott Lynch and Elizabeth Bear in conversation about their books, lives, conventions and more
13:00 **WORLD PREMIERE EVENT** Have you been longing
for news of Foxglove Summer? Ben
Aaronovitch will be joining us for a Google Hangout and he’s bringing an amazing teaser from his new bestseller!
13:30 **SUPER-SECRET EVENT** Follow @Gollancz on
Twitter, or keep an eye on Facebook and YouTube to
learn more
14:00 Visit Facebook for
a great SF Panel with some of the top authors of their generation (featuring: Richard Morgan, Stephen
Baxter, Pat Cadigan, Alastair Reynolds and
14:30 Grab a cup of tea and settle down in front ofYouTube,
ready to enjoy a song from the inimitable Mitch Benn
15:00 Head over to Goodreads for something special –
a Q&A with the fantastic Holly Black. And be ready: she’ll be sharing a sneak peek inside her brand new book The
Darkest Part of The Forest
15:30 **SECRET INTERACTIVE EVENT** Drop in on our YouTube
channel for an exclusive video from Leigh Bardugo and be ready to get involved
16:00 Join in the conversation by following@Gollancz,
as Anna Caltabiano and Paula
Weston stop by for a twitter Q&A!
16:30 Meet the Gollancz 2014 Debuts. They’re
the stars in our Class of 2014 Vox Pops. Which superpowers or amazing pets they would love to have? Find out on YouTube
17:00 ** WORLD PREMIERE EVENT** Visit Goodreads for a Q&A with Brandon Sanderson and a very special
announcement!
17:30 Be a part of the festival! Share 3 Favourite SF
Books from your bookshelf! Tweet @Gollanczand watch #GollanczFest for top recommendations.
Gollancz also have mentioned that they still have enough tricks up their sleeves so keep a close eye on the social media platforms of Gollancz!
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Below you can find the schedule of Waterstones Piccadilly once again
Room 1 at Waterstones Piccadilly will have a reading from Patrick Rothfuss, bestselling
In Room 2,
Gollancz’s
talented 2014 debut novelists (our ‘Class of 2014’) will talk about
their novels and experience of publishing, and three bestselling authors
will give solo talks, readings
and interviews: Joanne M. Harris will discuss the use of different narratives as a means of exploring stories;
Joe
Hill might share an insight into having your work become a Hollywood
film; and Patrick Rothfuss will give a solo talk and tremendous audience
Q&A.
The entire event will be punctuated with performances of SFF inspired songs from The Bookshop Band.
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