Media Alert: Gollancz Festival 2015
Gollancz is delighted to share two substantial
updates regarding The Gollancz Festival. Firstly, the full schedule of events,
including the topics for discussion and selection of panellists, at the events
in Manchester, 16 October, and London, 17 October, is now available at
gollanczfestival.com.
Secondly, Gollancz is launching an
additional Waterstones Piccadilly-based event for at aspiring writers on Sunday
18 October, from 12 until 3pm!
The Gollancz Festival for New Writers
Tickets to
The Gollancz Festival 2015 at London Piccadilly sold out in an astonishing
three weeks. Subsequently Gollancz received a number of messages and tweets
from disappointed genre fiction fans who missed out on purchasing tickets. Many
of them are part of writing groups or identified themselves as aspiring
authors. Inspired by their messages, Gollancz have decided to launch ‘The
Gollancz Festival for Writers’ from 2 until 3pm on Sunday 18 October, tickets
priced at £8 (£6 for Waterstones card holders). The event is aimed at aspiring
writers and anyone looking for an insight into an author’s process. It will
include talks from Ben Aaronvitch, Joe Abercrombie, Joanne Harris and Joe Hill,
as well as a panel of talented debut authors discussing ‘the trials and
tribulations of their first year in print’.
Please see the full programme and buy tickets at gollanczfest.com.
Publishing
Director, Gillian Redfearn said: ‘Gollancz has always encouraged new writers so
I’m thrilled that we’re able to offer a bespoke event focused on helping them
to build their craft. We’ve developed a programme of practical and inspiring
talks from genre-leading authors, and debut novelists, as well as
industry-leading agents and editors’
The Gollancz Festival at
Waterstones Manchester Deansgate on 16 October, and Waterstones
London Piccadilly on 17 October.
A small number of tickets for the
Manchester Gollancz Festival from 16 October 6 – 9pm, are still available for
£8. Please book now to avoid disappointment. At Waterstones Deansgate, there
will be two rooms featuring 3 hours of action-packed programming. In both rooms
attendees will see the same brilliant line-up featuring more than 20 authors with
headline names including Ben Aaronovitch, Joe Abercrombie, Joanne Harris, Brandon
Sanderson and, in a new addition to the bill, Joe Hill. You can book tickets at
gollanczfest.com.
Tickets to The Gollancz Festival, London
Piccadilly, 17 October from 2–7pm, are now sold out, but for those who have
purchased tickets the programme is now available. While those haven’t been able
to buy tickets are welcome to join us on Sunday 18 October at ‘The Gollancz
Festival for Writers’ or at Gollancz Festival events at the Prince Charles
Cinema.
The Gollancz Festival at The Prince Charles
Cinema, 15 and 18 October.
Today, we’re also delighted to reveal the
line-ups for the Gollancz Festival 2015 talk events at the Prince Charles ahead
of the screenings of Minority Report,
15 October 7.30pm, and The Prestige,
18 October at 7.30pm. Please visit
gollaczfest.com for more information.
Gollancz will be releasing the dynamic schedule of
digital author events on the 2nd of October 2015. For updates on
digital events please register your interest at gollanczfestival.com.
About
The Gollancz Festival 2015
The full list of
participating authors taking part in traditional and/or digital events
currently includes: Ben Aaronovitch; Joe Abercrombie; Mark Alder; Stephen
Baxter; Greg Bear; Bradley Beaulieu; AK Benedict; Kit Berry; James Blaylock;
Aliette de Bodard; Anna Caltabiano; C. Robert Cargill; Elspeth Cooper; Paul
Cornell; Edward Cox; AJ Dalton; Stephen Deas; Jaine Fenn; Tony Gonzales; Charlaine
Harris; Joanne Harris; MG Harris; Joe Hill; John Hornor Jacobs; Antonia
Honeywell; Stephen Hunt; Simon Ings; Alex Lamb; David Langford; Ursula K Le
Guin; Philip Mann; Elizabeth May; Paul McAuley; Ian McDonald; Suzanne McLeod;
Simon Morden; Richard Morgan; Den Patrick; Sarah Pinborough; Tim Powers; Hannu
Rajaniemi; Alastair Reynolds; Adam Roberts; Al Robertson; Justina Robson; Pat
Rothfuss; Brandon Sanderson; Nalini Singh; Gavin Smith; Mark Stay; Tricia
Sullivan; Lisa Tuttle; Jon Wallace; Catriona Ward, Michael J Ward; Sean
Williams; Chris Wooding.
About
The Gollancz Festival 2014
Shortlisted
for the Publishers Publicity Circle Annual Awards, highly commended by Books
Marketing Society, and the winner of The Hachette UK Marketing and Publicity
Campaign of the Year 2014 Award, the Gollancz Festival was the UK’s first ever integrated virtual and
traditional literary festival.
About Gollancz
For the full programme on the 16th and 17th see below.
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