next public appearance: Concussion (Eastercon)

For anyone near enough to be interested or anyone who's going, I'm going to Concussion/Eastercon, the British National Science Fiction Convention (at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, which is adjacent to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow, 14-17 April 2006)

I am going to be on 3 panels--here's my schedule:

Sat, 1000-1100, Argyll 2
Who's Telling the Story? The Voice of Historical Fantasy
Can you write from an authentically historical point of view? Is it
possible to avoid the sensibilities of the present - and is it really
necessary to do so? And which historical authors best inspire writers?

Sat, 1200-1300, Argyll 2
Aesthetics and Ethics in Children's Literature
"A little bit of metaphor, a Sunday school lesson or two, and lots of
misery". Does children's fantasy have to be like this? (and I'm the moderator. Eek.)

Sat, 1300-1400, Orkney
Kaffeeklatsch

Sat, 1700-1800, Orkney
Reading

Sun, 1800-1900, Argyll 2
How Children's SF influences future reading
What is big in SF for young adults these days? What sort of sf
readers will come out of reading it?

For anyone who isn't already going and might consider it at the last minute, online memberships close Saturday. The cut-off will be midnight on Saturday April 8th. After that you will only be able to buy a membership at the door (the prices at the door are the same).

thus ends the public service announcement!