For those with nothing better to do, I’ll be at the HNS conference in Manchester, speaking at 2pm
Full Details here
PROGRAMME
Conference opens 9.00 am
| Option 1 | Option 2 | |
| 9.15 - 10.00 | Harry Sidebottom Talk: ‘Warriors of Rome’ |
Mary Sharratt Talk: ‘Daughters of the Witching Hill’ |
| 10.15 - 11.00 | Robert Low Talk: ‘Re-enactment, Reportage and Fiction’ |
Orna Ross Workshop: ‘Creative Writing, Creative Reading: Bringing the Past to Life’ |
| BREAK | ||
| 11.30 - 12.30 | Panel Discussion: ‘Where next for Historical Fiction?’
Jim Gill (United Agents), Marcy Posner (Folio Literary Management) – chair Doug Jackson |
Elizabeth Hawksley Workshop: ‘The First Chapter: Hooking Your Readers’ |
| LUNCH | ||
| 2.00 - 2:45 | Panel Discussion: ‘A History of Violence’ Harry Sidebottom, Doug Jackson, Robert Low and Ben Kane – chair Jerome de Groot |
Panel Discussion: Manda Scott and Selina Walker discuss author-publisher relationship and contemporary historical fiction |
| 3.00 - 3.45 | Ann Turnbull Talk: ‘Love and Conflict in the 17th Century: Young Adult Historical Fiction’ |
Hilary Green Talk: ‘Love and War’ |
| BREAK | ||
| 4.15 - 5:00 | Jean Fullerton Talk: ‘Ground Your Fiction in Fact’ |
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Conference ends 5.00 pm
