10th-12th August 2018 Novotel London West - Nine Worlds Convention
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10th-12th August 2018 Novotel London West
Welcome to Nine Worlds
Welcome to Nine Worlds stuff you’ve submitted. With a dozen or more
things to choose from at once, the main issue is
Geekfest 2018! always too much awesomeness. Please jump in,
explore new interests, meet people, and have
Nine Worlds is a big festival for all kinds a big old party. We hope you have an amazing
of geeky interests, including academia, time!
boardgaming, books, comics, cosplay, crafting,
creative writing, entertainments, fandoms, With love,
fantasy, fanworks, food and drink, gaming,
identity and culture, kids, LARP, meetups, Dan, Kate, Alex A, Alex P, Carlos, Claire, Craig,
movies, performance art, podcasting, RPGs, Daisee, Dee, DWM, Em, Flacs, Fran, Gin, Glyn,
social gaming, teen fandom, theatre, tech, TV, Helen, Hisham, Jade, Jaime, Jane, Jay, Jen, Jess F,
video gaming, and young adult. Jess H, Jimi, Jonathan, Jono, Kat, Keira, Keith,
Lee, Lis, Matt, Misha, Morgan, Nene, Nick,
We’ve moved to an even more user-generated Nicole, Olivia, Ollie, Ria, Russell, Samantha,
content model this year, and we’re really Sean, Steve B, Steve L1, Steve L2, Steve P, Tom,
looking forward to sharing all of the amazing Tony, Tes, Zaquiel, and many others.
We want to say a big thank you to
Elsewhen Press, returning as our Gold
Sponsors, for helping us put on this
event.
Elsewhen Press is an independent publisher,
based in South East England, with a mission to
deliver outstanding new talents in speculative
fiction. We love books; we are passionate
about Science Fiction and Fantasy; we treasure
diversity. So we established Elsewhen Press in
2011 specifically to encourage the best new
and previously unpublished authors. We have
now published more than 60 titles across
SF/F genres by a diverse range of authors
from around the world, and we are delighted
that reviews and customer feedback are
overwhelmingly positive. We pride ourselves
on the quality of our books, giving the best
possible experience to our readers in print
and digital at a price that is fair to both reader
and author. We actively adopt an approach
based on close personal relationships with our
authors, editors and artists, and are honoured
that these incredibly creative people identify
themselves as part of an ‘Elsewhen family’.
2Contents
Welcome to Nine Worlds 2 Anti-Harassment Policy 10
Contents 3 Racial harassment 10
Information 4 What should I do if I am being
Where to find information 4 harassed? 11
Where to find help 4 Costume and weapons policy 12
How to help out 4 Photography policy 13
How to give feedback 4 Attendees 13
Nine ways to enjoy 4 Photographers 13
Access 5 Cosplay contest 13
Families 6 Security 13
Getting around inside the venue 7 Vendors 14
Parking 8 Signings 14
Food and drink 8 Opening hours 14
Badge systems 9 Pop-up Market 14
Communication preferences 9 Vendors List 14
Pronouns 9 Dictionary Corner 14
Priority access 9 Schedule 15
Days of access 9 Thursday 15
Staff / Attendee / Guest 9 Friday 15
Rules / Code of conduct 10 Saturday 23
Rules & stuff to note 10 Sunday 31
Code of conduct 10
We want to say a big thank you to Head
of Zeus, Silver Sponsors, for helping us
put on this event
Head of Zeus is an independent publishing
house, committed to new talent, great writing
and quality in everything we produce. With
our 40-strong team based in Clerkenwell, we
have centuries of expertise, global reach, and a
nimble, creative, decisive culture. We are not
afraid to take risks, or challenge the status quo.
We are six years old and we have published
over 2,000 books. We have achieved 60
number 1 bestsellers in Ebook (and countless
top tens), and 12 top-ten bestsellers in print.
At the Bookseller Industry Awards, in 2015 we
were named Digital Business of the Year, and
in 2017 we were named Independent Publisher
of the Year.
3Information/Nine Ways to Enjoy
Information How to help out
Where to find information We could always use a helping hand to keep
This booklet and the accompanying fold-out the show on the road. If you’d like to volunteer
timetable are a good starting point for most of for a few hours, ask at the info desk and we’ll
the information you’ll need to enjoy this year’s take it from there.
Nine Worlds. Other ways to find information
and get answers include: How to give feedback
• Build your personal timetable at: We will email a link to an online feedback form
sites.grenadine.co/sites/nineworlds/en/2018 to all ticket holder email addresses following
• Check out the rest of the nineworlds.co.uk the convention. You can also email feedback@
website for more detailed versions of the nineworlds.co.uk at any time. We will respond
information in this booklet. The access and to all emailed feedback we receive, but be
children and teens web pages especially are aware this may take a long time as we get a lot
far more detailed. of feedback.
• Follow @London_Geekfest on Twitter for
real time news and updates, and tweet us Nine Ways to Enjoy
with questions or experiences. 1. Be Excellent To Each Other: make
• Contact a Nine Worlds staff member. All sure you’ve read the code of conduct and
staff will be wearing special staff badges, the policies in this booklet so you don’t
and many operational staff (e.g. stewards) accidentally step on folks’ boundaries.
will be wearing hi-vis jackets. There should 2. Be Excellent To Yourself: cons can be
be a staff member within sight and sound really intense, high-energy experiences.
distance of all programme areas at all times. Pace yourself, and make sure you take
• Ask at the pink fluffy info desk on the first time out to recharge in the ways that
floor of the convention centre, next to work best for you, be that with a nap, a
registration. nice meal, or some time with friends.
• Approach a member of hotel staff. They 3. Try Out New Areas Of Geekdom:
won’t have answers about convention Nine Worlds is a great big melting pot of
content, but will be happy to assist with all kinds of fandoms, interests and cool
other queries. things. It’s likely that your areas of interest
will have loads of awesome stuff going on,
Where to find help but remember that this is also a chance
If you’re having trouble or you wish to report to try out something new, with organisers
an incident to convention staff, come to the and speakers keen to introduce new
info desk. A staff member will be able to help people to their favourite things.
you out, and assist you in taking a report 4. Get Involved: a great way to meet new
further if that’s what you’d like to do. They’ll people and have a whole lot of geeky fun
also have local emergency phone numbers, and is to volunteer. Ask at the info desk and
if you need to call the police, we will support we’ll happily point you to the Volunteer
you. Spawning Point.
5. Arrive On Time: or even a bit early.
We’ve got a very busy con this year. Some
4Nine Ways to Enjoy/Access
events will fill up, and you may not be able will be used as appropriate. A BSL Interpreter
to get into everything you want to see. Be will be interpreting a number of sessions.
prepared with back-up options for each There are long breaks between sessions, and
session, and show up early for items you attendees can enter and leave sessions as they
really don’t want to miss. like. We believe that this year’s venue is mostly
6. Check Your Photo Boundaries: accessible. The outside space is still somewhat
People will be taking lots of photos affected by building works, which Novotel
during the event. If you don’t want have no control over. They have done their
to be photographed, please wear a best to help us make outside spaces accessible.
yellow lanyard: you can pick one up at
Registration. You don’t have to wear it all We recognise that people have a diverse range
the time. of needs due to impairment, disability, chronic
7. Discuss: we’re having lots of complicated health issues, or neurodiversity. We know that
conversations here - that’s what makes it is not always easy to meet everyone’s needs
the con interesting! It’s totally okay to perfectly. However, we aim to go beyond our
politely disagree: just please be respectful legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010,
and kind, and assume good faith in others, and work to make Nine Worlds as accessible,
okay? welcoming and inclusive a space as possible.
8. Know Where To Find Help: you can We know that we won’t always get everything
ask any of our volunteers wearing hi-vis right; we welcome feedback and undertake to
vests or Staff badges for help, anytime. improve accessibility each year.
You can also speak to people on the info
desk; or, out of hours, the hotel desk is Our access coordinator, Samantha, and her
open. You can also tweet us @London_ deputy, Tes, will be available throughout the
Geekfest with questions, or the access event to help with any access issues or queries.
team on @9WAccess, but bear with us if You can reach them by tweeting @9waccess,
we take a little time to respond. emailing access@nineworlds.co.uk, or asking
9. Meet New People: many people for assistance at the info desk.
at conventions are keen to chat with
strangers and make new friends - you might Priority seating stickers are available from the
like to strike up a conversation by asking registration and info desks, and entitle the
about their cosplay or their fandoms. wearer to priority entry and priority seating in
You can check others’ boundaries by all content rooms. If standing is difficult, painful
seeing if they’re wearing a communication or impossible for you, or you have specific
preference badge! seating requirements, including needing to be
at the front, on an aisle, or at the back, please
Access request a Priority Access Seating sticker from
This year, we will have step-free access, the registration desk. Priority Access Seating is
accessible toilets, gender neutral toilets, available for those with anxiety issues, Autistic
designated quiet room, outdoor smoke free Spectrum Disorders, sensory impairment,
space, a communication preference system, pregnancy, or any other issue that means you
and kid-friendly content. Content warnings would benefit from a seat in a specific location,
5Access/Families
in addition to those with mobility difficulties. and colouring in or activity books for young
Floor seating and wheelchair spaces will also be children. This space can be accessed during
provided. There will also be a priority access daytime hours. Please leave it tidy for other
queue with seats for registration, which does people to use. If you wish to use the lending
not require you to have obtained a sticker. library we’ve provided for comics, games and
Please use this queue if you have difficulty stim toys and ear defenders, please write down
standing, difficulty with crowds, or any other your badge number and what you’ve borrowed
issue that might make registering difficult for on the sheet provided, and return it when
you. you’re done. Please note - children should be
supervised if playing on the terrace outside the
The quiet room is for anyone who wishes no kids area.
one to talk to or interact with them. Multiple
people are welcome, provided they respect There will be kids content scheduled,
others’ needs and make no noise. Please do including workshops on human rights, cartoon
not use this room for socialising. The quiet screenings, group storytelling activities, and
room is equipped with soft furnishings and craft sessions. All kids sessions have the
lighting, a place to lie down, sensory toys and potential to be adapted for children at various
activities such as colouring and Sudoku, as well ages, and also those children with additional
as being stocked with ear plugs and eye masks. needs. While these are specifically aimed at
Ear plugs and back supports can be collected children and young people, don’t forget to look
from the quiet room for use elsewhere on site; at the main programme too as there may be
please return back supports to the quiet room other sessions that will interest your particular
at the end of the convention. Ear plugs also will child.
be available from the tech desk (turn right as
you enter Cremant) during the evening discos. The majority of sessions in the main program
will be child friendly in content, barring those
The access page on our website contains much, sessions labelled as [18+] or [Adult Content].
much more information on access services and You are welcome to leave and re-enter
site accessibility for this year’s event, including sessions as and when you or the children with
a detailed, sensory rich walk through of the you require, but please do so as quietly as
venue with photos. Browse nineworlds.co.uk/ possible to avoid disrupting the speakers. We
access or ask for a print-out at our info desk. also understand some parents and carers may
Our info desk can also provide large print need to answer their phones during sessions
versions of a number of other documents, for reasons relating to childcare. We ask that if
including this booklet. this happens you leave as quietly as possible to
minimise disruption, and if possible wait until
Families you’ve left the room to answer your phone.
For Families However you choose to feed your child, you
The kids space will be in Cognac on the first are welcome to do so anywhere at Nine
floor of the hotel, near refreshments and the Worlds. We do not tolerate the harassment
gaming area. It will be stocked with activities of people feeding children either through
for children of all ages; including games, toys breastfeeding or other methods - if you are
6Families/Getting Around
harassed while feeding a child, please make us you not try to sneak into, as we may have to
aware and it will be dealt with. If you require ask you to leave if you do. Please be assured
hot water for heating milk/bottles; or require that most identity based sessions (eg sessions
baby food warming, the restaurant is staffed relating to LGBTQIA+ identities) will not be age
24 hours a day and staff there will be happy restricted and you will be welcomed in them.
to help. Restaurant staff will also help to find a We also want to assure teen attendees that we
quiet spot to feed children if asked. think you have valid opinions and contributions
to make at Nine Worlds. As such we cover
We’ve also marked changing spaces on the discrimination and bullying based on age under
venue map, and there will be a portable our anti-harassment policy - if you feel you are
changing mat available in the kids space. being bullied or disrespected because of your
age, please speak to a volunteer and we’ll do
If you become separated from a child in your our best to fix the situation.
care, please report immediately to the info
desk (in the black and white lobby on the first We will also be holding a feedback session for
floor), or the nearest convention volunteer teenage attendees to tell the organising team
who will assist you by putting out a call on our what you want to see at Nine Worlds in the
radio system to help find the lost child. Please future.
point the info desk, and volunteers in purple or
green vests out to children as the places and Getting around inside the venue
people that will help them if they are lost.
There are four convention areas
For Teens within the hotel:
This year we are opening one of our content
rooms as a teen lounge for socialising, for the First Floor
majority of the convention. The lounge will be Conference Centre - registration and pink
located in the Pouilly room on the Mezzanine fluffy Info Desk, Cremant, Mancy, Chalon,
floor, and during it’s opening hours, we’ll have a Reims, Epernay, Bouzy, Champagne bar, Black
games and comic library available for use. This and white cafe, Tech HQ.
will include board games, character sheets for Hotel - lobby, bar and restaurant, Cognac
games of Monsterhearts, and comics ranging (Nine Dice gaming lounge, Rusty Quill RPG
from Marvel & DC to indie YA comics. Please corner, and kids area), terraces.
check the timetable for opening hours. When
the teen lounge is not open, these things will Mezzanine Floor
be kept in the kids area and you can sign them Pouilly, Muscadet (Screening Room), Alsace,
out using our library system and use them Beaujolais, Bourg (Vendors Room). Volunteers
elsewhere. HQ.
Teenage attendees are welcome to participate Second Floor
in both kids sessions and general audience Bordeaux Suite, St Julien (Quiet Room),
sessions. There will be a very few sessions Mouton Cadet.
restricted to over 18s only which we would ask
7Getting Around/Food & Drink
If you know which of those areas you’re going with a variety of options and price points for
to, it’s a good start. The fold-out schedule tells food and drink. Please help us by keeping this
you which sessions are in which rooms, and rule. The hotel can charge us corkage on food
shows them on a map so you can easily find and drink brought in from outside. Of course
where you need to be. we understand that you may want or need
to eat offsite during the weekend. Luckily,
If you are able to use them, the escalators go Hammersmith is well provided with food
to all the floors we’re using, and they are likely outlets of every description.
to be the quickest route.
Allergies and special diets
The small lift near the escalators also goes to There is information on our website concerning
all floors, but it’s likely to be busy. Please don’t allergies and special diets. In short, please
use this lift unless you need to. talk to the hotel staff on site if you have any
concerns. They are fully briefed and understand
The stairs and the main bank of lifts (by the the importance of accurate information. Please
concierge on the ground floor, opposite note that the Novotel do not have segregated
hotel reception on the first floor, and near kitchens. If you have severe allergies, please
Bordeaux on the second floor) do not serve make contact with us on arrival (via the
the mezzanine floor, but they are useful for info desk) and we will put you in touch with
accessing other floors. someone who can advise.
If you need larger lift access to or from the Hotel Food & Drink Outlets
mezzanine floor, please go to the info desk Black & White Cloakroom Coffee Bar
on the first floor, or ask a volunteer on the Hot & Cold drinks & Snacks
mezzanine. We have arranged access via the Friday-Sunday: 09:00 - 16:00
staff lift, which is the largest one with access
to that floor. Champagne Bar
Bar, hot drinks, fast food
Parking Friday-Sunday: 12:00 - 02:00
To access the reduced Novotel parking rate of
£1.50 per hour, you need to get your parking Cognac (Kids, Gaming & Social Space)
ticket validated at the hotel reception. You will Bar, hot drinks, cold food & snacks
need to show your convention badge to get Thursday: 18:00 - 00:00
this rate. Friday-Sunday: 10:00 - 00:00
Food and drink Hotel Lounge Bar
Only food and drink purchased on the Bar, Lounge Menu all day
premises may be consumed at the venue. This Thursday-Friday: 07:00 - 01:00
includes meeting rooms, breakout areas, public Saturday-Sunday: 08:00 - 01:00
areas of the hotel, and the decking outside
the hotel. We have worked very hard, with Hotel Aroma Restaurant
cooperation from the venue, to provide you Breakfast Buffet (for residential hotel guests)
8Food & Drink/Badge System
Thursday: 06:30 - 10:30 (peak 08:00 - 09:00) Pronouns
Friday: 06:30 - 10:30 (peak 08:00 - 09:00) You can place a pronoun sticker at the top left
Saturday: 06:30 - 10:30 (peak 08:00 - 09:00) of your badge wallet, to let people know which
Sunday: 06:30 - 11:00 (peak 08:00 - 09:30) pronoun to use for you, be it zie, sie, hir, co, ey,
they, she, he or anything else.
2 Course Lunch buffet at £15 (discounted)
Friday-Sunday: 12:00 - 15:00 Priority access
You can place a priority access sticker at the
3 Course Dinner buffet at £18 (discounted) top right of your badge, to let people know
Thursday-Sunday: 18:00 - 22:00 that you require priority seating.
Hotel Artisan Grill Access Ally
A la Carte menu lunch and dinner You can place this sticker on the top right of
your badge, to let people know that you don’t
Lunch have access needs, but are happy to offer help if
Thursday-Sunday: 12:00 - 14:30 requested, for example, assisting with moving a
chair, giving up a priority access seat, etc.
Dinner
Thursday-Sunday: 17:30 - 22:30 Days of access
Badges can be for an individual day, or for the
Badge System entire convention, and their designs and colours
The badge is a tool to help communicate your are different to make this more distinguishable.
identity, needs and preferences. You can collect
and get help with the various systems at the Staff / Attendee / Guest
registration and info desk. This year, all systems Staff badges are clearly marked as such, and
are contained in the one badge. Please take the some staff will also be wearing hi-vis. There
time to note and respect these systems when is no difference between badges for speakers,
you approach or engage with other attendees. guests or attendees as we do not have a hard
distinction between these roles.
Communication preferences
You can place acetate overlays on your
convention badge to indicate your
communication preference, and change them
as your preferences change:
• Blue with star - actively seeking
communication.
• Yellow with triangle - you only want to
talk to people you already know, or if you
initiate communication.
• Red with circle - no communication,
except in an emergency.
9Rules/Codes of Conduct
Rules & stuff to note inclusive space for everyone involved, so we’ve
1. Please wear your badge at all times, in plain asked all ticket holders to agree to abide by
sight. You need it to access convention this code of conduct as a condition of their
spaces. attending the convention.
2. Bear in mind that we’re a family-friendly
event: there’ll be kids around. Keep it PG- We’re taking this code very seriously - please
13. do read it thoroughly. You can come to the
3. We’re not responsible for lost, stolen Info Desk for help, or ask a volunteer wearing
or damaged property, or for injuries hi-vis, at any time during the convention. Be
sustained during the convention. We can excellent to each other, and party on.
offer sympathy though.
4. We reserve the right to ask attendees to Anti-Harassment Policy
leave the convention without refund if they Nine Worlds is dedicated to providing a great
are behaving inappropriately, including if convention experience for everyone, whatever
they’re excessively drunk. their race, gender (including trans status),
5. Events and guests are subject to change sexuality, disability, age, physical appearance,
and cancellation. We’ll do our best to warn body size, or religion. For this reason, we
you, but sometimes changes will happen will not tolerate any form of harassment of
without notice. Please keep an eye on convention participants. Attendees found to
#nineworlds and the @London_Geekfest be engaging in harassment may be sanctioned
Twitter for up-to-date info. or expelled from the con without refund.
6. No camping in convention spaces: folks
found sleeping in public spaces will be Harassment can include
asked to move on to their hotel rooms, • Offensive verbal comments about race,
or offsite. gender (including trans status), sexuality,
7. We love photos, but please ask your impairment, physical appearance, body
subjects for their permission first: it’s only size, or religion
polite. Some people will be wearing bright • Showing sexual imagery in public
yellow no-photo lanyards - please do spaces. Discussion or images related
ensure you don’t photograph them, even to sex, pornography, discriminatory
if they’re in the background. language or similar is welcome if it
8. Under-16s must have an adult responsible meets all of the following criteria:
for them at all times. Our kid-friendly (a) organisers have specifically
sessions and kids area are intended granted permission in writing;
for families to enjoy together: they’re (b) it is necessary to the topic of
emphatically not a crèche. Please leave discussion and no alternative exists;
your phone number with your kid in case (c) it is presented in a respectful manner,
they get lost (we don’t have an intercom), especially towards women, people
and bring lost kids to the Info Desk. of colour and LGBTQIA+ people;
(d) attendees are warned in advance in
Code of conduct the programme and respectfully given
We’d like Nine Worlds to be an enjoyable and ample warning and opportunity to leave
10Rules/Codes of Conduct
beforehand. This exception does not allow
use of unnecessarily gratuitous sexual The first convention volunteer or organiser
images as attention-getting devices. you report to will take whatever steps they can
• Intimidation, both verbal and physical to assist you in feeling safe, and will put you
• Stalking or following in contact with or bring you to an appropriate
• Photographing or recording someone staff member.
without their permission
• Distributing photographs or recordings of You do not have to give us details of any
someone without their permission harassment, and can choose whether or not
• Sustained disruption of talks or other to report, either to us or to the police. If you
events wish to report, we will take details of the
• Uninvited physical contact harassment and work with you to respond to
• Uninvited sexual attention the issue in a way that assists you in feeling
safe and maintains the safety of the wider
Participants asked to stop harassing behaviour convention environment, as well as enforcing
must comply immediately. our anti-harassment policy. If you report a
serious criminal matter, please be aware that
Participants must not engage in harassment at we may be obliged to contact the police. We
any convention venues or convention-related would however take into account any concerns
social event, including Nine Worlds online you may have around involving them, and make
spaces you aware before any contact with the police
was made.
What should I do if I am being
harassed? If you would like to discuss the harassment
If you feel comfortable doing so, say ‘no’ or without making a report, we also offer a
‘please leave me alone’, or simply walk away. listening service staffed by volunteers. Bear in
Even if the harassment stops at this point, mind that this is for informal emotional support
we would appreciate it if a volunteer was only: our volunteers don’t have counselling
still informed to help us identify any repeat training, and we can’t promise confidentiality.
offenders. If you do not feel comfortable You can access the listening service by asking at
interacting with the person harassing you, the Info Desk for an on-call volunteer.
please contact a Nine Worlds volunteer for
help. Racial harassment
As in wider society, racism permeates geek
If you continue to be harassed, or notice culture and geek spaces, making them less
someone else being harassed, please visit the welcoming and safe for non-white people.
Info Desk, or contact a convention volunteer At Nine Worlds we want to prioritise the
with hi-vis or a Staff badge. Our volunteers can voices of people who are often spoken over
help participants contact venue security or the or erased in geek spaces, and make Nine
police, provide escorts, or otherwise assist Worlds as accessible as we can for people from
those experiencing harassment to feel safe racial backgrounds that are marginalised and
during the con. subjected to racism. Harassment and racist
11Codes of Conduct/Cosplay
behaviour non-white attendees of geek events Costume and weapons policy
talk about experiencing, which do not affect We love costumes at Nine Worlds, and are
white attendees include: very much looking forward to seeing all your
• hearing overtly racist discussions or amazing cosplays! Please make sure you follow
comments by other attendees the costumes and weapons rules to keep things
• white people critiquing a non-white fun and safe for everyone, and be sure to show
person’s cosplay without being asked to, them off as part of the cosplay contest!
or trying to dictate which characters a
person of colour can cosplay Costumes must abide by our anti-harassment
• being expected to be an authority on policy - they must not be offensive on the
non-white characters in various shows grounds of gender, sexuality, disability, physical
or comics, without having mentioned appearance, body size, race or religion. This
an interest in the character or show in includes t-shirt slogans. We decide what’s
question offensive: please don’t debate with staff.
• being patronised, talked down to
or otherwise assumed to be less We’re a family-friendly event, with kids running
knowledgeable about topics being around. Please keep it PG-13: no nudity, no
discussed than white attendees, excessive PDA, and don’t dress in overtly
including having professional or academic sexualised costumes. Please also be mindful
credentials questioned of how gory or scary your costumes are, and
• being assumed not to belong in convention don’t go around deliberately scaring kids.
space and being overly challenged on their
right to be there by both white attendees Weapons Policy
and security/police 1. No real weapons.
• experiencing unwanted touching, 2. All weapons must look fake from at least
exotification or verbal comments three metres away.
about their bodies or heritage 3. Absolutely no weapons that look like real
that are specifically racialised guns: the police will take potential threats
very seriously. As a guideline: the more
These sorts of behaviour and harassment costumed-up you are, the more forgiving
against people of colour/non-white attendees hotel security will be regarding fake
will absolutely not be tolerated. If you are firearms. Stormtroopers with blasters:
affected by racist harassment during the awesome! Street clothes with a black
convention, please contact a volunteer, who plastic toy pistol: problem.
will assist you in handling the situation. You 4. No metal bladed weapons. Non-metal
do not have to give details of the harassment bladed weapons should be blunt.
unless you want to, although if a serious incident 5. Absolutely no explosives: including, but
has occurred, we may be legally required to not limited to, smoke powder, sparklers,
contact the police. We would make you aware and fireworks.
before any contact with the police was made 6. Any weapons that look like they could
and take into account any concerns you may possibly be dangerous in any way must be
have around involving them. peace-bonded at info desk.
12Photography Policy/Security
7. Don’t aim weapons at people without
their consent. If you’re posing for a photo, Also, kids in cosplay (all under 12s, plus under
try aiming them skywards. 16s who self-identify as kids for the purposes of
8. Don’t fire loaded, functioning projectile this contest) get a prize simply for cosplaying.
weapons outside of event-organised Just come to the Info Desk with your adult, in
weapon-play sessions - this includes NERF your cosplay.
guns, water pistols, silly-string guns, ping-
pong pistols and more.
9. No play-fighting with prop weapons
outside of event-organised weapon-play Security
sessions. Security concerns are heightened at the
moment. Please don’t leave anything lying
Photography policy around unattended. We don’t want to have
Please ask your subjects for their permission to waste convention time on unnecessarily
first: it’s only polite. Some people will be evacuating the building.
wearing bright yellow no-photo lanyards -
please do ensure you don’t photograph them, If you do see anything unattended, please
even if they’re in the background. inform any Nine Worlds volunteer or Novotel
staff member. We’ll take it from there.
Attendees
We’ll be taking lots of photos at the event, If you do see anything unattended, please
including crowd shots, which we’ll be using for inform any Nine Worlds volunteer or Novotel
publicity. If you don’t want to be photographed, staff member. We’ll take it from there.
please swap your lanyard for a bright yellow
no-photo lanyard at the Registration Desk or
an Info Desk, and wear it.
Photographers
Please ask your subjects for their permission
first: it’s only polite. Some people will be
wearing bright yellow no-photo lanyards -
please ensure you don’t photograph them,
even if they’re in the background.
Cosplay contest
All attendees will get five “awesome cosplay!”
tokens included in their goody bags. Please give
a token to someone whose cosplay you like!
If you collect more than fifteen tokens, you’ve
won a prize! Come to the Info Desk anytime,
and exchange your tokens for a prize.
13Vendors/Dictionary Corner
Vendors Guardbridge Books Books, Jewellery
Almost all vendors are in the Bourg Vendor Indie Books Stall Books
Hall on the mezzanine floor, except the official Jess Taylor Illustration Art, Jewellery, Comics
bookseller and signings desk in the black and Koroula SF/BOOKS Books
white landing on the mezzanine, and the Stick- Lil Fimo Keyrings Jewellery, Other crafts
man Communications stall by the quiet room on Morag Hickman Jewellery, Other crafts
Saturday. Please support our vendors and buy All Rebellion Publishing Ltd Books
The Things. Reesha’s Beads Jewellery
R&R Jewellery
Signings Stickman Communications Signage
Signings will take place at the Big Green Books Scorch Pyrography Jewellery, Crafts
tables on the mezzanine landing. Look out for Third Vault Yarns Other crafts, Hand Dyed
names and times on our social media and at the Yarn
Big Green Books table.
Dictionary Corner
Opening Hours Geek Dictionary Corner is back at Nine Worlds
Bourg will be open as follows: for a fifth year, and Cie from Oxford Dictionaries
is keen to collect a new crop of your suggestions.
Friday 13.00-18.00 Your input has helped get Mary Sue, meeple, Mx,
Saturday 10.00-18.00 and mansplain into the dictionary – and that’s
Sunday 10.00-16.00 just in M (milkshake duck hasn’t made the cut
yet …).
The vendors in the convention space will follow
a similar pattern. Just heard a new word in a panel? Been using a
term for ages and fed up with it not being re-
Pop-Up Market corded? Got a comment on one of our defini-
There will be a pop-up market for additional ven- tions or pronunciations? Please visit the stand
dors and artists in Chalon on Saturday afternoon or tweet @CieSangster, @OED, or @Oxford-
15:15-18:00. Words, using #geekdictionarycorner, thank you!
Vendors List
We have many and varied vendors joining us this
year, here is a list of who we have and what they
sell.
Big Green Bookshop Books
Beastly Beverages Other crafts
Birch, Please! Jewellery
Diverse Kids Books
Elsewhen Press Books
Geek Stitch Other crafts
Genki gear Ltd Clothes
14Schedule: Thursday/Friday
Thursday 10:00: Steven Universe Singalong
20:00: Ice Breaker Quiz Sing along with all of the classic Steven Universe
The now traditional ice breaker quiz. What’s songs such as Strong in the Real Way, Comet
that cracking noise, is it the ice breaking? and Stronger Than You!
Duration: 120 Duration: 60
Location: Cognac - Lounge Location: Alsace
Jane Hanmer Ms Misha Anker
20:00: Cheese and Cheese 10:00: How to go to your first UK LARP
Starting off the con as we mean to go on! Join Looking to try out a live-action roleplaying
us for the Cheese (words/music) and Cheese event but don’t know where to start? This panel
(literal) social! Sponsored by Richardson and will help!
Richardson. Duration: 60
Duration: 120 Location: Bouzy
Location: Bordeaux Suite Mx David Proctor FRGS, Mx RA Madgwick, Penny
Jenny Williamson Jackson, Adam Dinwoodie, Mr Mark Pinnock
Friday 10:00:The Way You Make Me Feel
10:00: Historical Accuracy In Costume This panel will look at the techniques that au-
For Film/TV thors use to stir up an emotional response from
How important is historical accuracy in cos- their readers.
tume for world-building/characterisation? Do Duration: 60
modern period dramas do a better/worse job Location: Epernay
than in the past? Angela Cleland, Ms Roz Kaveney
Duration: 60
Location: Mancy 10:00: Writing What You Know
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Elly Platt, Katherine Fabian, A discussion on writing SFF by fanfic and pro-
EK McAlpine, Lizzie Biscuits fessional authors who will discuss the advice to
‘write what you know,’ and how this and other
10:00: Cosplay Changing Area types of writing advice might apply - or not - in
Room set aside for changing into cosplay. Please SFF writing.
note this is a communal changing area. Duration: 60
Duration: 60 Location: Reims
Location: Pouilly Sarah Groenewegen BEM
10:00: Workshop: Structure in fanfiction 10:00: Education at Hogwarts
Practical workshop on beginning your fic, finding Are wizards and witches prepared for life
the ending, and all the messy stuff in the middle. beyond Hogwarts? Do they need to learn more
Duration: 60 math and science beyond primary school? Find
Location: Beaujolais out in this panel.
Emma Thompson Duration: 60
Location: Muscadet
20:00 Thursday - 10:00 Friday 15Schedule: Friday
E Charlton, Elizabeth Charlton, Freya Crawford, Emily January, Russell A Smith
Claire Rousseau
11:45:Teen Hangout
10:00: Not So Stories A teen only chill out space with games & com-
Not So Stories Panel - authors discussing ics.
post-colonial literature, diversity and re-claiming Duration: 480
‘own stories’. Location: Pouilly
Duration: 60 Jaime Starr
Location: Bordeaux Suite
Remy Njambi 11:45:The Nine Worlds Fountain Pen
Meetup
10:00: Mental Health Representation Whether you’re new to fountain pens or a sea-
Roundtable soned expert, this is the place to be! Come and
A roundtable discussion on how mental health socialise around inks and fountain pens.
is handled in fictional media. Duration: 60
Duration: 60 Location: Beaujolais
Location: Mouton Cadet Aliette de Bodard
Jaime Starr
11:45: Ace Representation
11:00: Nine Dice Games Lounge A panel discussing how asexuals are portrayed
The Nine Dice Games Lounge returns, with a in media (when they are).
huge host of games for everybody. We’ll lend Duration: 60
you games, we’ll teach, we’ll help pick, we’ll get Location: Alsace
you playing Jessica Meats
Duration: 450
Location: Cognac - Lounge 11:45: How Do Swords Work?
A discussion on historical martial arts and their
11:45: Crafters Unite - a craft meetup uses in fantasy.
A craft space for any and all crafters to get Duration: 60
together for a chat, to show off their work and Location: Bouzy
bring and swap supplies. Mr Christian (Miles) Cameron
Duration: 60
Location: Chalon 11:45: Putting The Punk back into Cyber-
Miss Judith Taylor punk
Looking at the genre/setting of cyberpunk, and
11:45:The Hamilton Phenomenon how it can be reclaimed to tell more interesting
How did Hamilton blow up, why do people love stories.
it, what does it mean for theatre more widely? Duration: 60
Is its context in London very different to in the Location: Epernay
US? Jade Rose, Maki Yamazaki, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Duration: 60
Location: Mancy 11:45:The only toilet in Thedas: practical
16 10:00 Friday - 11:45 FridaySchedule: Friday
considerations in fantasy worlds
This panel discusses the place of the mundane 13:00:Vendors
in fantasy settings. Be sure to get yourself some awesome loot
Duration: 60 from your weekend with our varied vendors
Location: Reims stalls.
Dr Ro Smith, Kieron Gillen, Sarah Gordon, Phil Dyson Duration: 300
Location: Bourg
11:45: Cats in fantasy and science fiction
Is there any relationship to real cats? 13:30: Gamify your life
Duration: 60 Using a geek mindset to win at life.
Location: Cremant Duration: 60
Mx Laura Campbell, Nickey Barnard, Arthur Boff Location: Mancy
Mr Robin Bates
11:45: Sexuality in Bioware
Sexuality in Bioware video games, including 13:30: Get Edited
Dragon Age and Mass Effect. A BAFTA-award winning writer (and some guy
Duration: 60 that edits books) help you turn your summaries
Location: Muscadet and plots into fully fledged novels.
Avery Delany, Emily Marlow Duration: 60
Location: Beaujolais
11:45:Toxicity in Fandom: 2 Red Pen For Hire Nick Hembery, Debbie Moon
We›ve formed a new panel, with different
voices, to tackle this subject again. 13:30:The Ghost in the Machine: the work
Duration: 60 of Nigel Kneale
Location: Bordeaux Suite A panel about Nigel Kneale’s work and influ-
Ollie ence on Hammer Horror and tv sci-fi (including
Doctor Who) and horror programmes.
11:45: “Overfond of the comforts of Duration: 60
home” Location: Alsace
An analysis and breakdown of the problems in Mr Al Robertson, Ms Olwen Lachowicz, Dr Tony
English fantasy fiction’s centring of white mid- Keen, Fiona Moore
dle-class comfort as the moral ideal.
Duration: 60 13:30: Rodents in children’s fantasy fiction
Location: Mouton Cadet Kid-Friendly
Jesse Panic The panel will explore why rodents are still so
popular in children›s fiction.
13:00: RPG Corner: Monsterhearts Duration: 60
A game about the messy lives of teenage mon- Location: Bouzy
sters and coming to terms with what you are. Ms Alison Baker, Jenny Williamson
Duration: 240
Location: Cognac - RP Corner 13:30: BSL for geeks
Helen Gould BSL for geeks, all the things you really want to
11:45 Friday - 13:30 Friday 17Schedule: Friday
know, in sign :-) 13:30: So you want to create a twitch
Duration: 60 channel
Location: Epernay Learn how to create your own Twitch channel.
Mr Howard Hardiman Duration: 60
Location: Mouton Cadet
13:30: Women in Sports Fandoms Kitty Keighley
Examining women’s participation in sports
fandom - both in terms of negotiating our own 15:00: RPG Corner: Honey Heist 13+
spaces in it, and how we interact with the male Two Things – One:You have a complex plan that
side of fandom requires precise timing. Two:You are a GOD-
Duration: 60 DAMN BEAR.
Location: Reims Duration: 180
Clare Brennan, Emma Thompson, Jessie Holder, Location: Cognac - RP Corner
Jennifer Menges Grant Howitt
13:30: Black & POC Geeks Meetup POC 15:15: ‘Everybody hates moral philoso-
Only phers’:The ethics of The Good Place
Come hang out with your fellow geeks of The Good Place brilliantly explores ethics in a
colour. We expressly welcome Black and POC setting where the characters are alreadydead &
LGBTQIA+ folk, as well as mixed race people. have been judged. But how moral is the Good
Duration: 60 Place?
Location: Chalon Duration: 60
Tara Brown Location: Mancy
Dr Ro Smith
13:30: Know Your Enemy
What makes a villain compelling? Should they be 15:15: Kids Fandom Party Kid-Friendly
complex and relatable, or flatly evil? And how Come and join us for cake and juice and talk
do you best create one? with other kids about your favourite book
Duration: 60 series, superheroes or collectible toys.
Location: Cremant Duration: 60
Mr Mike Brooks, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jeannette Ng, Location: Beaujolais
Ms Anna Stephens Jaime Starr, Ollie, Katherine Catchpole
13:30: Fit is a Feminist Issue - the return! 15:15: Nine At Nine Worlds: ‘I did it for
This panel will introduce the concepts and the the fic’
science behind Health At Every Size (HAES) and Nine people will each spend five minutes or so
Fat Acceptance (FA) and discuss shared experi- telling us about the maddest, saddest, funniest,
ences. daftest or most life-enhancing thing they’ve
Duration: 60 done for fandom.
Location: Muscadet Duration: 60
Jo Smith, Amy Collins Location: Alsace
Tanya Brown,Tlanti, Dr Nina Lübbren, Emma
18 Friday 13:30 - Friday 15:15Schedule: Friday
Thompson, Elizabeth Reiff, Ms Misha Anker, Dr Tony
Keen 15:15: How to run D&D sessions for
youngsters
15:15: Worlds Encased in YA: Fantasy and How to run D&D sessions for a group of young
Beyond people who are just learning the game, and
A look at speculative YA fiction, including, but create a great beginner experience.
not limited to, fantasy. Duration: 60
Duration: 60 Location: Mouton Cadet
Location: Reims Elizabeth Prais
Lady Adeline Grey
17:00: Problematic aspects of historical
15:15:Yarn Crafts Skillshare genre fiction: what do we do about it?
A yarn-crafts skillshare - a meet-up with a spe- Discussing the -isms of early sci-fi & horror
cific emphasis on teaching and exchanging skills. writing, and whether it’s possible to engage with
Duration: 60 the genre despite these problems.
Location: Chalon Duration: 60
Hauke G Location: Mancy
Ms Olwen Lachowicz, Ms Ginger Lee Thomason,
15:15: Music and Geek Culture: from Ash Jeannette Ng, Douglas Kohler
to Zep
A look at the links between music and geekery. 17:00: RPG Corner: Dusk City Outlaws
Duration: 60 13+
Location: Cremant In the city of New Dunhaven, those on the
Adam Williams wrong side of the law are the Right Kind of
People.
15:15: Why does no-one remember the Duration: 240
Animorphs? Location: Cognac - RP Corner
An examination of the childrens-literature Anil Godigamuwe
phenomenon, and a more general discussion of
what makes things “sticky” in the nerdy popular 17:00: English Paper Piecing Patchwork
consciousness. Workshop
Duration: 60 A workshop for people to try their hand at
Location: Muscadet paper piecing patchwork.
Mr Michael Duxbury, Emily Savidge Duration: 60
Location: Beaujolais
15:15: Racing in Fiction Miss Laura Beard
This panel discusses high-speed sports in a
fictional setting and sense. 17:00: Coaching for Change: Geek Edition
Duration: 60 Coach Hannah White will take you through
Location: Bordeaux Suite some techniques to help you (or your charac-
Rachel Clarke, Phil Cowhig, Mr Martin Wisse, Ms ters!) progress towards your goals.
Anna Stephens Duration: 60
Friday: 15:15 - Friday 17:00 19Schedule: Friday
Location: Alsace within the UK.
Ms Hannah White Duration: 60
Location: Muscadet
17:00: Online Resources For Writers Emily Marlow
A discussion of various websites and online
resources that can be useful for writers 17:00: Ready Steady Improvise!
Duration: 60 An improvised play reading.You’ve never seen
Location: Bouzy the script before, and neither have the cast!
Jessica Meats Duration: 60
Location: Bordeaux Suite
17:00:The only way is indie Mr Tim Knight
A panel discussion featuring independent pub-
lishers on why we’re seeing the resurgence of 17:00: Assimilation and Identity in Star
indie presses. Trek
Duration: 60 A look at colonisation,assimilation & moral
Location: Epernay superiority in the Federation using Worf & Nog
Mr George Sandison, Sarah Gordon, Sandra Lindsey asexamples of assimilation presented as the
ideal.
17:00: Positive images of trans figures in Duration: 60
fiction Location: Mouton Cadet
A talk on positive images of trans figures in Jaime Starr
fiction.
Duration: 60 18:45: Alcohol-free, semi-quiet social
Location: Reims space
Penny Ellis Duration: 270
Location: Beaujolais
17:00: Captain Awkward social
Captain Awkward meet up 18:45: Fandom outside the English lan-
Duration: 60 guage
Location: Chalon Coming into and navigating fandom in non-En-
Kate Towner glish-speaking spaces and countries, or as a
second-language speaker of English
17:00: Disney Singalong Duration: 60
Join us for some more singalong fun, this time, Location: Alsace
its Disney! Bringing you your favourite tunes, Claire Rousseau, Cân Cennau
some music and some joy; you just bring your
singing! 18:45: ‘Oh, brilliant.’ Anticipating the Thir-
Duration: 60 teenth Doctor Kid-Friendly
Location: Cremant The panel looks ahead at what they’re most
Ms Misha Anker excited about seeing for Jodie Whittaker’s
17:00: Game Studies in the UK long-awaited ThirteenthDoctor.
A panel discussing how to study video games Duration: 60
20 Friday 17:00 - Friday 17:00Schedule: Friday
Location: Bouzy Duration: 60
Amy such heights, Ms Iona Datt Sharma Location: Bordeaux Suite
Mr Alex Watts
18:45: World building from the ground up
- Earth Science and Architecture 18:45: Psychology in video games; focusing
From the bedrock to the buildings, a discussion on the Persona series
and workshop on world building with an earth This talk will focus on psychology in the
scientist and an architect - bring along your Persona games series, which are all about the
world in progress! exploration of our subconscious and its mani-
Duration: 60 festations.
Location: Epernay Duration: 60
Ms Amy Butt, Miss Amy Brennan Location: Mouton Cadet
Alexsander Cristea
18:45:Trapped in TV tropes: female char-
acters and constraint 19:00: RPG Corner: Good Society 13+
This structured panel will discuss the limitations Navigate the pitfalls of romance, reputation,
placed on female characters in genre television manners and maybe even... marriage?
including Jessica Jones, The Crown, Orphan Duration: 180
Black. Location: Cognac - RP Corner
Duration: 60 Sasha Sienna
Location: Reims
Dr Catherine (Cie) Sangster, Dr Steph Rennick, 20:30: Cosplay Changing Area
Helen Gould, Jo Smith Room set aside for changing out of cosplay.
Please note this is a communal changing area.
18:45: Social space Duration: 60
You are welcome to use this space to meet and Location: Pouilly
chat, eat and drink, or just take a break away
from the programme for a while. 20:30: Beyond Night Vale:The World of
Duration: 435 Audio Drama Podcasts
Location: Chalon All caught up on your podcasts and don’t know
what to listen to next? We can help!
18:45: Policy and Administration - cele- Duration: 60
brating the back room in genre Location: Alsace
Administration and governance in other worlds. Hauke G, Dr Charlotte Geater, Caroline Mersey
Duration: 60
Location: Muscadet 20:30: Knightmare Live
Ms Alison Baker, Caroline Mersey, Kate Towner, Knightmare Live is the critically acclaimed stage
Virginia Preston show version of the 90’s Kids TV classic.
Duration: 105
18:45: 25 Stories Location: Cremant
This Edinburgh Fringe hit comes to Nine Ms Misha Anker
Worlds for a very special reprisal.
Friday 18:45 - Friday 19:00 21Schedule: Friday
20:30: Problemagic: sexism and cultural
appropriation in conjuring PG 22:15:Vid Me Up, Scotty: A Star Trek
From the glamorous mutilation of women to Vidshow
Asian stereotypes used as characters, this talk A collection of fan-made music videos, featuring
dissects problematic themes in magic, both past the latest hits and some old favourites across
and present. all flavours and incarnations of the Star Trek
Duration: 60 franchise.
Location: Muscadet Duration: 60
Stacy Smith MMC, Jesse Panic Location: Muscadet
Llin (cosmic_llin)
20:30: Letter of Last Resort
Guy Kelly’s terrifying comedy about mental 22:15: Dr Magnethands (1)
health and narrowly avoiding nuclear war. Returning to Nineworlds once more, it’s the
Duration: 60 drunken improvised adventure, Dr Magneth-
Location: Bordeaux Suite ands!
Guy Kelly Duration: 60
Location: Bordeaux Suite
20:30: Original Poetry Open Mic Grant Howitt
Come and read your own poetry, or just relax
and listen. 22:15: ‘Fear in a Handful of Dust’: Stephen
Duration: 60 King’s The Dark Tower as a Modernist
Location: Mouton Cadet Wasteland of Culture
Ria Farrell King’s Magnum Opus is intensely influenced by
the modernist literary movement, not only in
22:15: From A/B/O to Dubious Consenta- the explicit references, but also in structure and
cles 18+ theme.
This roundtable will aim to be a shame-free Duration: 60
exploration of our favourite ‘out there’ tropes Location: Mouton Cadet
in NSFW fic. Why they appeal, which ones we Dr Ro Smith
love and why.
Duration: 60 23:00: RPG Corner: Lovecraftesque
Location: Alsace A GMless storytelling game of brooding cosmic
Jaime Starr, Januarium horror on the Cognac balcony.
Duration: 120
22:15: Nine Worlds does Disco! Location: Cognac - RP Corner
Join some familiar faces on the dance floor, as Jonathan Sims
they step away from their usual roles and be-
hind the decks to bring you disco tunes, all the Saturday
way to bedtime. 09:00: Internet of (all the) Things
Duration: 225 Going beyond smart home devices, we inves-
Location: Cremant tigate the future of this technology and how it
Kieron Gillen could radically change entire industries.
22 Friday 20:30 - Saturday 09:00Schedule: Friday/Saturday
Duration: 45 content into the wild.
Location: Mancy Duration: 45
Mr Guy Garrud MSci Location: Cremant
Mr Simon Potthast
09:00: Cosplay Changing Area
Room set aside for changing into cosplay. Please 09:00:Takarazuka : an introduction
note this is a communal changing area. A presentation of several songs/numbers from
Duration: 45 musicals performed by the Takarazuka Revue
Location: Pouilly all-female theatrical company
Duration: 45
09:00: ‘Suffering Sappho! Something’s hap- Location: Muscadet
pened to the reception!’ Sappho, fan art Genevieve Cogman
and the (re)making of a Lesbian heroine
A paper on the visual presentation of Sappho in 09:00: Digital Storytelling and the Lu-
Wonder Woman and other examples from pop do-Gothic
culture. This paper explores Gothic themes in the
Duration: 45 BAFTA award-winning game Night in the
Location: Bouzy Woods, a self-proclaimed example of ‘rust belt
Harriet Lander Gothic’.
Duration: 45
09:00: Alchemy and Chemistry in SF/Fan- Location: Bordeaux Suite
tasy Dr Ewan Kirkland
Star Trek’s dilithium, Superman’s kryptonite; the
place of chemistry (and its predecessors) in 09:00: Norse Fantasy
fiction. A discussion/lecture on the rise of the Norse
Duration: 45 Fantasy genre in books
Location: Epernay Duration: 45
Penny Ellis Location: Mouton Cadet
Mrs Rebecca Hill
09:00: Dressing for Dystopia - what should
you wear for the end of the world? 10:00:The MMORPG Show
A talk about the costume design for dystopian The MMORPG show combines improvised
films and TV shows, from The Walking Dead to comedy and table top gaming in an epic, sprawl-
Mad Max Fury Road to put together an apoca- ing, open world adventure, decided by members
lypse-proof outfit. of the audience.
Duration: 45 Duration: 60
Location: Reims Location: Mancy
Elly Platt Ms Misha Anker
09:00: Podcasting on a Shoestring 10:00: Building Fan Spaces
Want to start a podcast? Spindles takes you Exploring the ways fan spaces have developed
through the process, right up to releasing your and might develop in the future.
Saturday 09:00 - Saturday 10:00 23Schedule: Saturday
Duration: 60 Note that you will need to have bought a
Location: Beaujolais Swordpunk workshop ticket to attend this
Jen Peake event.
Duration: 60
10:00: How Do You Wanna Do This? Location: Chalon
A Critical Look at Critical Role - a show where Dan Smith
a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors play Dun-
geons & Dragons. 10:00: Who is Wakandan? Representation
Duration: 60 in Black Panther
Location: Alsace On this panel, we’ll be discussing the impor-
Jade Rose tance of Black Panther, who and what is repre-
sented, and what it is missing.
10:00: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Duration: 60
Appreciation Location: Cremant
Come hear us talk about why we love Cursed Helen Gould, Russell A Smith, Jade Leamcharaskul,
Child; its plot, characters, themes, and relation- Zarich Catlin-Hallett, Dr Tade Thompson
ship with the books.
Duration: 60 10:00: Saturday Morning Cartoons Vol-
Location: Bouzy ume Three Kid-Friendly
Emily January, Ms Becky Austin, Powder Scofield, A cartoon screening session. PJ Masks: Catboy
Gillian Brown, Neth Dugan and Gekko’s Robot Rampage, My Little Pony:
Dragonshy, and LEGO Marvel Superheroes:
10:00: Polar Horror: Fact and Fiction Avengers Reassembled.
In this talk, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw and Ally Wil- Duration: 60
kes discuss some of their favorite stories from Location: Muscadet
the great white darkness. Jaime Starr, Ollie
Duration: 60
Location: Epernay 10:00:The History of Women’s Military SF
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Ms Ally Wilkes Looking at women’s military SF in historical
context. We will cover women writing SF in the
10:00: Storytelling in VR 1970s and 1980s to the present.
How would narratives be told in Virtual Reality? Duration: 60
We discuss the potential of this new medium. Location: Bordeaux Suite
Duration: 60 Fiona Moore, Sarah Groenewegen BEM
Location: Reims
Grace Knight, Mr Simon Potthast, Phil Dyson,Vanes- 10:00:The Real House Lives of Westeros
sa Thompsett EK McAlpine explores real life (& mythical) his-
torical parallels found in A Song of Ice and Fire.
10:00: Swordpunk Session 1 (Ticketed Note: session contains discussions of violence.
event) Duration: 60
A one hour introduction to medieval swords- Location: Mouton Cadet
manship. EK McAlpine
24 Saturday 10:00 - Saturday 10:00Schedule: Saturday
10:00:Vendors 11:45: Orphan Black
Be sure to get yourself some awesome loot Orphan Black finished in 2017. It still has a
from your weekend with our varied vendors passionate fandom, and it’s sci-fi that’s all about
stalls. female bodily autonomy. Let’s talk about it!
Duration: 480 Duration: 60
Location: Bourg Location: Alsace
Ms Becky Austin
11:00: RPG Corner:Toon
Duration: 240 11:45: Heroic Music in Movies and Gam-
Location: Cognac - RP Corner ing
Ross Barlow Video game music composer Jade Leamchara-
skul leads a conversation on some of the great
11:00: Nine Dice Games Lounge musical scores in modern media.
The Nine Dice Games Lounge returns, with a Duration: 60
huge host of games that everybody can learn Location: Bouzy
and play. Jade Leamcharaskul, Clouds Haberberg, Mr Simon
Duration: 450 Potthast
Location: Cognac - Lounge
11:45: Mass Effect and Philosophy
11:45:TOP OF THE SFF COPS An in-depth look at the Mass Effect series of
They’re back. This year, our panel will discuss games, through a philosophical lens.
the best copper-like cops in SFF. Duration: 60
Duration: 60 Location: Epernay
Location: Mancy Dr Steph Rennick, Mr Michael Duxbury
Caroline Mersey, Miss Laura Manuel, Sarah Groene-
wegen BEM, Sarah Groenewegen BEM 11:45: Making Professional Wrestling
More Inclusive
11:45:Teen Hangout A panel on how fans, wrestlers and promotions
A teen only chill out space with games & com- can help to make sure everyone feels welcome
ics. at events and the fandom in general.
Duration: 480 Duration: 60
Location: Pouilly Location: Reims
Jaime Starr Ms Olwen Lachowicz, Russell A Smith, Kayla Mac-
Quarrie, Miss Rhia O’Reilly, Lauren Carnall
11:45: First Page is the Deepest
Bring along the blurb and opening page of your 11:45: Swordpunk Session 2 (Ticketed
projects to be edited and critiqued by two event)
professional editors. A one hour introduction to medieval swords-
Duration: 60 manship.
Location: Beaujolais Note that you will need to have bought a
Red Pen For Hire Nick Hembery, Dan Coxon Swordpunk workshop ticket to attend this
event.
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