I know that not many of you will be going to BristolCon, and those that are have doubtless already got a good look at the programme as it has been online for a while. However, just in case anyone is interested, this is what I am officially scheduled for.

We don’t have a big opening ceremony, just a brief announcement before each programme stream gets underway. At 9:50 I’m giving the opening address in programme room 2. After that Anne Lyle & co. are doing a panel on “Seriously inventive ways of killing people”, so I might make a quick exit.

At 15:00 I’m moderating a panel on comics. This asks the fairly stupid question, “…should a great comic ever be regarded as great art, or literature?” That, of course, is in reaction to the continuing refusal of the World Fantasy Convention to allow comics to be sold in their dealers’ room (see here: General Requirements 1). I am expecting us to deal with that very quickly and go on to recommend lots of comics that are indeed great literature.

At 16:00 I am on a panel about small presses, for fairly obvious reasons.

Finally, at 19:00, I am moderating a panel titled, “GSV Farewell, My Friend“, which is a memorial for the late, great Iain (M.) Banks.