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Join us at Books on the Rise for an all day celebration of all things Science Fiction/ Fantasy with the nation's best authors!

11:00am-12:30pm Building Worlds for Children

Frances Hardinge (The Lie Tree, Deeplight ), Louie Stowell (Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good) and Rogba Payne (The Dance of Shadows)discuss building fantasy worlds for children.

13:00pm-14:30pm Re-Telling Mythology

Panel: Marvellous Michael Anson (Firstborn of the Sun) , Kim Curran (The Morrigan, Brigid), Sofia Robleda (The Other Moctezuma Girls, Daughter of Fire) and A.S. Webb (Daughter of Chaos, Daughter of Fate)

15:00-16:30 Worldbuilding for Fantasy and Science Fiction

Panel: M.H. Ayinde (A Song of Legends Lost, A Dance of Burning Blades), Ian McDonald (Luna, River of Gods) Sandra Newman (Julia) and Samantha Shannon (The Priory of the Orange Tree)

17:00-18:30 Spaceships Vs Dragons

Panel: Zen Cho (Black Water Sister) , Stark Holborn (Nunslinger), E.J. Swift (Where There Are Wolves Again) and Lavie Tidhar (Central Station)

19:00-20:30 Writing Horror Fiction

Panel: India-Rose Bower (We Call Them Witches) , Xueting C. Ni (Sinopticon), Kim Newman (Anno Dracula) and Catriona Ward (The Last House on Needless Street)