I’m going to be quite busy at Dublin WorldCon in a couple of weeks’ time! Here’s my schedule:

Panel: When good futures go bad: dystopia as horror fiction
Friday 16 Aug 2019, 12:00 – 12:50, Wicklow Room-1 (CCD)
It’s not just for science fiction any more! How do horror dystopias differ from those in SF, and what are some examples, old and new, that we should be reading?
Prof David Farnell (M), Tim Major, Pat Cadigan, Emil Hjörvar Petersen, Nina Allan

Panel: Hammer Horror
Friday 16 Aug 2019, 14:30 – 15:20, Odeon 3 (Point Square Dublin)
Terry Pratchett, Guillermo del Toro and writers of Doctor Who (during the Tom Baker period) have all evinced admiration and  inspiration from a set of horror flicks produced by a long dormant British film producer Horror Films from the 1950s and 1960s. Our panellists look at what makes them so enamoured of their productions.
Genevieve Cogman (M), The John Vaughan, Tim Major, Helena Nash, Mr Grzegorz Aleksander Biały

Panel: Rural pagans, haunted forests: folk horror revival
Saturday 17 Aug 2019, 11:00 – 11:50, Liffey Hall-2 (CCD)
With its roots in folklore and rural life, ‘folk horror’ has enjoyed a huge resurgence in the last few years. What is folk horror, and why is it suddenly so popular? Is it nostalgia-based, or are there new anxieties at work that have driven its rise?
Tim Major (M), Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Neil Williamson

NewCon Press book launch
Saturday 17 Aug 2019, 17.30 – 18.30, Point Square: Warehouse 2 – Performance space
Inc. launch of Best of British Science Fiction 2019, which features my story, ‘Throw Caution’.