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Fantasy and Sci-Fi Spotlight

Name: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Spotlight
Start: 2024-09-29T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-29T19:00:00+01:00
Location: NERDY Cafe

29 September @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Free

29^th September 2024

11am to 7pm

Location: NERDY café, 49 Mardol, Shrewsbury SY1 1PP

Hosted by The Shropshire Dungeon Master

Join us for the Fantasy and Sci-Fi Spotlight, a brand-new, one-day event designed for avid readers and aspiring writers. Throughout the day, you’ll have the opportunity to attend numerous speaker panels, interviews, live readings and workshops. You can also discover incredible artwork, merchandise and comics at our vendors tables.

Hosted by The Shropshire Dungeon Master

Speakers include:

SPECIAL GUEST: Emily Inkpen, writer and co-director of the BSFA award-winning science fiction audio drama, The Dex Legacy.

Stephen Aryan, author of the Age of Darkness, Age of Dread trilogies and the Quest Heroes duology. His debut, Battlemage, was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award and won the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Prize.

Other speakers include Alex S Bradshaw, Ed Crocker, Emma L Adams, Frasier Armitage, Keith Anthony Baird, Lee C Conley, LL MacRae, Phil Parker, Simon Kewin, Steven McKinnon and Tim Hardie.

Tickets for secured entry are available now and the price of the ticket includes any standard hot drink from the café menu. Walk in on the day is free however cannot be guaranteed due to venue capacity limits.