Sounds pretty top drawer to me – and I thought all Cheltenham was famous for was horse racing!
Here’s details of the event:
Iain M Banks, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Moorcock and China Miéville: British Science Fiction
Sunday 17 October 2010 at 4:00 pm (60mins)
Event 317 at The Inkpot
Price: £6 (reserved seating)
(member price: £4.80) more
From H G Wells to John Wyndham, Britain has been home to some of the most groundbreaking and successful classic science fiction writers. Explore past classics and the best of the current crop as authors Iain M Banks, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Moorcock and Guest Director China Miéville discuss this very British tradition.
Programmed by China Miéville.
Related articles by Zemanta
- Kraken: An Anatomy by China Miéville (independent.co.uk)
- Michael Moorcock’s Short Non-Fiction: Into the Media Web (marklord.info)
- China Mieville exclusive interview – monsters, method, Bas-Lag and Kraken (scyfilove.com)
- Squid’s Meaty Role in China Miéville’s ‘Kraken’ (nytimes.com)
- HAWKWIND’s Dave Brock Talks To BraveWords.com – “We’ve Always Been An Alternative Band” (bravewords.com)
Thanks for blogging about the Literature Festival! We’ve got a small strand dedicated to Science Fiction as well because of China – we’re calling it Future Fictions.
The festival was really good in 2010, and this year is set to be another good one. Visitors usually stay in accommodation Cheltenham to make sure that they don’t miss the going’s on!