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The Historical Novel Society
UK Conference 2010

 

Sunday, 17th October, 2010
Mechanics' Institute, Manchester

 

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PROGRAMME

Conference opens 9.00 am 

  Option 1 Option 2
9.15 - 10.00 Harry Sidebottom
Talk: ‘Warriors of Rome’
Mary Sharratt
Talk: ‘Daughters of the Witching Hill’
10.15 - 11.00 Robert Low
Talk: ‘Re-enactment, Reportage and Fiction’
Orna Ross
Workshop:
'Creative Writing, Creative Reading: Bringing the Past to Life'

BREAK

11.30 - 12.30

Panel Discussion: ‘Where next for Historical Fiction?’

Jim Gill (United Agents), Marcy Posner (Folio Literary Management) – chair Doug Jackson

Elizabeth Hawksley
Workshop: ‘The First Chapter: Hooking Your Readers’

LUNCH

2.00 - 2:45 Panel Discussion:
'A History of Violence'

Harry Sidebottom, Doug Jackson, Robert Low and Ben Kane  – chair Jerome de Groot
Panel Discussion:
Manda Scott and Selina Walker discuss author-publisher relationship and contemporary historical fiction
3.00 - 3.45

Ann Turnbull
Talk:
'Love and Conflict in the 17th Century: Young Adult Historical Fiction'

Hilary Green
Talk: 'Love and War'

BREAK

4.15 - 5:00 Jean Fullerton
Talk: ‘Ground Your Fiction in Fact’

Conference ends 5.00 pm

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