Owning a renowned Fantasy website certainly has some perks. Next week I’ve been invited to London Film & Comic Convention to moderate not one, but two REALLY exciting panels:

Murder Most Magical

Three of the biggest names in crime/fantasy are coming to The Book Zone at LFCC to take part in a magical on stage panel “Murder Most Magical.”

Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers Of London, Doctor Who), Paul Cornell (London Falling, Doctor Who) and Suzanne McLeod (Spellcrackers) will be in conversation with our host from Fantasy Faction, Marc Aplin, to discuss what makes their murders the most magical.

The Panel will take place at 10am on Sunday 13th July on The Book Zone stage. Tickets are free and can be collected from the info point in the Book Zone from 9am on Sunday morning.

Bring Me My Dragons! Writing YA Fantasy Today

With Game of Thrones, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings making fantasy increasingly popular in the mainstream, what does it mean to write fantasy for young adults today? Four authors who each take innovative approaches to the genre come together to discuss contemporary fantasy writing.

Four authors: Jonathan Stroud, Ruth Warburton, Amy McCulloch and Frances Hardinge – who each take innovative approaches to the genre – will join host Marc Aplin to to discuss contemporary fantasy writing.

The Panel will take place on Saturday 12 July from 15.30-16.15 in the book zone.

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Of course, Fantasy-Faction is wayyyyy bigger than just me. I might be the representative of our community in this case, but Fantasy-Faction is made up of every staff member, user and visitor. So, with that in mind, I’d like to give Fantasy-Factioners the chance to suggest questions for the panel too. You can do this in the comments section on this post or in the forums where I have created a topic.

In addition, I’d just like to add that I have LOADS of free time at the convention. If any one is there and would like to meet up and say hi then I’m up for it! Just drop me an e-mail at marc@fantasy-faction.com and we can sort something out. Always up for chatting Fantasy with other fans! If you can’t be bothered to e-mail me, but want to look out for me I’m the guy on the right!

Look forward to hearing your question suggestions and maybe even seeing you there 🙂