WHC Final Programme

And wow, what a panel I'm on! I'm a little intimidated.


WEDNESDAY, March 28:

08:00pm – 11:00pm EARLY EARLY ARRIVALS PARTY

THURSDAY, March 29:

06:00pm – 07:00pm WORLD’S BIGGEST BOOKSTORE GoH SIGNING

07:00pm – 08:00pm TWILIGHT TALES LAUNCH

08:00pm – 09:00pm POETRY OPEN MIC

08:00pm – Midnight EARLY ARRIVALS PARTY

09:00pm – 10:00pm WHAT NOT TO DO: MANNERS AND TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME CONVENTION ATTENDEES

10:00pm – 11:00pm THE CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR WEBSITE AND BLOG

11:00pm – Midnight WHAT EXACTLY IS HORROR?

FRIDAY, March 30:

09:30am – 10:00am OPENING CEREMONIES

10:00am – 11:00am FUTURE CHILLS: UPCOMING MOVIES AND NEW TV SHOWS

10:00am – 11:00am SIZE DOES MATTER: HOW TO SURVIVE AS A SMALL PRESS

11:00am – Noon HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: AN HOUR WITH GAHAN WILSON

11:00am – Noon HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: WHAT ARE AGENTS AND EDITORS LOOKING FOR, AND NEVER WANT TO SEE AGAIN?

Noon – 01:00pm GUEST OF HONOUR INTERVIEW: NANCY KILPATRICK

Noon – 01:00pm IN SPACE NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM: HORROR IN SF

01:00pm – 02:00pm Lunch Break

02:00pm – 03:00pm GUEST OF HONOUR INTERVIEW: PETER CROWTHER

02:00pm – 03:00pm SHORT SHRIFT: CAN YOU MAKE A LIVING WRITING SHORT FICTION?

03:00pm – 04:00pm BUILDING A BETTER MONSTER

03:00pm – 04:00pm HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: WHAT DO NEW WRITERS DO NEXT?

04:00pm – 05:00pm WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007 GRAND MASTER: JOE R.LANSDALE

04:00pm – 05:00pm WRITING THE MODERN VAMPIRE STORY

05:00pm – 06:00pm BURNING EFFIGY PRESS/KELP QUEEN PRESS LAUNCH

05:30pm – 07:30pm PS PUBLISHING LAUNCH PARTY

08:00pm – 10:00pm MASS AUTOGRAPHING (Cash bar)

10:00pm – Closing WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2007 PARTY

11:00pm – Midnight WRITING HORROR IN DIFFERENT CULTURES

Midnight DARK ARTS BOOKS LAUNCH

SATURDAY, March 31:

10:00am – 11:00am WHAT DO YOU MEAN “EDIT”? HOW HARD CAN IT BE
TO PUT TOGETHER A “YEAR’S BEST” ANTHOLOGY?

10:00am – 11:00am HORROR/ROMANCE/CRIME/FANTASY CROSSOVERS: PUTTING THE SCARES INTO OTHER GENRES

11:00am – Noon MASTERS OF THE CRAFT

11:00am – Noon THE HISTORY OF CANADIAN HORROR

Noon – 01:00pm GUEST OF HONOUR INTERVIEW: MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH

Noon – 01:00pm HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR AGENT IS DOING A GOOD JOB?

01:00pm – 02:00pm Lunch Break

01:00pm – 02:00pm WORLD’S BIGGEST BOOKSTORE SIGNING

02:00pm – 03:00pm GUEST OF HONOUR INTERVIEW: PETER ATKINS

02:00pm – 03:00pm THE MERRIL COLLECTION PRESENTS: FORGOTTEN AUTHORS

03:00pm – 04:00pm CINEMA MACABRE: WRITING HORROR FOR THE BIG SCREEN (AND OTHER MEDIA)

03:00pm – 04:00pm THE ART OF HORROR: PAINT VS. DIGITAL

04:00pm – 05:00pm GUEST OF HONOUR INTERVIEW: JOHN PICACIO

04:00pm – 05:00pm FEMME FATALES: WOMEN IN HORROR

05:00pm – 06:00pm READING/Q&A: BRIAN LUMLEY

05:00pm – 06:00pm WALKING DEAD VS. UNDEAD: ARE ZOMBIES THE NEW VAMPIRES?

Um – This one would be with moi! On a panel with Brian Keene and David Wellington! Wow. I seem to have arrived!

06:30pm – 07:30pm MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION

07:00pm – 09:00pm TWILIGHT TALES’ CRITIQUED OPEN MIC

07:30pm – 10:30pm HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION BRAM STOKER AWARDS BANQUET

Yep – I’m going to be here, too! Look for the handsome fellow – in that Bill Clinton, cherubic kind of way – dressed all in black.

10:00pm – 11:00pm CUTTING BLOCK PRESS LAUNCH

11:00pm – Closing TWILIGHT TALES’ “FLASH FICTION” CONTEST

11:00pm – Midnight THE MERRIL COLLECTION PRESENTS: COLLECTING HORROR LITERATURE

11:00pm – Closing WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2008 PARTY

11:00pm – Closing HWA WINNERS AND LOSERS PARTY HWA

Midnight – Closing “GOD OF THE RAZOR” AUDIO PRESENTATION

SUNDAY, April 1:

10:00am – 11:00am QUEER FEAR: GAY HORROR

10:00am – 11:00am DON’T GIVE UP THE DAY JOB: THE CURRENT STATE OF HORROR
10:00am – Noon THE WORLD HORROR SOCIETY BOARD MEETING

11:00am – Noon GUEST OF HONOUR INTERVIEW: DON HUTCHISON

11:00am – Noon YOUNG BLOOD: NEW WRITERS TO LOOK OUT FOR

Noon – 01:30pm WHC CHARITY RAFFLE

02:00pm – 03:00pm WRITING ON THE EDGE

02:00pm – 03:00pm THE DIVERSITY OF HORROR: HOW TO REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE

03:00pm – 04:00pm WHAT’S NEXT? UPCOMING CONVENTIONS AND EVENTS

04:00pm – 04:30pm CLOSING CEREMONIES

05:00pm – 08:00pm DEAD DOG PARTY