==== Horror at the Metcalfe 12 March 2014 ====

The topic this year for the NSW Readers Advisory Seminar #ra2014 is : Horror at the Metcalfe.

9.00 Registration
9.30 Welcome to the State Library
**9.35 Keith Whelan**

[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P-IuiUhqToBFgWZW0BFrPuQc4Z_8IEl4/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]

**10.00 Amy Calhoun via Google+ hangout**

Documents referred to by Amy are here.

{{ :wiki:how_to_schedule_and_start_a_google_hangout.docx |How to schedule and start a Google + hangout}}
{{ :wiki:how_to_start_a_google_hangout.docx |How to start a Google + hangout}}


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**11-12 - Kaaron Warren**

[[http://kaaronwarren.wordpress.com/|Kaaron Warren]]
kaaronwarren at hotmail.com


**Some works by Karron Warren:**

The Grinding House (CSFG Publishing)
Slights (Angry Robot Books, Audio from Audible.com)
Walking the Tree (Angry Robot Books)
Mistification (Angry Robot Books)
Dead Sea Fruit (Ticonderoga Press)
Through Splintered Walls (Twelfth Planet Press)
The Gate Theory (Cohesion Press)


**Some other Horror writers you, or your clients, might enjoy:**

Hillary Mantel (eg: Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, Beyond Black)
Rose Tremain
Margaret Atwood
Jason Nahrung
Anne Ostby (eg: Town of Love)
Kirstyn McDermott
Allyson Bird
Chesya Burke
Margo Lanagan
Jeff Ford
Paul Haines
Stephen King
Joe Lansdale
Daphne du Maurier
Peter Ackroyd (eg: London)
Giles Milton (eg: Nathaniel’s Nutmeg)
Rob Hood
Gemma Files
Sara Langan
Sarah Pinborough
Gary McMahon
Nathan Ballingrud


**Horror Editor**

Ellen Datlow

**1-1:30 - lightning talks**

[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kruNmwUaVs3MDlf4luiKP1uKY_sKxdDR/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]

[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RK0O6_1Z-LoUoKFrZilChAq-4l0xuHQH/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]


1.30 - 2.45pm Becky Spratford on readers advisory with horror
You can see [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j8B2RhwQmp3TjM_zjlM-784S7_RHIb3sqP38uUdO1So/edit#slide=id.p5|Becky's presentation here]] You may want to listen to the presentation, and look at the slides, to make sure you obtain the most information.

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Becky Spratford's blogs: [[http://raforall.blogspot.com/|RA for all]],  [[http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/|Horror]]

**2.45 - 3.15 Kyla Ward** on connecting with the Australian Horror Writers Association.Check out this<del>Blog post about Horror at the Metcalfe by Kyla Ward</del>
  * [[https://horror.org/librarians.htm|Horror Writers Association]]
  * [[https://australasianhorror.com/|Australian Horror Writers Association]] - you can look at author's details to locate one who lives near your library
  * [[http://tabula-rasa.info/DarkAges/|Tabula rasa]]
  * [[http://scaryminds.com/|Scary minds]]
  * [[http://www.thirteenoclock.com.au/|Thirteen o'clock]]


**3.15 Rachel Franks on Gothic**
Handouts mentioned by Rachel are available as attachments here.

{{ :wiki:who_what_when_where_how_why_table.doc | Who what when how why}}

{{ :wiki:lesson_plan_-_a_gothic_tale.doc | Lesson plan an Gothic tale}}

{{ :wiki:writer_s_block_cards_-_gothic.doc | Writer's block cards}}

[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BLofWMfopvfIQcVXASYI2517mWeHwCg/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]

3.30 Discussion about ideas to take back to work from the day - ideas to implement in a week, ideas to implement within 3 months

This year we also have seminar tee shirts available via  [[https://www.redbubble.com/people/nswrisg/works/11539902-horror-the-metcalfe?p=t-shirt|RedBubble]]. (At-cost prices vary depending on style.)

Horror at the Metcalfe - Readers' Advisory Services

The tag for the day is #ra2014