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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
10.00 Amy Calhoun via Google+ hangout Documents referred to by Amy are in the attachments at the end of this page. You can see information about their hangouts at this link.
11-12 - Kaaron Warren 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
1.30 - 2.45pm Becky Siegel on readers advisory with horror You can see 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.
Becky Spratford's blogs: RA for all, Horror
2.45 - 3.15 Kyla Ward on connecting with the Australian Horror Writers Association.Check out thisBlog post about Horror at the Metcalfeby Kyla Ward Horror Writers Association Australian Horror Writers Association - you can look at author's details to locate one who lives near your library Tabula rasa Scary minds Thirteen o'clock
3.15 Rachel Franks on Gothic Handouts mentioned by Rachel are available as attachments at the end of this page.
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 RedBubble. (At-cost prices vary depending on style.) . Horror at the Metcalfe - Readers' Advisory Services . . The tag for the day is #ra2014 . .
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