Episodes
Thursday May 25, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: April 2017 - Open Mic Part II
Thursday May 25, 2017
Thursday May 25, 2017
The second session of the open mic features the following readers:
Chloe Headdon with the opening of a YA fantasy novel;
Steve Tanner with an extract from his fantasy novel, Blind Faith;
Suzanne McConaghy with part of a science fiction short story, "Partners in Crime";
Justin Newland with short story that forms the prologue to fantasy novel set in China.
There is no Q&A in the open mic, because we want to make the experience as friendly as possible for the readers.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Thursday May 25, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: April 2017 - Open Mic Part I
Thursday May 25, 2017
Thursday May 25, 2017
Our April event is traditionally an open mic where anyone can come and read, but just for 5 minutes. For reasons that will be explained on the podcast, this month's event was hosted by Tom Parker. The readers in this session are:
Cheryl Morgan, with part of a short story about Amazons in Space;
Ian McConaghy with the opening of a science fiction novel set in near future Los Angeles;
Joanne Hall with a short story about monks, illuminated manuscripts and dragons; and
Felicia Barker with a fantasy short story featuring some very famous fairies.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Wednesday May 17, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: March 2017 - Q&A
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Finally for March we have the traditional Q&A session with our readers. Cheryl Morgan asks Steph and Paul about the dangers of the West Country landscape, adultery, who was the cutest member of Duran Duran and many other things. Paul plugs the Fairford Festival of Fiction, which has an amazing guest list.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Wednesday May 17, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: March 2017 - Paul Cornell
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Our headline guest for March was Paul Cornell, who should need no introduction. Paul treated us to a preview of his latest novel, Chalk (due for publication the following day). He read two excerpts, one of which introduces us to the landscape of the novel, and the other featuring an innovate form of divination based on pop singles. The book is set in the 1980s and Pauls' publishers, Tor, have put together a great YouTube playlist to go with the book.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Wednesday May 17, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: March 2017 - Steph Minns
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
For March our readings went all creepy and horrific, starting with local writer, Steph Minns. She read a story of a man (probably) coming to a sticky end on the narrow country roads of Darkest Somerset. Did he deserve it? Listen and make your own decision. Steph does a great Gollum voice.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Monday May 15, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: February 2017 - Q&A
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
Finally for February we had the Q&A. Gareth tells us more about what's in the the short story collection, and Pete tells us more about what you can expect from his novel. We also discussed whether science fiction is a better way of understanding the world today than so-called "realist" fiction.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Monday May 15, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: February 2017 - Pete Sutton
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
Our second reader for February is another well-known local name, Pete Sutton. He read to us from his debut novel, Sick City Syndrome. It is more supernatural thriller than anything else (it has ghosts), but Pete managed to find a fairly science fictional bit to read for us.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.
Monday May 15, 2017
BristolCon Fringe: February 2017 - Gareth L. Powell
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
February was our first night in our new venue, The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer. Unfortunately we had a few glitches getting the audio to work and this recording is rather muddy. We are getting a handle on it now so things should be better from now on. Our profuse apologies to Gareth.
Talking of whom, our first reader for February was the amazing Gareth L. Powell. He read the whole of his short story, "Entropic Angel", which is also the title of his new short fiction collection. It isn't quite as sweary as an Ack-Ack Macaque book, but it does still get an explicit tag.
BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For further details see our Venue and Schedule pages.