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BristolCon Fringe: November 2016 - Jessica Rydill

Our second reader for November was Jessica Rydill. Her Shamanworld series was part-released by Orbit several years ago, but it fell victim to the all too regular "you only get one chance to be the next JK Rowling" syndrome. Thankfully Kristell Ink has picked up the entire series so fans of the early books will get to find out what happens at the end. In the meantime here's Jessica with a reading from the first book, Children of the Shaman.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

BristolCon Fringe: November 2016 - Joel Cornah

The November Fringe was a fantasy special courtesy of Jo Hall and Kristell Ink. Jo works for them as an editor and brought two of her favourite writers the perform for us.

First up was author, podcaster, dyslexia activist and accidental political comedian, Joel Cornah. He read from The Sky Slayer, which is about pirates and curses and the like.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

BristolCon Fringe: August 2016 - Q&A

The August Q&A developed into an interesting discussion regarding the various merits of description-driven fiction versus dialogue-driven fiction. We learned what Scott's superpower is.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

 

BristolCon Fringe: August 2016 - Scott Lewis

Our second reader for August was Scott Lewis. He treated us to two story fragments. The first involves a hangover, fried breakfast, and airship maintenance. In the second an Anglo-Saxon missionary visits a part of the West Country that man was never meant to know.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

 

BristolCon Fringe: August 2016 - Jo Lindsay Walton

Our first reader for August was Jo Lindsay Walton. He treated us to a tale of time travel and that great conundrum of choronauts, the killing of Baby Hitler. Our heroes are a bunch of characters from what sounds like a Silicon Valley start-up. Or perhaps Seattle, because there is Starbucks.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

BristolCon Fringe: July 2016 - Q&A

In the Q&A for July Tom revealed that he enjoys drowning his friends whereas Tim prefers biting their faces off. Charming fellows, aren't they.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

 

BristolCon Fringe: July 2016 - Tim Lebbon

Our second reader for July as Tim Lebbon. There were no lakes in the novel fragment he read. Just a mostly dried out swimming pool. And Things. Lots of Things.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

BristolCon Fringe: July 2016 - Thomas David Parker

Our first Reader for July was Thomas David Parker. He treated us to a sweet tale of two lovers off for a day by a lake. Well, sort of. You all know what lives in lakes, don't you. Things.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

BristolCon Fringe: June 2016 - Justin Newland

Our second reader for June was Justin Newland, better known as "the man who asks questions" from our Q&A sessions. Justin read a short story set during the building of Hadrian's Wall, and the opening chapter of his novel, The Genes of Isis.

Stephanie was able to stay for the reading but had to leave during Justin's Q&A session. We had a short break while she left, but when we came back no one had any new questions so we just did announcements, which have been tacked on to this recording.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.

BristolCon Fringe: June 2016 - Stephanie Burgis

There were a couple of changes of plan for June. Firstly a technical hitch meant that we had no microphone for our readers. We were able to record directly rather than from the AV but the sound quality may not be as good. In addition, because Stephanie had to leave early to catch a train home, we had her on first and did her Q&A immediately afterwards. This first recording is of that session.

Stephanie read to us from her first adult novel, Masks and Shadows, which is an historical fantasy set during the days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Most of the action takes place at the Eszterháza Palace, the home of Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. One of the major characters is the composer, Joseph Haydn.

BristolCon Fringe is a monthly reading series produced by the BristolCon Foundation. For details of future events, see our website.