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Bristolcon 2022
3/11/22 10:39 I was at Bristolcon last weekend, which was more fun than I expected. The programme was largely fantasy items and publishing items, so I initially didn't think I'd go to much, given that I'm largely a science fiction geek. And I also knew that several people I usually chat to wouldn't be there.
However, I was down to volunteer and also to moderate a panel on War Never Changes and had been emailing the participants beforehand. Thus on the morning I got the opportunity to meet JP Corwyn, who was one of the panellists and is blind. I offered to be the volunteer to guide JP to the Opening Ceremony and to the first panel of the day. We hit it off and I stayed as his volunteer all morning. JP was a gent and insisted that we go things that I was interested in too.
I went to:
Opening Ceremony
Reading by Anna Smith Spark
There Were No Elves at Helm's Deep
Worldbuilding Tips and Tricks - this was great.
The Economics of Fantasy - had a lot of actual history discussed, so was much more interesting than I was expecting.
Book launch/signing
GoH interview - Liz Williams. Hugely entertaining.
Reading by Cavan Scott
And of course the War Never Changes panel. Which went brilliantly. Dom Murray was incredibly nervous because it was his first ever panel, and refused to believe he was doing fine.
The only downside of Bristolcon is the bar gets INCREDIBLY NOISY so for people with damaged hearing (me) and age-related hearing loss (me) it is almost impossible to hold a conversation. I should have nabbed a committee member and asked if there was an option to use the Dealers Room or Art show for chatting after those had been dismantled.
However, I was down to volunteer and also to moderate a panel on War Never Changes and had been emailing the participants beforehand. Thus on the morning I got the opportunity to meet JP Corwyn, who was one of the panellists and is blind. I offered to be the volunteer to guide JP to the Opening Ceremony and to the first panel of the day. We hit it off and I stayed as his volunteer all morning. JP was a gent and insisted that we go things that I was interested in too.
I went to:
Opening Ceremony
Reading by Anna Smith Spark
There Were No Elves at Helm's Deep
Worldbuilding Tips and Tricks - this was great.
The Economics of Fantasy - had a lot of actual history discussed, so was much more interesting than I was expecting.
Book launch/signing
GoH interview - Liz Williams. Hugely entertaining.
Reading by Cavan Scott
And of course the War Never Changes panel. Which went brilliantly. Dom Murray was incredibly nervous because it was his first ever panel, and refused to believe he was doing fine.
The only downside of Bristolcon is the bar gets INCREDIBLY NOISY so for people with damaged hearing (me) and age-related hearing loss (me) it is almost impossible to hold a conversation. I should have nabbed a committee member and asked if there was an option to use the Dealers Room or Art show for chatting after those had been dismantled.
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