If you're looking for something fun to do in Columbus, Ohio in late September, and if you enjoy reading or writing science fiction, fantasy, horror, or manga, or if you enjoy watching anime, horror, scifi, and fantasy movies, we've got something for you!
Over 30 authors and editors will be attending the convention; in addition to panels, author readings, writing workshops, and book signings, you'll have the chance to chat with authors such as Brian Keene, Gary Braunbeck, and Tanya Huff at various publisher-sponsored parties that will be going on all weekend. Free food, free drinks, music, dancing ... with so many fun things to do, what more could you want?
You could want concerts and movies, of course! We'll be running anime and science fiction movies all weekend, and we'll be hosting a special showing of the short SF film
APOLLO (hosted by executive producer Diana Botsford, who has written for Star Trek and who has done visual effects directing and supervision for a wide variety of films including
Nightmare of Elm Street VI, Tank Girl, From Dusk Til Dawn, Terminator 2 and many independent films).
Wild Mercy will be playing Saturday night, with an open filk after. If you're not the filking type, there will also be poetry readings. And, of course, the parties.
During the day, we'll also have a dealer's room with lots of cool stuff for sale, and there will be a room for people who want to play board and video games. We'll have a charity Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament on Saturday in addition to a charity raffle to support First Book and Alzheimer's research.
Context will be happening right at the end of the first week of classes at Ohio State University, and we hope that lots of returning OSU students will come out and join us for the fun.
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On September 27th, 2008, Shroud Publishing will be hosting a party at Context 21 -- the party will be in their 1st-floor suite, and the time will be announced at the convention. Signs directing everyone to the party will be posted, and all convention attendees are welcome.
Shroud will have the suite open all day before the evening festivities; the party will feature free food, free drinks, music, and book signings ... the following special guests will be there:
BRIAN KEENE
GARY A. BRAUNBECK
MICHAEL LAIMO
TIM WAGGONER
D. HARLAN WILSON
R. SCOTT MCCOY
SHELDON S. HIGDON
THOMAS STRAUB (artist)
Come hang around and meet the people behind the pens in a casual and fun environment. Books will be available for signing, or bring your own!
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This is just a quick note to let you know that after August 15th, the full-weekend registration rate will increase from $35 to $45.
If you want to send a check or money order instead of paying online, print out your filled-out
online registration form and mail it to us -- as long as your envelope is postmarked August 15th or earlier, your $35 registration will be fine.
There are also seats available in the following workshops:
- Creating the Comic Book Series
- World-Building
- Novel Package Critiques
- Interactive Narrative and Game Design
- Writing Great Openings
And finally, Context panelists Gary A. Braunbeck, Michael Arnzen, Lucy A. Snyder and Lawrence C. Connolly will be participating in panel entitled "The Business/Life of Writing Horror & Dark Fantasy" a few hours before Context officially begins.
Their panel will be held from 3-5pm in 010 Page Hall on the Ohio State University central campus in Columbus on Friday, September 26th. The event is sponsored by the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing. Please visit the following site for directions to Page Hall:
http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=061
We hope some of you who may be arriving early can attend the discussion. A book signing will follow. For more information, please contact Doug Dangler at 614-688-5865.
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Joanne Harris will read from her brand new novel,
The Girl with No Shadow, the long awaited sequel to her bestseller,
Chocolat. The reading is on Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m., at the Columbus Performing Arts Center in the Shedd Theater, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
The
New York Times bestseller
Chocolat was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Johnny Depp. The eagerly-anticipated sequel,
The Girl with No Shadow, is a dazzling urban fairy tale set in Paris five years after
Chocolat. Harris is the author of several novels including
Blackberry Wine,
Holy Fools and
The French Kitchen: A Cookbook, and her books have been published in 40 different countries. She lives in England with her husband and daughter.
Tickets for this event are $18 in advance, and $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Purchase your ticket by calling 614-464-1032 or by visiting http://www.thurberhouse.org/
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