Keynote Speaker
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness is a UK-based, multi-award-winning author of books for adults, young adults, and children, including A Monster Calls and the Chaos Walking trilogy. Patrick has won every major prize in children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal twice.
Patrick created and wrote the 8-part BBC Doctor Who spinoff Class, and as a screenwriter he has written for Fox, Lionsgate, Apple, Warner Brothers and Entertainment One.
Program highlights
Friday 23 - Sunday 24 February 2024 | State Library of Queensland
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Read the winning entry from the GenreCon 2024 Short Story Competition, Smooth by Laree Chapman.
“Oh, but he’s smooth. From the neat whiskers on his chin to the bottoms of his Jimmy Choo shoes. And I can imagine his scent – pine needles with a hint of musk, as if he’d been in the woods...”
GenreCon 2024 is officially booked out! We’re stoked to deliver one of our biggest Cons yet.
You can still tune in for a curated slice of the program online with a Virtual Admission ticket - bookings close 20 February.
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Can’t make it to Brisbane for GenreCon 2024? Don't miss out on the literary event of the year - experience a curated selection of panels, seminars and Q&A sessions without leaving your home!
GenreCon 2024: Brave. Bold. Genre. takes over this week’s edition of Queensland Writers Centre’s Pen & Pixel email newsletter.
We’re excited to reveal our Friday masterclass and welcome legendary Brisbane author Nick Earls for Writing The Novella - with a special introduction and genre fiction twist.
Look who’s dropping in at GenreCon 2024: Brave. Bold. Genre.
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There’s over 30 special events, panels, workshops and more for lovers of genre fiction of every kind - and your General Admission ticket gets you access to every single one.
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Welcome to GenreCon, New York Times and USA-Today best-selling author of Dark Rise, C.S. Pacat…
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Welcome to GenreCon, Julie Janson
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And it’s all thanks to you!
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Aurealis Award-winning author Dr Kim Wilkins (The Infernal) joins GenreCon in 2024….