GenreCon 2012 Feature Events

GenreCon 2012 is delighted to feature the following presentations and special events.

Friday, November 2

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

OPENING NIGHT COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Cost: $20; Ballroom Foyer

Join us as we officially launch the inaugural GenreCon. Meet our guests and other attendees over canapés and drinks, and help us kick off GenreCon in style.

Tickets for the Opening Night Reception can be purchased through our online registration portal. Limited tickets will be available on the night, so be sure to book early.

Saturday, November 3

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

GENRES AND COMMUNITY: THE AGILE ADVANTAGE
Conan Doyle Room

Genre communities are ideally placed to lead a changing and emergent publishing industry. Genre writers are resilient, adaptive and innovative. We write what we love, yet are constantly inventing mash-ups and crossovers. We enjoy strong reader loyalty, yet continually explore new markets. We respect our traditions, yet are adept at creating new opportunities. Meg Vann will open GenreCon with a presentation on genre writers ability to capitalise on our strengths to enjoy success in changing times.

4:00 PM -5:00 PM

Joe Abercrombie: IN CONVERSATION
Conan Doyle Room

Best-selling fantasy novelist Joe Abercrombie will be in conversation, discussing his process, his favourite genre works, and his career as a best-selling novelist.

MC: Jason Nahrung

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

PISTOLS AND PARASOLES BANQUET
Cost: $59; Conan Doyle Room

On Saturday night the Conan Doyle room transforms into the dining hall for the Pistols and Parasols banquet. We invite you to frock up in the costume that best interprets the Pistols and Parasols theme in the style of your favourite genre. The evening will be hosted by special guest, Kim Wilkins, and feature a presentation by Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

Tickets for the Pistols and Parasols banquet can be purchased through our online registration portal. Limited tickets will be available on the night, so be sure to book early.

Sunday, November 4

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE AGENT
Conan Doyle Room

What is the role of the agent in the evolving publishing marketplace? Ginger Clark talks about the changing dynamic between publishers and agents, what authors should expect from agents in the future, and how you can establish and maintain a positive relationship with your agent during this period of publishing in flux.

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

THE GREAT DEBATE: PLOTTERS VERSUS PANTSERS
Conan Doyle Room

It’s a battle old as fiction itself – are we better off plotting our fiction beforehand, or flying by the seat of our pants and making it up as we go along? We gather together a team of plotters and pit them against a team of pantsers to try and find a final answer.

Team Plotter: Kim Wilkins, LA Larkin, Narelle Harris
Team Pantster: Anna Campbell, Daniel O’Malley, Lisa Heidke
Moderator: Kate Eltham