Conference Programme

All day events take place at the Marylebone campus of the University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS

Time

Event

Venue

Friday 5 September – Evening

6.30-7.00

Pre-registration

Room MG28
6.45-8.30
 Wine and Canapés Reception

Welcome address:

Richard Lee (HNS), Carole Blake and presentation of the HNS Indie Award by Elizabeth Chadwick
MG28 and foyer

8.30-11.30

 Hardy’s Historical Supper

3 course dinner with wine or equivalent

53 Dorset Street, London W1U 7NH

Hardy’s Brasserie

Saturday 6 September  – Day

(am)

9.00-9.30

 Saturday Registration

Tea/coffee/juice/croissants/pastries

MG28

9.30-9.40

 Welcome – Richard Lee

Hogg Lecture Theatre
9.40-10.30 Main Panel Session 1 with Q&A

Selling Historical Fiction: the challenges and triumphs

Matt Bates, Carole Blake (CHAIR), Katie Bond, Nick Sayers, Simon Taylor, Susan Watt

 Hogg

10.30-11.15

Keynote Address: Conn Iggulden

Hogg

11.15 – 11.45

 Booksigning/selling

Tea/coffee/biscuits

MG28

11.45 – 12.45

 One-to-ones with
agents and editors		 Optional workshops/talks

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Designated

Classrooms

(pm)

12.45 – 2.00

 Lunch

Sandwiches/wraps/crisps/fruitplatter/juice

Booksigning/selling

MG28 & foyer

2.00 – 2.20

Presentation of HNS Short Story Award

Ian Skillicorn

Hogg

2.20 – 3.10

 Main Panel Session 2 with Q&A

‘My Era is Better than Yours’

Angus Donald (Medieval), Suzannah Dunn (Tudor), Antonia Hodgson (Georgian), Giles Kristian (Viking & Civil War), Harry Sidebottom (Ancient Rome), Philip Stevens (CHAIR)

Hogg

3.10 – 3.25

 Break

3.25 – 4.15

 One-to-ones with
agents & editors 		 Main Panel Session 3 with Q&A 

Freedom, Independence & Equality: Tackling the big issues

Emma Darwin, Elizabeth Fremantle, Margaret George, Douglas Jackson (CHAIR), Andrew Taylor, Robyn Young

Designated classrooms

Hogg

4.15 – 4.45

 Booksigning/selling

(tea/coffee/muffins/biscuits)

MG28

4.45 – 5.30

Lindsey Davis in conversation with Jerome de Groot

Hogg
5.30 – 5.50 Introducing HNS North America Conference 2015
– Ann Chamberlin.

Introducing HNS Australasia Conference 2015 – Kate Forsyth

Close of Saturday Day Conference – Richard Lee

 Hogg

5.50 – 6.30

 Booksigning/selling

MG28

Saturday 6 September – Evening

7.30 − 11.30

 Hardy’s Historical Supper

3 course dinner with wine or equivalent

53 Dorset Street, London W1U 7NH

Hardy’s Brasserie

Sunday 7 September – Day

(am)

9.00 – 9.30

 Sunday Registration

(Tea/coffee/juice/biscuits)

MG28

9.30 – 9.40

 Welcome – Richard Lee

Hogg

9.40 – 10.30

 Main Panel Session 4 with Q&A

Confronting Historical Fact with the Unexplained: from myths & the occult to fairytales & the Gothic

Jessie Burton, Essie Fox, Kate Forsyth (CHAIR), Deborah Harkness, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Prof Diana Wallace

Hogg

10.30 – 11.00

 Booksigning/selling
(Tea/coffee/cookies)

MG28

11.00 – 12.00

 One-to-ones with agents & editors Optional workshops/talks

Click HERE for session details

Classrooms

(pm)

12.00 – 1.00

 The Historical Fictionist Quiz!

Pit your wits against our panel of James Heneage, Anthony Riches and Cathy Rentzenbrink in a live battle of fiction, faction, facts and fun.

James Heneage, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Anthony Riches, Jon Watt (CHAIR)

Hogg

1.00 – 1.10

  Thanks and wrap up by Richard Lee

Hogg

1.10 – 2.15

 Lunch Sandwiches/wraps/crisps/fruit platter/juice Booksigning/selling

MG28