Eastercon 2009, Bradford, 10-13 April

[iansales]

"The Good Food Guide—'Recommending Akbars'. The only Indian restaurant recommended in Yorkshire."

That's wrong anyway. Aagrah is excellent, and they have them throughout Yorkshire.

 

[Susan Boulton]

That's wrong anyway. Aagrah is excellent, and they have them throughout Yorkshire.

I was thinking that, I know some good ones in Halifax and Huddersfield. (The result of having a daughter who attended Uni in the area )

 

[iansales]

There are Akbars throughout Yorkshire now - I know of one in Rotherham and two in Leeds.

The Kashmir Curry Centre in Sheffield is also very good. A friend of mine invented a never-ending curry there. It's a balti restaurant, and you choose what to put in the balti. He picked spinach and lentils. Every time he took a spoonful from the dish, the rest of it expanded to fill in what he'd taken. After half an hour of eating, the dish was still full...

 

[Ian Whates]

...And in any case, it isn't Akbar's that Eric has in mind... He reckons there's one even better!

And thanks. Billy, I had seen this... In fact I was just contemplating putting something in 'Press Releases' about it.

 

[Susan Boulton]

Woot!

Eoin Colfer, will be at Eastercon, talking about Artemis Fowl and.... the Hitchhikers book he is writing!

Eastercon LX 2009

 

[Nesacat]

Eoin Colfer ... now that's some very good news indeed. I do like his work.

 

[ktabic]

It would appear, although I'm not sure how, that I have somehow arranged for myself to be going to Eastercon. Please be gentle, it's my first time.

 

[Toby Frost]

I'm going too: first time at Eastercon. I'll be joining in a few Steampunk-themed items over the weekend. It looks like good fun!

 

[Nesacat]

Are we going to do the trying to meet up and hopefully succeed thing?

 

[Tirellan]

I will be there, participating in the Writing Workshop. There are a few places left if any is interested

 

[ktabic]

Ooh, I'd would probably be interested.

Ooh, an unofficial chrons meetup, I'm game. Will there be any legendary black stuff?

*mentally note to self - take along Space Captain Smith, hunt down TobyTwo, and get it signed *

 

[Morpheus42]

On the Thursday before Easter I'll be driving from my place to the eastercon.
At some point I'll arrive in Dover and drive from there to Bradford
There will be two passengers joining me from the beginning (The Cat and Marky)
That leaves 1 seat free. If anyone is interested in driving a bit of the way, then you are most welcome to join us.

Am all for a chron meetup at the con.

As for the black stuff... I'll try not to forget it


Note: In my car the driver sits on the left. (And yes, if you want to drive, you do need a valid driving license )

 

[Susan Boulton]

The Dragons' Lair looks interesting.

I wonder who the Dragons are???

Eastercon LX 2009

 

[Nesacat]

Morpheus ... I have Black Stuff in my fridge if you need me to bring it. Then we just need to buy vodka.

A meet-up would be fun ... it just needs to be kinda-sorta organised ... at least a time and a place.

 

[Stephen Aryan]

This is probably a silly question but...I've looked on the Eastercon website and it lists who the main guests are, but i've read on a few individual author websites that they will also be attending.

Is there a comprehensive list of who is going to be in attendence?

This would be my first time attending too.

 

[iansales]

In the interests of privacy, it seems LX are not making the membership list available online. But if you join, there is one in the back of the progress reports.

 

[Stephen Aryan]

In the interests of privacy, it seems LX are not making the membership list available online. But if you join, there is one in the back of the progress reports.

Eh????? Until I know which authors are attending, I don't know if I want to attend, but unless I join I can't find out which authors are attending. Eh??

 

[iansales]

The authors that are attending - other than the guest of honours - are doing so as ordinary attending members. The Eastercon isn't like one of those media events where they ship in a boatload of minor sf telly celebs, keep them corralled away from the unwashed masses, and then wheel them out at intervals for speeches and signing sessions.

 

[Stephen Aryan]

The authors that are attending - other than the guest of honours - are doing so as ordinary attending members. The Eastercon isn't like one of those media events where they ship in a boatload of minor sf telly celebs, keep them corralled away from the unwashed masses, and then wheel them out at intervals for speeches and signing sessions.

Ahh, that explains it. I know that Freda Warrington mentioned she was planning to attend, but I thought as a guest, so was surprised not to see her name advertised anywhere. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Susan Boulton]

A lot of attending writers, and other members of the publishing industry, are on the many panels that are running, and most don't mind if you quietly ask them to sign a book at some point over the weekend.