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Pandemic, Panic and Pop Culture
On 21 April at 7pm I'll be taking part in an online panel discussion on the subject of 'Pandemic, Panic and Pop Culture - Nigel Kneale and the Cinema of Contagion'.
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Octocon 2020
From 9-11 October I'll be attending Octocon 2020, which is taking place online. Here is my schedule of panels.
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2000 AD Lockdown Chat
At 8.00 pm on 3 August 2020 I'll be appearing on a 'Lockdown Chat' via a Zoom Webinar discussing 2000 AD, as part of June Fest Newbridge. Dave Butler will be moderating the conversation with my fellow panellists and 2000 AD experts, Michael Carroll, Eoin Coveney and PJ Holden.
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Discussing 2000 AD at Cymera Festival
On Sunday, 7 June 2020 at 6 pm I'll be discussing 2000 AD in a Zoom panel discussion moderated by Joe Gordon, with my fellow panellists, Michael Carroll and Joseph Elliott-Coleman, during the online Cymera Festival.
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All change
How much can change in a few weeks... I'm self isolating at Casa McHugh, but I squeaked in an adventure in London beforehand.
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Guest at Enniskillen Comic Fest 2020
I’ll be a guest at Enniskillen Comic Fest, taking place from 1-2 May 2020 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
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The Cursed Signing in London
I’ll be at a signing for the editors and authors in the Cursed anthology at Forbidden Planet Megastore in London on Saturday, 7 March 2020 from 13:00 to 14:00.
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Fun at Thought Bubble 2019
I’ve returned from a terrific Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival in Harrogate, England.
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Talk & workshop at The Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht
I'll be doing a talk and a workshop during the Urgency Intensive symposium and related events at The Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht from 5-6 November. It's theme is 'on the role of art and design in times of urgency'.
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Slayers and their Vampires
As part of the Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin (27-30 Oct), I’ll be taking part in the Slayers and their Vampires panel from 1 pm – 2.30 pm on 28 October, in the Albert Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. I’ll be joining Bruce McClelland, (Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead) and David Skal (Something In the Blood: a Biography of Bram Stoker) in discussing the modern cultural significance of vampire legends. As some know, my first M.A. thesis investigated themes in 19th century supernatural Irish fiction, which included a detailed look at Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I’ve…