Programme Sampler
Here is just a small selection of 50 programme items that you will be able to attend at Glasgow 2024, out of the 500+ items that we will be presenting over the five days of the convention.
Anime
40th Anniversary of Nausicaa
The Art History of Studio Ghibli
Let Them Cook – Food in Anime
Awards
The Nommo Awards
Children’s Literature
How Children’s Literature Shaped Fantasy Fiction
Comics and Graphic Storytelling
Comic Book Sommelier
Storytelling without Words
Costuming
The Impact of Textiles on the Built Environment
Costuming Aliens Over Time
Fandom
Fandom behind the Iron Curtain
Writing the Gaps: How Does Fanfic Reach the Parts Commercial Fiction Does Not?
Tubes and Grams, Blogs and Toks: Reviewing Across the Internet
Film & TV
The Traitors – Reality Television for Gamers
Chinese SF Film and Television
50 Shades of Morally Grey Characters in SFF
Gaelic and Scots Languages
Gaelic and Other Minority Languages in Science Fiction
Games and Gaming
Decolonising Games
Inclusive Game Design
Surprise RPGs: Interactive Storytelling on the Bleeding Edge Or… How a Back to the Future RPG Changed My Life
Literature
Combining genres: From Science-Fantasy to Romantasy
Alasdair Gray: Writer. Artist. Visionary
Iain Banks: Between Genre and the Mainstream
Made in Scotland: Scottish Science Fiction Writers Beyond Banks
African Cultural Influences in Fantasy
Through an African Lens
Urban Fantasy Settings
Fungi in Speculative Fiction
The Many Legs of SF: Creepy Crawlies in Space
Gods and Faith in Fantasy
Blood is Thicker than Water: Found Family in SFF
Don’t Go Into the Forest: Monsters and Feminism
Maker
Designing Things That Don’t Exist
Music
Interstellar Film Score Performance & Q&A
Podcasting and Radio
Podcast Production: Audio Recording and Editing
The Best Friends You’ve Never Met: Parasociality and Podcasting
Polish SF and Fandom
Slavic Mythology in Polish and Foreign SFF
Science and Technology
Climate Fresk
Learning from COVID – an international perspective
Vegetables in Space
Back to the Moon
Fighting Fungi in Space
Theatre
Evolution of Immersive Experiences
Shakespeare, the Scottish Play and Science Fiction
Writing and the Business of Writing
Climate Fiction: Despair or Hope?
Flash Course in Flash Fiction
Learning the Editing Process
The Art and Craft of Literary Translation
YA Literature
Dealing With Your Dark Side
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Disability Representation in YA