Programme Sampler

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