Genres: SciFi

R B Kelly is a science-fiction author from Belfast. Their debut novel Edge of Heaven was a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair and shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C Clarke Award and the 2022 European Science Fiction Association Award for Best Written Work of Fiction. The sequel, On The Brink, was longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
A day-long celebration of science fiction, speculative fiction, myth, fantasy and weird writing, hosted by the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, 10am to 8pm. Talks, panels and readings on uncanny futures, folk horror and ghost stories, game narratives, YA and urban fantasy, and publishing weird fiction, plus a workshop on preparing for publication, a screening panel at the Queen's Film Theatre, and an evening showcase of new fiction. Attendance is free, but registration is essential. The Weird Weekend continues on Sunday with the Doors into the Dark book stall, in partnership with No Alibis Bookstore. Featuring Sam Thompson, Reggie Chamberlain-King, Caroline Sumpter, R B Kelly, T O Munro, Byddi Lee, Jo Zebedee, Darcy Little, Samuel Poots, Thomas Hislop, Mark Mullan, Emma Devlin, Damien Kelly, Deirdre Sullivan, Tracy Fahey, Dom O'Neill, Stephen Daly, Siobhán F Murphy, Trevor Kennedy, Brian Showers, Mervyn Marshall, John Patrick Higgins and Niall McKenna.
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