A Few Changes to the Write Now Conference Schedule

We've moved the Christopher Brookmyre keynote event to a slightly earlier time slot (4:30 on the 9th of March). This has resulted in a few changes. Please see below, and don't forget to book soon and get your early bird discount. There may be other changes, so please follow our goings-on on Twitter or on this blog.

DAY 1 DRAFT PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

9:00am – Registration 

9:30am – Welcome and housekeeping 

9: 40am – Opening Panel

10:45am – Break for tea and coffee

11:00am – 1st SKILLS SESSION

12:30pm – Lunch

12:30 to 14:30 - The Marketplace and 13:15 to 14:15 – Performance pop up event 

2:30 pm – 2nd SKILLS SESSION

4:00pm – Break for tea and coffee

4: 30pm – Keynote Address Christopher Brookmeyre

Close 5:30pm

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DAY 2 DRAFT PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

9:00am – Registration

9:30am – Welcome and housekeeping 

9: 40am – Panel Discussion 

10:45am – Break for tea and coffee 

11:00am – 1^st panel sessions

3 papers (20mins each) plus 30mins at the end for Q & A discussion

12:45pm – Lunch

1:30 pm – 2^nd panel sessions 

3 papers (20mins each) plus 30mins at the end for Q & A discussion

3:15pm – Break for tea and coffee

3:30 pm – 3^rd panel session

3 papers (20mins each) plus 30mins at the end for Q & A discussion

5 pm – Keynote Address Alan Bissett & Zoe Strachan

Close 6pm

Alan Bissett Wins 'Scottish Writer of the Year', and I Misspelled His Name

It has been brought to my attention that there is a *glaring* typo in the draft programme for Write Now 2012. I misspelled Alan Bissett's name. I've now added the second 't'. While I am on the subject of Alan Bissett (note: there are 2 Ts), I'd like to mention that he is part of the burgeoning Write Now 2012 lineup.

Please have a look at his site: http://alanbissett.com/ You can order some of his books from Cargo Publishing's site: http://www.cargopublishing.com/alan-bissett/. He won the 'Scottish Writer of the Year' at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, so is probably not awake yet, and is perhaps also ever so slightly hungover, so I'd put off asking him for his autograph for a few hours. There's a (free!) interview podcast (number 5- an interview with Alan) you can download via iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/scots-whay-hae!/id454320478?affId=1503186 , with thanks to Scots Whay Hae.

Your to-do list for November 30th, aka Strike Day, just got a little bit more interesting.