Real life events:

 

UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet

September 14th – 16th 2012 will see the third annual UK Meet for readers/writers/reviewers/fans of GLBTQ fiction. There will be a full day of programmed events on Saturday 15th, plus optional social events on Friday evening and Sunday morning.

Set at the elegant Mercure Brighton Seafront hotel, this year’s convention will feature talks by top authors, panel discussions on hot topics in the field of GLBTQ fiction, such as BDSM, Shifters, Beta readers, Online Interaction, Adapting fanfic, US settings, Self publishing, 1-to-1s for budding authors and more, while a separate room is available for chilling out, socializing with your favourite authors/pitching to publishers and agents etc.

For full programme see http://ukglbtfictionmeet.co.uk/ukmeet2012details/

To book a place at the convention go here http://ukglbtfictionmeet.co.uk/booking2012/

Online events:

Carrying the Torch: 19th May – 27th July

We’re putting together an event linked to the Olympic torch relay through the UK, trying to cover all 70 days of the event with posts linked to the area the torch will visit that day. Something about a GLBTQ story set there (published or about to be), or about an author who lives there. Some research set in the vicinity or a link to a character from a story (born there, left in disgrace, or the like). If you’re interested, there’s more information here. You can sign up in the comments until all the days are gone.