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Post by Dr Terror on Mar 7, 2009 0:02:58 GMT
David Case is another guest of honour!
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Post by David A. Riley on Mar 7, 2009 8:24:23 GMT
David Case will be a brilliant Guest of Honour (and should get Johnny - allthingshorror - Main) galloping down to Brighton with his copies of the Pan Books of Horror for his signature - especially since David Case's stories were some of the best to appear in that series! I chatted to him once many years ago at a convention in London, during which I asked him if he had been doing much writing lately, not having seen anything from him for a while. Steve Jones was there at the time and started laughing. It turns out that, yes, he had been doing quite a bit of writing, and very lucratively too, but not under his own name - nor in the horror genre. It appeared porn paid well at the time. David
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Post by allthingshorror on Mar 7, 2009 10:02:49 GMT
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Post by worldhorrorcon on Mar 9, 2009 12:44:11 GMT
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES SECOND GUEST OF HONOUR World Horror Convention 2010 is proud to announce that our second Author Guest of Honour is veteran American writer DAVID CASE. During the 1970s and early ’80s, many of his acclaimed stories were reprinted in Herbert Van Thal’s legendary PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES. These were mostly drawn from the author’s acclaimed short story collections, THE CELL: THREE TALES OF HORROR, which included the classic psychological werewolf tale of the title, and FENGRIFFEN: A CHILLING TALE. A more recent collection is BROTHERLY LOVE AND OTHER TALES OF FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE, while PS Publishing will be premiering a brand-new collection in honour of David’s appearance at World Horror Convention 2010. The author of more than three hundred books under at least seventeen pseudonyms, ranging from exploitation to Westerns, David’s other books in the horror genre include the novels WOLF TRACKS and the 1981 Arkham House volume THE THIRD GRAVE. His zombie novella “Pelican Cay” (from DARK TERRORS 5) was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2001. “Fengriffen” was filmed by Amicus in 1973 as –AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS! with an all-star cast that included Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Ian Ogilvy, Stephanie Beacham and a memorable crawling hand. Another story, “The Hunter”, was adapted by Richard Matheson into the 1974 TV movie SCREAM OF THE WOLF, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Peter Graves and Clint Walker. For more information about DAVID CASE – who joins TANITH LEE as part of our exciting line-up of Guests of Honour – please go to the convention website. Other writers, artists, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, Centipede Press (USA), Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Garry Fry, John Jarrold, Jemma Press (Greece), Stephen Jones, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, Mortbury Press (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, NewCon Press (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, OXY Publishing (Greece), Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS Publishing (UK), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, Screaming Dreams (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, Snowbooks (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, Tartarus Press (UK), Telos Publishing (UK), Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others. * * * Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent. The theme is “Brighton Shock! – A Celebration of the European Horror Tradition from Victorian Times to the Present Day”, and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms. The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and is situated directly opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier and a stone’s throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance. Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain’s annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon! The World Horror Convention’s prestigious Grand Master Award will also be presented at a sit-down Banquet during the weekend. Past recipients have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley and Ramsey Campbell. All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website <www.whc2010.org>, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England. With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss! Wish you were here? Well, now you can be . . . WORLD HORROR CONVENTION. MARCH 25-28, 2010. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. www.whc2010.org
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Post by worldhorrorcon on Mar 13, 2009 10:27:42 GMT
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES FIRST ARTIST GUEST OF HONOUR World Horror Convention 2010 is pleased to announce that our first Artist Guest of Honour is acclaimed book and magazine illustrator LES EDWARDS (aka “Edward Miller”). For more than thirty-five years, Les has produced the covers for countless books in all genres on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world. He has worked for all the major UK publishing houses and for many in the US, and his work has also encompassed advertising, gaming, record and CD covers, and movie posters (including Clive Barker’s NIGHTBREED, Stephen King’s GRAVEYARD SHIFT and John Carpenter’s THE THING). With early work including book covers for CHRISTOPHER LEE’S CHAMBER OF HORRORS; R. Chetwynd-Hayes’ THE FONTANA BOOK OF GREAT GHOST STORIES; Mary Danby’s THE FONTANA BOOK OF GREAT HORROR STORIES; Michel Parry’s REIGN OF TERROR and MAYFLOWER BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC STORIES series; Peter Haining’s WEIRD TALES; Hugh Lamb’s THE STAR BOOK OF HORROR; August Derleth’s WHEN EVIL WAKES; Carl Jabobi’s REVELATIONS IN BLACK; Guy N. Smith’s ENTOMBED, THE FIEND and MANIA; Graham Masterson’s THE DEVIL’S OF D-DAY and DJINN; John Burke’s THE DEVIL’S FOOTSTEPS; Stephen King’s THE DEAD ZONE; Mark Ronson’s GHOUL and Robert Black’s film tie-in LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF, along with many others, Les has gone on to become a stalwart of the UK illustration scene, acknowledged for both his versatility and his professionalism. More recently, he has illustrated two graphic novels based on stories by Clive Barker, SON OF CELLULOID and RAWHEAD REX; been the regular cover artist for Karl Edward Wagner’s THE YEAR’S BEST HORROR STORIES and Stephen Jones’ THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR, and his black and white work has graced the best-selling Gollancz editions of THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN by Robert E. Howard and NECRONOMICON by H.P. Lovecraft, with another bumper Howard volume, CONAN’S BRETHREN, due later this year. In 1995 Les was Artist Guest of Honour at the World Science Fiction Convention. He has been voted Best Artist by the British Fantasy Society on seven occasions, and has been nominated in that category every year since 1994. He has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist five times (his alter-ego, Edward Miller, won the award in 2008). He has also been nominated for five Chesley Awards. For more information about LES EDWARDS, who joins Author Guests of Honour TANITH LEE and DAVID CASE as part of our exciting line-up of Guests of Honour, please go to the convention website. Other writers, artists, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, Centipede Press (USA), Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Garry Fry, Simon R. Green, John Jarrold, Jemma Press (Greece), Stephen Jones, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, Mortbury Press (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, NewCon Press (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, OXY Publishing (Greece), Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS Publishing (UK), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, Screaming Dreams (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, Snowbooks (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, Tartarus Press (UK), Telos Publishing (UK), Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others. * * * Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent. The theme is “Brighton Shock! – A Celebration of the European Horror Tradition from Victorian Times to the Present Day”, and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms. The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and is situated directly opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier and a stone’s throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance. Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain’s annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon! The World Horror Convention’s prestigious Grand Master Award will also be presented at a sit-down Banquet during the weekend. Past recipients have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley and Ramsey Campbell. All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website <www.whc2010.org>, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England. With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss! Wish you were here? Well, now you can be . . . WORLD HORROR CONVENTION. MARCH 25-28, 2010. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. www.whc2010.org
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Post by worldhorrorcon on Mar 20, 2009 14:57:05 GMT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES SECOND ARTIST GUEST OF HONOUR World Horror Convention 2010 is delighted to announce that our second Artist Guest of Honour is world-renowned Lovecraftian illustrator DAVE CARSON. After coming across H.P. Lovecraft’s story ‘The Lurking Fear’ in a 1960s magazine, Dave was hooked for life and has gone on to become one of the genre’s most acclaimed and respected illustrators of the author’s work. He developed his distinctive pen and ink stipple technique during the late 1970s and ’80s in such magazines as FANTASY TALES, WHISPERS, WEIRDBOOK, NYCTALOPS, KADATH, FANTASY BOOK, GHOSTS AND SCHOLARS, DARK HORIZONS, FEAR, SKELETON CREW, INTERZONE, DAGON and other periodicals, along with specialist posters and portfolios featuring his art. Those writers who have championed his work include Brian Lumley, Karl Edward Wagner and Ramsey Campbell. Among the many books that Dave Carson’s artwork has appeared in are Brian Lumley’s GHOUL WARNING, MAD MOON OF DREAMS and THE CLOCK OF DREAMS, SHADOWS OVER INNSMOUTH (with Jim Pitts and Martin McKenna), TALES OUT OF INNSMOUTH: NEW STORIES OF THE CHILDREN OF DAGON, THE BEST HORROR FROM FANTASY TALES, the DARK VOICES: THE PAN BOOKS OF HORROR series, the “Fighting Fantasy” role-playing book BENEATH NIGHTMARE CASTLE, READER’S GUIDE TO THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and ARTISTS INSPIRED BY H.P. LOVECRAFT. Dave has also co-edited and illustrated the anthology H.P. LOVECRAFT’S BOOK OF HORROR, and his award-winning artwork was featured in the documentary film THE ELDRITCH INFLUENCE: THE LIFE, VISION AND PHENOMENA OF H.P. LOVECRAFT. For more information about DAVE CARSON, who joins Author Guests of Honour TANITH LEE and DAVID CASE, along with fellow Artist Guest of Honour LES EDWARDS, as part of our exciting line-up of Guests of Honour, please go to the convention website. Other writers, artists, agents, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: Edward W. Bryant Jr., Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, CENTIPEDE PRESS (USA), Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Gary Fry, Simon R. Green, John Jarrold, JEMMA PRESS (Greece), Stephen Jones, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, Dorothy Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, MORTBURY PRESS (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, NEWCON PRESS (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, OXY PUBLISHING (Greece), Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS PUBLISHING (UK), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, SCREAMING DREAMS (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, SNOWBOOKS (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, TARTARUS PRESS (UK), TELOS PUBLISHING (UK), Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others. * * * Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent. The theme is “Brighton Shock! – A Celebration of the European Horror Tradition from Victorian Times to the Present Day”, and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms. The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and is situated directly opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier and a stone’s throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance. Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain’s annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon! The World Horror Convention’s prestigious Grand Master Award will also be presented at a sit-down Banquet during the weekend. Past recipients have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley and Ramsey Campbell. All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website <www.whc2010.org>, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England. With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss! Wish you were here? Well, now you can be . . . WORLD HORROR CONVENTION. MARCH 25-28, 2010. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. www.whc2010.org
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Mar 20, 2009 15:22:36 GMT
I'm a writer, I'm going, but I'm not honourable
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Post by carolinec on Mar 20, 2009 15:51:28 GMT
Nice one! This is increasingly looking like something to really look forward to next year. I'm already booked .. ;D ;D
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Post by worldhorrorcon on Apr 6, 2009 10:36:13 GMT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES EDITOR GUEST OF HONOUR World Horror Convention 2010 is honoured to announce that our Editor Guest of Honour is distinguished anthologist HUGH LAMB. Since his first anthology, A TIDE OF TERROR: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RARE HORROR STORIES, appeared in 1972, his books have included VICTORIAN TALES OF TERROR, A WAVE OF FEAR, TWO VOLUMES OF THE STAR BOOK OF HORROR, TERROR BY GASLIGHT (1975), THE TASTE OF FEAR, RETURN FROM THE GRAVE, VICTORIAN NIGHTMARES, COLD FEAR: NEW TALES OF TERROR, FORGOTTEN TALES OF TERROR, THE MAN-WOLF AND OTHER HORRORS, TALES FROM A GASLIT GRAVEYARD, NEW TALES OF TERROR, STORIES IN THE DARK, TERROR BY GASLIGHT (1992), TWO VOLUMES OF GASLIT NIGHTMARES, and A BOTTOMLESS GRAVE AND OTHER VICTORIAN TALES OF TERROR. One of Britain’s most acclaimed editors of ghosts and gaslight terrors, Hugh is renowned for unearthing many obscure tales by Victorian and Edwardian writers, including a lost M.R. James story for his 1975 compilation THE THRILL OF HORROR: 22 TERRIFYING TALES. More recently, Dover Publications has been reprinting new and omnibus editions of his anthologies, including TALES FROM A GAS-LIT GRAVEYARD, GASLIT NIGHTMARES and GASLIT HORRORS. Hugh has also compiled individual collections by such authors of the macabre as Erckmann-Chatrian, E. Nesbit, Jerome K. Jerome, Bernard Capes, A.C. and R.H. Benson, and Robert W. Chambers. For more information about HUGH LAMB, who joins Author Guests of Honour TANITH LEE and DAVID CASE, and Artist Guests of Honour LES EDWARDS and DAVE CARSON, as part of our exciting line-up of Guests of Honour, please go to the convention website. Other writers, artists, agents, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: Edward W. Bryant Jr., Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, CENTIPEDE PRESS (USA), Basil Copper, Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Gary Fry, GRAY FRIAR PRESS (UK), Simon R. Green, John Jarrold, JEMMA PRESS (Greece), Stephen Jones, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, Dorothy Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, MORTBURY PRESS (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, Adam L.G. Nevill, NEWCON PRESS (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, OXY PUBLISHING (Greece), Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS PUBLISHING (UK), REBEL E PUBLISHERS (South Africa), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, SCREAMING DREAMS (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, SNOWBOOKS (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, David A. Sutton, TARTARUS PRESS (UK), TELOS PUBLISHING (UK), Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others. * * * Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent. The theme is “Brighton Shock! – A Celebration of the European Horror Tradition from Victorian Times to the Present Day”, and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms. The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and is situated directly opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier and a stone’s throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance. Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain’s annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon! The World Horror Convention’s prestigious Grand Master Award will also be presented at a sit-down Banquet during the weekend. Past recipients have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley and Ramsey Campbell. All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website <www.whc2010.org>, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England. With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss! Wish you were here? Well, now you can be . . . WORLD HORROR CONVENTION. MARCH 25-28, 2010. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. www.whc2010.org
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 6, 2009 10:56:21 GMT
This is sounding more and more like a convention few members of the Vault would want to miss. It's a long time since I've looked forward to a convention so much.
David
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Post by benedictjjones on Apr 6, 2009 11:40:35 GMT
agreed - now i just need to get round to buying my ticket!!
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Post by derekgunn on Apr 23, 2009 11:39:47 GMT
Really looking forward to going to this - already a paid up attendee.....
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Post by shaun Jeffrey on Apr 23, 2009 15:08:08 GMT
I keep meaning to sign up, then bills come along and the money goes elsewhere. It doesn't help that the price has gone up when it's still so far away.
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Post by worldhorrorcon on Apr 25, 2009 9:46:17 GMT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES HOTEL BOOKING INFORMATION The World Horror Convention 2010 is being hosted in the historic seaside city of Brighton, East Sussex, on the picturesque south coast of England. A popular year-round destination for holidaymakers and sightseers from all over the world, we have negotiated exclusive rates with three local hotels that we believe offer remarkable value for money and should appeal to all types of budgets: ROYAL ALBION HOTEL The main convention hotel is the Royal Albion Hotel, opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier on the seafront. A private home from the mid-1700s until the early 19th century, the elegant four-storey exterior underwent major renovation in 2009. RAMADA BRIGHTON For those who want modern sophistication, and don’t mind a fifteen-minute walk along the seafront (or a few minutes’ cab ride) to the convention, there is the Ramada Brighton, which offers a blend of 19th century elegance and modern décor. ROYAL YORK HOTEL Located right next door to the Royal Albion Hotel, with only a couple of minutes’ walk between them, the Royal York Hotel is a Grade II* listed Georgian building that boasts lavish, yet classic décor inspired by the area’s Regency heritage. Detailed information about all these hotels is now available on our website <www.whc2010.org> along with electronic and printable reservation forms. Rooms are limited, and will be allocated on a first-come basis. Hotel rates quoted are per room (up to two persons occupancy) and include Full English breakfast and all taxes. PLEASE NOTE: These rates are ONLY available for registered members of the convention. If you are not a member of the convention yet, or attempt to book the hotels directly, you will NOT receive our special discounts. Convention attendees are responsible for settling their own account with the hotel of their choice. You can reserve your booking by credit card or cheque, and pay by cash in full or register your credit card upon arrival. For those who want more sophisticated accommodation or are attending on a limited budget, there are plenty of alternatives in the immediate surroundings, ranging from luxury boutique hotels to simple Bed & Breakfast services. You can find out more information by going online at <www.visitbrighton.com/site/accommodation>. If you have any questions, or need help with your booking, please contact: <hotels@whc2010.org> * * * WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 welcomes Author Guests of Honour TANITH LEE and DAVID CASE, Artist Guests of Honour LES EDWARDS and DAVE CARSON, Editor Guest of Honour HUGH LAMB, and Mistress of Ceremonies JO FLETCHER. Other writers, artists, agents, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: Edward W. Bryant Jr., Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, CENTIPEDE PRESS (USA), Basil Copper, Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Gary Fry, GRAY FRIAR PRESS (UK), Simon R. Green, John Jarrold, JEMMA PRESS (Greece), Stephen Jones, Paul Kane, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, Dorothy Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, MORTBURY PRESS (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, Adam L.G. Nevill, NEWCON PRESS (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, OXY PUBLISHING (Greece), Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS PUBLISHING (UK), REBEL E PUBLISHERS (South Africa), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, Mark Samuels, SCREAMING DREAMS (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, SNOWBOOKS (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, David A. Sutton, TARTARUS PRESS (UK), TELOS PUBLISHING (UK), Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent. The theme is “BRIGHTON SHOCK! – A CELEBRATION OF THE EUROPEAN HORROR TRADITION FROM VICTORIAN TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY”, and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms. The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and is situated directly opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier and a stone’s throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance. Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain’s annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon! The World Horror Convention’s prestigious Grand Master Award will also be presented at a sit-down Banquet during the weekend. Past recipients have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley and Ramsey Campbell. All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website <www.whc2010.org>, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England. With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss! Wish you were here? Well, now you can be . . . WORLD HORROR CONVENTION. MARCH 25-28, 2010. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. www.whc2010.org
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Post by worldhorrorcon on May 1, 2009 11:50:17 GMT
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR World Horror Convention 2010 is proud and delighted to announce that our very Special Guest of Honour is Britain’s most influential and successful horror writer of all time – JAMES HERBERT. James Herbert created the modern mass-market horror genre with the publication of his first ground-breaking novel, THE RATS, in 1974 (for the record, Stephen King’s CARRIE was published a few months later). Since then he has reigned as Britain’s undisputed #1 author of chiller fiction, with more than 20 novels to his credit – which have sold more than fifty million copies world-wide. His books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages, including Russian and Chinese. THE RATS has never been out of print, and Jim’s list of best-selling titles includes THE FOG, THE SURVIVOR, FLUKE, THE SPEAR, LAIR, THE DARK, THE JONAH, SHRINE, DOMAIN, MOON, THE MAGIC COTTAGE, SEPULCHRE, HAUNTED, CREED, PORTENT, THE GHOSTS OF SLEATH, ’48, OTHERS, ONCE, NOBODY TRUE and THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL. THE RATS (aka DEADLY EYES), THE SURVIVOR, FLUKE and HAUNTED have all been made into movies, the latter starring Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale and Sir John Gielgud. In his 1992 Introduction to the bio-bibliography JAMES HERBERT: BY HORROR HAUNTED, Stephen King wondered “with real excitement” what James Herbert might be up to in the year 2010. Well, now we know – he’ll be at World Horror Convention in Brighton! ALSO . . . registered members of the convention can now vote for the World Horror Convention’s prestigious GRAND MASTER AWARD, which will presented at a sit-down Banquet on the Saturday evening. An electronic voting form is available on the convention website and will also be included in the forthcoming printed Progress Reports. A list of past recipients – who have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell . . . and for 2009 Tanith Lee!!! – is displayed on the same page. For more information about JAMES HERBERT, who joins Author Guests of Honour TANITH LEE and DAVID CASE, Artist Guests of Honour LES EDWARDS and DAVE CARSON, Editor Guest of Honour HUGH LAMB and Mistress of Ceremonies JO FLETCHER as part of our exciting line-up of Guests of Honour, please go to the convention website. Other writers, artists, agents, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS (UK), Randy Broecker, Edward W. Bryant Jr., Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, CENTIPEDE PRESS (USA), Basil Copper, Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Gary Fry, GRAY FRIAR PRESS (UK), Simon R. Green, John Jarrold, JEMMA PRESS (Greece), Stephen Jones, Paul Kane, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Samantha Lee, Brian Lumley, Dorothy Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, MORTBURY PRESS (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, Adam L.G. Nevill, NEWCON PRESS (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS PUBLISHING (UK), REBEL E PUBLISHERS (South Africa), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, Mark Samuels, SCREAMING DREAMS (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, SNOWBOOKS (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, David A. Sutton, TARTARUS PRESS (UK), TELOS PUBLISHING (UK), Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent. The theme is “BRIGHTON SHOCK! – A CELEBRATION OF THE EUROPEAN HORROR TRADITION FROM VICTORIAN TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY”, and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms. The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and is situated directly opposite Brighton’s iconic Palace Pier and a stone’s throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance. Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain’s annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon! All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website <www.whc2010.org>, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England. With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss! Wish you were here? Well, now you can be . . . WORLD HORROR CONVENTION. MARCH 25-28, 2010. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. www.whc2010.org
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