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EightSquared is the 2013 UK National Science Fiction Convention in Bradford - 29th March to 1st April.

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1:30pm GMT

Tech Briefing 3 - Boardroom Tech Briefing 1 - Main Programme

2:00pm GMT

Gopher Briefing 4 - Hawthorn

3:00pm GMT

Opening Ceremony 1 - Main Programme

3:30pm GMT

Freda Warrington Reading 1 - Main Programme

4:00pm GMT

Everything Changed in the Eighties 4 - Hawthorn Small Press Stories 3 - Boardroom Superheroes on Films 1 - Main Programme Welcome to Eastercon 2 - Rowan

5:00pm GMT

Author Readings: Cory Doctorow and Jaine Fenn 4 - Hawthorn PS Publishing 5 - Conservatory Bar Fifty Years a Time Lord 1 - Main Programme Games in Fiction 2 - Rowan Zulu Tradition Panel 3 - Boardroom

6:00pm GMT

Newcon Press 5 - Conservatory Bar Avalon, Sherwood Forest and Alderley Edge: the Magical British Countryside 1 - Main Programme Convention Codes of Conduct 3 - Boardroom Debut Authors' Panel 2 - Rowan Good Technology 4 - Hawthorn

7:00pm GMT

Setup 1 - Main Programme Genre Get-Together: Fantasy 5 - Conservatory Bar Walter Jon Williams Reading 2 - Rowan Advice for Writers: Characterisation 3 - Boardroom Crossover Fanfic 4 - Hawthorn

8:00pm GMT

Ben Jeapes Book Launch 5 - Conservatory Bar Head to Head: E Nesbit and C S Lewis 2 - Rowan Zulu Tradition 1 - Main Programme

9:00pm GMT

Graphic Novel Selections 3 - Boardroom TAFF: Meet the Candidates 4 - Hawthorn Underground London 2 - Rowan

10:00pm GMT

Filking 3 - Boardroom Just A Minute 2 - Rowan The Milliways Silly Games Bonanza 1 - Main Programme

9:00am GMT

Tech Briefing 1 - Main Programme Tai Chi 2 - Rowan

10:00am GMT

Feedback Session 4 - Hawthorn Independent Publishing and Small Press Showcase 5 - Conservatory Bar Editing - the truth, the myth and the rule of the red pen 2 - Rowan Walter Jon Williams Book Group 3 - Boardroom What's Big in Microbiology? 1 - Main Programme

11:00am GMT

Genre Get-Together: Science Fiction 5 - Conservatory Bar J B Priestley 2 - Rowan Sensory Overload 1 - Main Programme The Stories in Games 3 - Boardroom Fanfic Flash Fiction 4 - Hawthorn

12:00pm GMT

The Beeblebear Picnic 6 - Fan Bar Genre Get-Together: Fantasy 5 - Conservatory Bar Alexander Bogdanov 2 - Rowan Edward James Book Group 4 - Hawthorn Non-Western SF and Fantasy 1 - Main Programme On Twitter, Everyone can hear you scream 3 - Boardroom

1:00pm GMT

Author Readings: Ira Nayman and Ian Whates 4 - Hawthorn Cory Doctorow Book Launch 5 - Conservatory Bar Reinventing Urban Fantasy 3 - Boardroom SFF on SF: Criticism and Awards 2 - Rowan The Far Future 1 - Main Programme

2:00pm GMT

GoH Item - Anne Sudworth 1 - Main Programme Improv Workshop 4 - Hawthorn

3:30pm GMT

GoH item - Freda Warrington 1 - Main Programme Forgotten TV and SF of 1975 3 - Boardroom Mars Colony Constitution 4 - Hawthorn

5:00pm GMT

Author Readings: Gareth Powell and Stephanie Saulter 4 - Hawthorn Freda Warrington Book Launch 5 - Conservatory Bar BSFA Lecture 1 - Main Programme Advice for Writers: How and Why 3 - Boardroom Motherhood in SF and Fantasy 2 - Rowan

6:00pm GMT

Doctor Who 1 - Main Programme

7:00pm GMT

Setup 1 - Main Programme Genre Get-Together: Science Fiction 5 - Conservatory Bar Bad Death Awards 4 - Hawthorn Best Books of 2012 2 - Rowan Steampunk Morality and Victorian Values 3 - Boardroom

8:00pm GMT

Hugo Shortlist Announcement 2 - Rowan Law and New Technology 3 - Boardroom Spokane 2015 Party 5 - Conservatory Bar The Mirror Mirror Ball, featuring Witching Hour 1 - Main Programme

9:00pm GMT

Five Years: The End of the World Panel 2 - Rowan

10:00pm GMT

Filking 3 - Boardroom Magician 1 - Main Programme

11:00pm GMT

Disco 1 - Main Programme

2:00am BST

Practical Time Travel workshop 1 - Main Programme

9:00am BST

Tech Briefing 1 - Main Programme Tai Chi 2 - Rowan

10:00am BST

Feedback Session 4 - Hawthorn Independent Publishing and Small Press Showcase 5 - Conservatory Bar Easter Worship 2 - Rowan Loncon Exhibits Presentation 3 - Boardroom Maiden, Mother, Who? Older Women in Genre Fiction 1 - Main Programme

11:00am BST

2015 Bid Session 1 - Main Programme Fast Fact Talks: Ideas to Go 3 - Boardroom Where is the New Wave Now? 4 - Hawthorn Why is the Future Drawn So White? 2 - Rowan

12:00pm BST

SF Foundation George Hay Memorial Lecture 1 - Main Programme Alan Garner 2 - Rowan Ready, Steady, Flash 3 - Boardroom Writers' Workshop for Young Writers 4 - Hawthorn Art Auction 5 - Conservatory Bar

1:00pm BST

Head to Head: Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley 2 - Rowan Advice for Writers: Setting 3 - Boardroom Cityscapes 1 - Main Programme Old Classics for New Fans 4 - Hawthorn

2:00pm BST

The Changing Portrayal of Gender and Sexuality in SF & Fantasy 4 - Hawthorn GoH Item - Edward James 1 - Main Programme Forgotten TV SF of 2015 3 - Boardroom

3:00pm BST

CANCELLED Paper Chain Making 2 - Rowan

3:30pm BST

GoH Item - Walter Jon Williams 1 - Main Programme The British Character 3 - Boardroom Poetry Workshop 4 - Hawthorn

5:00pm BST

Elsewhen Press 5 - Conservatory Bar Universally Challenged 3 - Boardroom New Classics for Old Fans 4 - Hawthorn Patrick Moore 2 - Rowan Revolutionary Fantasy 1 - Main Programme

6:00pm BST

Aeon Press 5 - Conservatory Bar Author Readings: Emma Newman and Mike Shevdon 4 - Hawthorn Head to Head: H P Lovecraft and Robert E Howard 3 - Boardroom Near Earth Asteroids Say Bang! 1 - Main Programme The Brothers Grimm 2 - Rowan

7:00pm BST

Author Readings: David Murphy and Marion Pitman 4 - Hawthorn Jo Fletcher / Quercus 5 - Conservatory Bar BSFA Awards/Loncon 3 Update 1 - Main Programme Freda Warrington Book Group 2 - Rowan Superpowers Sold Cheap 3 - Boardroom

8:00pm BST

Head to Head: Anne McCaffrey and Joanne Russ 2 - Rowan Sex in Young Adult Literature 1 - Main Programme The Red Queen's Race: Big Business Superhero Comics 3 - Boardroom Twenty-First Century Fanzine Fan 4 - Hawthorn

9:00pm BST

UPDATE - GoH Signing 3 - Boardroom Extreme rewrites 2 - Rowan The SF in games 1 - Main Programme Fan Fund Auction 4 - Hawthorn

10:00pm BST

Filking 3 - Boardroom Planet Not: Improv Show 1 - Main Programme

9:00am BST

Tai Chi 2 - Rowan

10:00am BST

Feedback Session 3 - Boardroom Geeks in the Media 2 - Rowan Gerry Anderson: Anything Can happen 1 - Main Programme Independent Publishing and Small Press Showcase 5 - Conservatory Bar

11:00am BST

Head to Head: Arthur C Clarke and John Brunner 4 - Hawthorn Alternate Presents 1 - Main Programme Fast Fact Talks: Ideas to Go 3 - Boardroom Selling Space 2 - Rowan

12:00pm BST

Author Readings: Janine Ashbless and Roz Kaveney 4 - Hawthorn The Weakest Hyperlink 3 - Boardroom Anne Sudworth Interview 1 - Main Programme Public Building in the Roman City 2 - Rowan

1:00pm BST

How to Recognise a Barbarian 1 - Main Programme The Clay Institute Problems in Mathematics 2 - Rowan Where will the Eastercon be in Ten Years' Time? 3 - Boardroom Themed Flash Fiction Workshop 4 - Hawthorn

2:00pm BST

Pointless 2 - Rowan Eastercon: More Regenerations Than a Time Lord 1 - Main Programme What's On Webcomics 3 - Boardroom Loncon Tea Party 5 - Conservatory Bar

3:00pm BST

Beer, (Some) Beards and Duplicators 2 - Rowan Future Conventions Feedback 3 - Boardroom Pure and Applied Mathematics 1 - Main Programme

4:00pm BST

Closing Ceremony 1 - Main Programme

6:00pm BST

Dead Dog Party 2 - Rowan

8:00pm BST

Sita Sings The Blues 3 - Boardroom