Join us to explore Science-Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Myth and the Weird with the makers of fiction, film, comics and games.

Doors Into the Dark: A Day of Weird Fiction

10.00am - Coffee and Welcome words from Sam Thompson

10.30-11.15am - Reggie Chamberlain-King - Things That Go Bump in the North: Forgotten Writers, Strange Books, and Unknown Immortals

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11.30-12.30pm - Morning Panel

Uncanny futures: from climate dread to solarpunk and beyond, chaired by Caroline SumpterWith RB Kelly, T O Munro, Byddi Lee and Jo Zebedee

12.30-1.30pm - Light refreshments provided in the Gallery

12.30-1.15pm - Lunchtime Panel

Forking paths: game narratives and the art of play, chaired by Eilis PhilipsWith Darcy Little, Samuel Poots and Thomas Hislop

12.45-1.45pm - Lunchtime Workshop: Preparing for publication

Share new SF writing with author and publisher Mark Mullan (please register seperately)

1.30-2.30pm - Afternoon Reading

Celebrating the launch of X+Y=K by Ciaran Carson (Lilliput Press, 2026)introduced by Eamonn Hughes with readings by former students and colleagues of Ciaran Carson

2.30-3.30pm - Afternoon Panel

Unhappy and at home: contemporary folk horror and ghost stories, chaired by Emma DevlinWith Damien Kelly, Deirdre Sullivan, Tracy Fahey, Dom O’Neill (Beyond Visible Films)

3.45-4.30pm - Parallel Panel 1

Finding families: YA, urban fantasy and building a community, chaired by Jo ZebedeeWith Stephen Daly and Siobhan Murphy

3.45-4.30pm - Parallel Panel 2

Strange business: publishing weird fiction, chaired byWith Trevor Kennedy (Phantasmagoria) and Brian Showers (Swan River and Green Book)

4.00-5.30pm - Screening Panel

In a Glass Darkly: Irish horror, page and screen, introduced by Eilis Philips

With Mervyn Marshall and John Patrick Higgins

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5.30-7.00pm - The Undertow: showcase of new fiction, hosted by Emma Devlin and Niall McKenna

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