At Fantasy Faire 2015 they will be holding a literature festival. I’ve talked about this before but more details have been posted about the event on the official Fantasy Faire 2015 blog : Are You Looking Forward To The Literary Festival (LitFest) At Fantasy Faire? By the way, you should be looking forward to it!
As the poster suggests, there will be story telling, poetry, bring your own fantasy tale or poem, discussion workshops, meet the author sessions and more. Whereas some of the storytelling will be from works of popular fiction, such as Caledonia Skytower reading from Lord Of The Rings, in other aspects of LitFest, authors will be reading or discussing their own work, for example :
Freyja Nemeth discusses her book “The World of Ice and Fire”
Freyja Nemeth says as her real life self Linda Antonsson “My partner Elio M. García (Ran Garrigus in SL) and I collaborated with George R.R. Martin on “The World of Ice and Fire”, a book about the history, culture and geography of the world of “A Song of Ice and Fire” (and “Game of Thrones”).”
Interesting? Oh come on, that’s interesting. There will also be interactive sessions such as :
Collaborative fiction game with Taralyn Gravois
In Between – A Magical Story – Tara gives the group the beginning and end of a story. We think of characters to be in the story and use the sim we are on as the scene for the storyline. Then each person adds a line to the story until we get from start to finish.
There’s much more and one of the wonderful thing about all this on a personal level is that it’s introducing me to new storytellers and groups in Second Life, new to me I mean, they aren’t new to Second Life, for example :
Speculative Fiction Saturday
Led by Simeon Beresford
Simeon Beresford leads a regular long running fantasy and science fiction discussion group in this special location for Fantasy Faire.
Then of course, there’s Pratchett Day.
Pratchett Day is of course dedicated to the late, great, Sir Terry Pratchett. This will take place on April 28th, which would have been Sir Terry’s birthday. The event will include :
10am – 11am – Share your favourite Pratchett extract!
Moderated by Judi Newall
Bring your favourite quotes or longer extracts to share with other Pratchett friends – and join in our discussion. Free Fedora hats
12 noon – 1pm – Who is your favorite Terry Pratchett character?
Moderated by Judi Newall
Come and talk about your favourite Pratchett character – Vetinari or Granny Weatherwax? Samuel Vimes or Nanny Ogg? Susan or Death? Or do you love a character who appeared in just one novel? Free Fedora hats
2pm – 3pm – What is your favourite Terry Pratchett novel?
Moderated by Judi Newall
A discussion for Terry Pratchett fans. Which is your favourite novel, and why? Come along and share your favourites! Free Fedora hats
3pm – 4pm – Terry Pratchett Poetry Slam
Moderated by Garnet Psaltery
Bring your own poems on a theme of the late Terry Pratchett or his works, in honour of his birthday today, or read from your favourites. This is a relaxed event with no critique. Free Fedora hats
The day will be rounded off in terms of the literature festival by the most noble of steampunk fans of New Babbage.
Regular readers of this blog may well already know that I’m a big fan of storytelling, for those who don’t know this, I’m telling you now, that I’m a big fan of storytelling. When you add this to workshops, discussions and Fantasy Faire, I’m very much looking forward to this and I hope it’s a huge success. I also hope more authors see the potential that virtual worlds hold for the medium of storytelling.
LitFest starts tomorrow, along with the rest of Fantasy Faire. For more details on LitFest click the link I created earlier in this post, or click here.