Doors Into the Dark: A Day of Weird Fiction

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 With 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, Dominic 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 With Mervyn Marshall and John Patrick Higgins - 5.30-7.00pm - The Undertow: showcase of new fiction, hosted by Emma Devlin and Niall McKenna