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“Skrattande Cat Valente” by Johan Jönsson (Julle) – Oma teos. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skrattande_Cat_Valente.jpg#/media/File:Skrattande_Cat_Valente.jpg
Catherynne M. Valente is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen works of fiction and poetry, including Palimpsest, the Orphan’s Tales series, Deathless, and the crowdfunded phenomenon The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Own Making. She is the winner of the Andre Norton, Tiptree, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus and Hugo awards. She has been a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. She lives on an island off the coast of Maine
with a small but growing menagerie of beasts, some of which are human. (source: Catherynne M. Valente’s website)
Program items for the weekend:
Friday
16.00 On Writing
Saturday
10.00 Opening Ceremonies
12.00 Guest of Honor interview
13.00 Signing
16.00 Sex, drugs and Puss ‘n Boots
Sunday
11.00 Kaffeeklatch
13.00 Guest of Honor reading
14.00 Music in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Bowie & Prince
17.00 Ending Ceremonies