Appearances & Participation in SFF Conventions and Conferences
2021, March Eastercon, virtual--Panellist: The last 20 Years: Fantasy in the 21st Century; Milford Writers Panel; Male Power
Fantasy: Can We Stop Now?; Storytelling through repetition; Host of Writing Historical Fantasy workshop; also
gave a reading, did a signing, and held a kaffeeklatsch
2019, Aug. Worldcon, Dublin--Panellist: Time travel novellas after the end of history; The ins and outs of SFF erotica [over
18s]; What has art ever done for science?
2109, March Eastercon, Heathrow--MC of the Rapidfire Infoshots; Panellist: SF-ing Clueless; Panellist: Planning for the
Apocalypse; also gave a reading
2018, Oct. FantasyCon, Chester--Panellist: The End of the World; Panellist: Historical Fiction; Panellist: Women in Genre
Fiction
2108, March Eastercon, Harrogate--MC of the Rapidfire Infoshots; Panellist: Victorian Fantasy; Panellist: The Women's
Periodical to #MeToo
2017, Sept. British Fantasy Con, Petersborough--Presented Where are the Tampons? The Estrangement of Women's Bodies
in Apocalyptic Fiction"; Panellist: Imaginary Book Club; Panellist: Landscapes in Fantasy; Panellist: Creative Writing
in Education; Panellist: Adult Themes in Genre Fiction; Panellist: Writing Research
2017, Aug. Worldcon 75, Helsinki--exhibition hall volunteer; Presented "Where are the Tampons? The Estrangement of
Women's Bodies in Apocalyptic Fiction"; Panellist: Building Resistance; Panellist: Two's Company: Collaborative
Genre Writing
2017, Aug. Nine Worlds GeekFest, London--Guest; Panellist: Shut Up & Write; Technology for Writers
2017, April Eastercon, Birmingham--Panellist: Pedagogy and Speculative Fiction; Panellist: Writing Groups, Conferences, and Workshops: Which Way to Go?; Panellist: You Want a Revolution? I Want a Revelation!; Panellist: Fantastical Art
2016, Nov. NAWE, Stratford-upon-Avon--presented "Performance in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Workshop"
2016, Sept. British Fantasy Con, Scarborough--Panellist: What I Go to School for: How Important is a Literary Education to a Writing Career?
2016, Aug. Nine Worlds Geek Fest, London--Guest on Academia & Humanities track; Individual talk: Just Call Me the Doctor: Doing a PhD in Creative Writing
2016, Mar. Eastercon, Manchester--Panellist: Transcending the Genre and Other Polite Insults; Panellist: Menstruation,
Contraception, and Reproduction in the Apocalypse; Panellist: Place, Identity, Story
2016, Feb. Historical Fictions Research Conference, Anglia Ruskin University--Presented "The Cottage Garden Conundrum"
2015, Aug. Nine Worlds Geek Fest, London--Guest on Creative Writing track; Panellist: Collaborative Writing: How to Write with Others (and Stay Friends)
2015, Mar. Eastercon, London--Panellist: History in Fantasy Fiction
2014, Sept. British Fantasy Con, York--Member of the British Fantasy Con planning committee
Moderator: My First Con; Panellist: Building the Same Old World
2104, Aug. Worldcon 72, London--exhibition hall volunteer; Panellist: Sex in SF&F: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly;
Panellist: The Wrong Apocalypse
2014, Aug. Nine Worlds Geek Fest, London--Guest on All the Books track; Panellist: Love and Sex: An Intimate
Exploration; Panellist: School Stories: Prefects, Headmasters and Tuckshops, oh my!; Participated in New Voices
reading
2014, June Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference, Imperial College--Presented “Theme as a Route into Rewriting; Beyond the Moral of the Story”
2014, June The Country House in Britain 1914-2014, Newcastle University--Presented "The Garden as Character: Britain's Great Country House Gardens in Children's Fantasy Literature
2013, Nov. National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE), York--Presented "Planting a fantasy: Using Historic Places to Grow Fiction
2013, Mar. Eastercon, Bradford--Panellist: Fantastic British Landscape
2011, Mar. Myth and Fairy Tale in Film and Literature post-1900, University of York--Presented “A Subtle Revolution: Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter as Utopian, Feminist Fairy Tale”
Fantasy: Can We Stop Now?; Storytelling through repetition; Host of Writing Historical Fantasy workshop; also
gave a reading, did a signing, and held a kaffeeklatsch
2019, Aug. Worldcon, Dublin--Panellist: Time travel novellas after the end of history; The ins and outs of SFF erotica [over
18s]; What has art ever done for science?
2109, March Eastercon, Heathrow--MC of the Rapidfire Infoshots; Panellist: SF-ing Clueless; Panellist: Planning for the
Apocalypse; also gave a reading
2018, Oct. FantasyCon, Chester--Panellist: The End of the World; Panellist: Historical Fiction; Panellist: Women in Genre
Fiction
2108, March Eastercon, Harrogate--MC of the Rapidfire Infoshots; Panellist: Victorian Fantasy; Panellist: The Women's
Periodical to #MeToo
2017, Sept. British Fantasy Con, Petersborough--Presented Where are the Tampons? The Estrangement of Women's Bodies
in Apocalyptic Fiction"; Panellist: Imaginary Book Club; Panellist: Landscapes in Fantasy; Panellist: Creative Writing
in Education; Panellist: Adult Themes in Genre Fiction; Panellist: Writing Research
2017, Aug. Worldcon 75, Helsinki--exhibition hall volunteer; Presented "Where are the Tampons? The Estrangement of
Women's Bodies in Apocalyptic Fiction"; Panellist: Building Resistance; Panellist: Two's Company: Collaborative
Genre Writing
2017, Aug. Nine Worlds GeekFest, London--Guest; Panellist: Shut Up & Write; Technology for Writers
2017, April Eastercon, Birmingham--Panellist: Pedagogy and Speculative Fiction; Panellist: Writing Groups, Conferences, and Workshops: Which Way to Go?; Panellist: You Want a Revolution? I Want a Revelation!; Panellist: Fantastical Art
2016, Nov. NAWE, Stratford-upon-Avon--presented "Performance in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Workshop"
2016, Sept. British Fantasy Con, Scarborough--Panellist: What I Go to School for: How Important is a Literary Education to a Writing Career?
2016, Aug. Nine Worlds Geek Fest, London--Guest on Academia & Humanities track; Individual talk: Just Call Me the Doctor: Doing a PhD in Creative Writing
2016, Mar. Eastercon, Manchester--Panellist: Transcending the Genre and Other Polite Insults; Panellist: Menstruation,
Contraception, and Reproduction in the Apocalypse; Panellist: Place, Identity, Story
2016, Feb. Historical Fictions Research Conference, Anglia Ruskin University--Presented "The Cottage Garden Conundrum"
2015, Aug. Nine Worlds Geek Fest, London--Guest on Creative Writing track; Panellist: Collaborative Writing: How to Write with Others (and Stay Friends)
2015, Mar. Eastercon, London--Panellist: History in Fantasy Fiction
2014, Sept. British Fantasy Con, York--Member of the British Fantasy Con planning committee
Moderator: My First Con; Panellist: Building the Same Old World
2104, Aug. Worldcon 72, London--exhibition hall volunteer; Panellist: Sex in SF&F: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly;
Panellist: The Wrong Apocalypse
2014, Aug. Nine Worlds Geek Fest, London--Guest on All the Books track; Panellist: Love and Sex: An Intimate
Exploration; Panellist: School Stories: Prefects, Headmasters and Tuckshops, oh my!; Participated in New Voices
reading
2014, June Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference, Imperial College--Presented “Theme as a Route into Rewriting; Beyond the Moral of the Story”
2014, June The Country House in Britain 1914-2014, Newcastle University--Presented "The Garden as Character: Britain's Great Country House Gardens in Children's Fantasy Literature
2013, Nov. National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE), York--Presented "Planting a fantasy: Using Historic Places to Grow Fiction
2013, Mar. Eastercon, Bradford--Panellist: Fantastic British Landscape
2011, Mar. Myth and Fairy Tale in Film and Literature post-1900, University of York--Presented “A Subtle Revolution: Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter as Utopian, Feminist Fairy Tale”