Ep. 12 – Eastercon ’08, part one

The first of two shows looking at this year’s Sci-Fi literary convention Orbital ’08 (which was on at Easter weekend in Heathrow) and features interviews with professional writers and fans. In this week’s episode Alex Fitch is talking to Nickey Barnard, an SF fan who has moved from being a member of the audience at panels to one of the hosts, Christopher Teague, publisher of Pendragon Press which offers a place for first time genre writers to release their books, comic book creator Bryan Talbot (Alice in Sunderland), and science-fiction writer James Swallow (Star Trek: Voyager, Blake’s 7 audio). (more info at www.orbital2008.org)