Themes of belief & faith show up in all sorts of speculative fiction - & sometimes you might not even realise it. We asked the speakers for Writing the Occult: Belief to share their favourite SFFH works based on belief, & here's what co-organiser Alex Davis had to say: 🧵⬇️

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How to Be a Great Author Panelist (and Why So Many Get It Wrong)

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What's it actually like being in a cult? Not the sensationalist headlines - the actual experience? Ella Snyder survived not one but TWO cults, and we are blessed that she will share her story with us at Writing the Occult. Ella found writing literally saved her life. Meet her ⬇️

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Who's ready for some creepy dolls? Writing the Occult: The Uncanny is just 4 days away! Tickets are still available until midnight on Friday for £40+bf.

🔎Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
🎫Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-the-uncanny-tickets-1119630497959

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Have you grabbed your ticket to the world of writing the uncanny yet? Get in quick - price rising soon ahead of the countdown to the big event on Saturday 18 January 2025. See you there, dear reader?

🔎 Details: http://writingtheoccult.carrd.co
🎫 Tix: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the-occult-the-uncanny-tickets-1119630497959

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Legendary Wiccan Doreen Valiente believes the uncanny was "one of the most important secrets of magic". What say you, dear reader?

It’s time for Writing the Occult to tackle the uncanny.
🔎 Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
🎫 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the-occult-the-uncanny-tickets-1119630497959

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We're blessed to have such talented folks joining us for Writing the Occult: The Uncanny - people like @lizabeth Dearnley, who's latest Tales of the Weird collection for the British Library is all about uncanny playthings.

We gather on 18 January. Tickets are now available for the early bird price of £35+bf. Full speaker details at writingtheoccult.carrd.co - or go straight to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the-occult-the-uncanny-tickets-1119630497959

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I asked Professor Robert Edgar for his recommendations to get us in that hauntological mood ahead of Saturday's Writing the Occult - and he added Edward Parnell's Ghostland and Adam Scovell's work for the BFI for evoking a feeling of nostalgia.

Grab your ticket: writingtheoccult.carrd.co

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All those dreams we once had - what happens to them? Writes Enis Yucekoralp: "We are haunted by the ghosts of these lost futures."

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Join us for Writing the Occult: Hauntology THIS SATURDAY where we’ll spend the day looking at haunted spaces, haunted ideas, haunted emotions. Tickets now on sale for £40+bf. Head to writingtheoccult.carrd.co for full details, or go straight to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-hauntology-tickets-1065892807079 to grab your ticket.

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