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Fair Realms is a free celebration of fantasy worlds with the creatives who craft them via panels, signings & workshops. Join creators from fantasy fiction, comics, video games & games design at Nottingham Central Library on 27 March 2027. ✷ Guest reveals start next week ✷

✷ Booking opens November ✷ Join us on 27 March 27 at Notts central library for panels, signings & more! @guyhaley.bsky.social @nickybandini.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social @writervh.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @thetowerofstars.bsky.social @gavthorpe.co.uk Art @eliotbaum.bsky.social

✷ Our Fair Realms guest authors and panels are all announced!✷ Stay posted for panel, workshop and signing tickets (coming soon!) Follow Fair Realms on Bluesky and Instagram to be the first to know when tickets are released 🎟 Artwork @eliotbaum.bsky.social

✷ Fair Realms Session Reveal ✷ WORKSHOP: A Sense of Place: Setting a Scene's Atmosphere This workshop looks at how you can make every scene in your story carry the weight of themes, setting, character & plot. Led by @gavthorpe.co.uk Nottingham Central Library 27.03.27 Tickets coming soon!

✷ Fair Realms Panel Reveal ✷ Magic & Worldbuilding A discussion on world building with magic, its function and forms & the art of writing it. Sui Annukka @thetowerofstars.bsky.social Sam Dolan @guyhaley.bsky.social ✷ Follow us for more reveals - tickets coming soon! ✷ 27 March 2027

✷ Fair Realms Panel Reveal ✷ Writing craft & practice Join our authors as they discuss writing craft. Where do ideas come from & how do we research? Inés Gregori Labarta @johnfrench.bsky.social Dan Abnett @squintywitch.bsky.social Chaired by Alma Solarte-Tobon Nottingham Central Library 27/03/27

✷ Fair Realms Panel Reveal ✷ Author Book Club Join Dan Abnett @squintywitch.bsky.social & @gavthorpe.co.uk @writervh.bsky.social as they discuss their latest books, exploring craft, setting and story. Chaired by @guyhaley.bsky.social ✷ Follow us for more reveals - tickets coming soon! ✷

✷ Fair Realms Panel Reveal ✷ Wargaming and Fiction Join Dan Abnett @squintywitch.bsky.social & @gavthorpe.co.uk to discuss how gaming helps them write & vice versa. Chaired by @nickybandini.bsky.social, professional sports broadcaster. ✷ Follow us for more reveals - tickets coming soon! ✷

Fair Realms is coming! Bookings open soon, follow us for tickets and more announcements! 27th March 2026 Nottingham Central Library ✷Dan Abnett ✷ ✷Guy Haley✷ ✷Sui Annukka✷ ✷Nicky Bandini✷ ✷John French✷ ✷Sam Dolan✷ ✷Victoria Hayward✷ ✷Inés Gregori Labarta✷ ✷Jude Reid✷ ✷Matthew Ward✷ ✷Gav Thorpe✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Guy Haley ✷ We are delighted to announce @guyhaley.bsky.social as a Fair Realms guest! Guy will be joining us at Nottingham Central Library on 27th March 2027. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷ ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Matthew Ward ✷ We are delighted to announce @thetowerofstars.bsky.social as a Fair Realms guest! Matthew will be joining us at Nottingham Central Library on 27th March 2027. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷ ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Sui Annukka ✷ We are delighted to announce Sui Annukka as a Fair Realms guest! Winner of The Women's Prize Trust's DISCOVERIES 2022, Sui is the author of the audible original, 'The Mother Sun.' ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Victoria Hayward ✷ We are delighted to announce @writervh.bsky.social as a Fair Realms guest! Victoria has written for Grimdark Magazine, Black Library, AAN Press & the Warhammer 40K Darktide game. ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements & ticket releases - coming soon ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Sam Dolan ✷ We are delighted to announce Sam Dolan as a Fair Realms guest! Sam is a SF writer in graphic and prose form. She works with SF journals and her own publishing house. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷ ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - John French ✷ We are delighted to announce @johnfrench.bsky.social as a Fair Realms guest! John is an award winning script writer, novelist, and games designer. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷ ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Inés Gregori Labarta ✷ We are delighted to welcome Inés. She is a queer migrant storyteller publishing in both English and Spanish. She writes speculative fiction, horror and magic realism. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Gav Thorpe ✷ We are delighted to announce @gavthorpe.co.uk as a Fair Realms guest! Gav joins us at the Fair Realms Fantasy Fiction Festival on 27th March 2027 at Nottingham Central Library. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷ ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Jude Reid ✷ We are delighted to have @squintywitch.bsky.social joining us at Fair Realms in Nottingham. Jude is a surgeon, student of Scottish Gaelic, writes for Warhammer & won the 2020 Kelpies Prize. ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Nicky Bandini ✷ @Nickybandini.bsky.social is a football journalist & broadcaster for the Guardian, ESPN, TalkSPORT & BBC & presenter for the Blood Bowl video game's World Championship finals & ACE funded author. ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements & ticket releases ✷

✷ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT - DAN ABNETT ✷ We are delighted to announce Dan Abnett as our first guest! Dan will join us at the Fair Realms Fantasy Fiction Festival on 27th March 2027 at Nottingham Central Library. ✷ ✷ Follow us for more guest announcements and ticket releases - coming soon ✷ ✷

Fair Realms is coming to Nottingham Central Library on 26th March 2027 🌟📚✍️ Follow us as the adventure unfolds...

We’re researching fantasy settings for science! Thanks to support from @britishacademy.bsky.social & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, @gavthorpe.bsky.social & I will be visiting local gaming clubs on 24th October with our mini postbox where you can share your thoughts on fantasy settings :-)