Special Guests Appearing This Year !!!
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 1...
Charlie Higson... Author and TV Legend...
Charlie Higson is the author of the phenomenally successful Young Bond series which has now sold over a million copies in the UK.Charlie is a man of many talents. He is a successful actor, comedian and writer for television and radio, but has been writing books for children since 2005. Charlie has always been a fan of ‘70s and ‘80s horror. While at university he studied gothic literature, a film course on horror and wrote a dissertation on David Cronenberg, as well as putting on all night horror movie showings. His TV successes include Saturday Live, the Harry Enfield Television Programme, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars, Randall and Hopkirk Deceased, the film Suite 16, Swiss Toni and of course, the Fast Show.
Charlie is now firmly established as one of the most popular children's authors in the country, constantly in demand from schools and literary festivals, his Zombie book series includes The Enemy, The Fear, The Dead and NOW The Sacrifice... http://www.the-enemy.co.uk/Home/
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 2...
Dominic Brunt... TV Legend... Zombie Film Director...
Yes, you may well be wondering why "Paddy the Vet" from Emmerdale is heading to the UK Festival of Zombie Culture and exactly what his zombie credentials are??? Let me tell you... He is a lifelong Zombie Fan, he is the co-founder and co-director of the Leeds Zombie FIlm Festival AND he has just had his Zombie Feature Film BEFORE DAWN Premiere at Frightfest 2012... So he is heading down to the event to met with fans, intro his film and to answer some questions about just what is the reason for this darker side of one of the countries most loved soap actors...
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 3...
David Moody... Author of the Autumn and Hater Series...
David Moody has an unhealthy fascination with the end of the world. ‘People tend to just float along on the day-to-day and assume everything's always going to stay the same,' he says, ‘but that's not the case. Sooner or later something's going to happen to screw everything up. Whether it's a plague epidemic, an asteroid hitting the planet, climate change or the meltdown of the global economy, something's going to get us eventually!' David has sold tens of thousands of books across the world...
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 4...
Wayne Symmons... Belfast Born Author and Ink Junkie...
Belfast born, Wayne Simmons, has loitered with intent around the horror genre for some years. He penned reviews and interviews for several online zines before publication of his debut novel in 2008. Wayne's work has since been published in the UK, Austria, Germany, Spain, Turkey and North America. Wayne currently lives in Wales with his ghoulfiend and a Jack Russel terrier called Dita. Look out for Wayne at various genre and tattoo cons or visit him online: http://www.waynesimmons.org His books include Flu, Drop Dead Gorgeous and Grippe...
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 5...
Damian Morter ... Film Director and Sinister Actor...
Damian Morter originally from London, born in Smithfield in 1979. However he now claims to be a born again Yorkshire man. He acted from a young age into his twenties in independent and student films until directing his first short, Ditched, in 2006.It’s always been in his nature to perform and he carved a living for himself as a musician, he actually played at the Reading festival in 2000. He had worked in the building trade as well as being a chef, but only as a way to support himself with his true passions. Damian and Nicola Morter are now the driving forece behind http://www.safehousepicturesuk.com/ and they have created a majorly awesome apocalyptic zombie film... In The Eschatrilogy... Damian will be introducing his film and once they have seen it, he will be intimidating them... That's all I am going to say but, my I am nervous...
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 6...
Luke Duffy... Ex-Para, Security Expert and Author...
Luke at eighteen joined the Parachute Regiment and has been scrapping in war torn countries ever since. From Northern Ireland, to Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Iraq. After the invasion of Iraq, like many other professional soldiers, he left the Army and began work as a privately funded operator in what was left of the war torn country on the Private Security Circuit. Some would call him a soldier of fortune or mercenary, others a hired gun or bodyguard. He looks at himself as an opportunist. He published his first book ‘ RUNNING THE GAUNTLET: The Private War in Iraq ‘ in July of 2011. It follows his experiences of my time in Iraq and gives a no punches pulled account of the Private Front on the ‘War on Terror'. After writing his first book, he realised he wanted to pursue a new career as a writer and began work on his second publication. ‘ When there's no more room in Hell ‘ is the first of a three part series of fictional books based in a post apocalyptic world and leaving a group of people fighting for survival. Filled with action, horror, suspense, humour and drama, it is a saga to suit all tastes . http://www.lukeduffybooks.com/
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 7...
Sean T. Page... Author and Survivalist...
He is a dedicated zombie survivalist and blogger, T he Official Zombie Handbook (UK) was his first published work. He created and maintains an influential website which seeks to advise the government and other public bodies on the ever-present menace of the undead as well as entertain the legion of zombie fans in interweb land. Sean has trekked across Patagonia, the Alps and the Sahara, learning much from the locals on survival and dealing with ghouls. He has been thrown out of various government offices for pursuing his views with such vigour and he is one step away from having a restraining order to keep me away from my local Member of Parliament. 95% of the population probably think I should be sectioned. The remaining 5% he relies on to spread the word – these are the folks who will survive a zombie apocalypse and help to rebuild our country in the aftermath. http://ministryofzombies.com/page1.php
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 8...
Adam Millard... Author and Tattooed Beat Messiah...
Adam Millards passion for became apparent early on, with an old typewriter and an imagination that could only be described as disturbing yet brilliant. His first break came when his Short story 'What's the world coming to?' was published in Edge magazine in 2003 along with other books, but he then returned to what he did best, gore and suspense, with Dead West. This was followed up by his first anthology, Chasing Nightmares, before Adam wrote a comedy children's zombie novel so that he had something to read to his baby son before bedtime without his wife going mental. A second book in the Dead Series was released in September 2011. Dead Cells, set in a maximum security prison, is a no-holds-barred zombie thriller. Life for Adam revolves around writing. If he isn't writing, then he is usually found with a book in his hand. He is also a true Metal-head who loves to play the guitar and has an overwhelming collection of music that make his wife's ears bleed.
He is a self-professed connoisseur of all films but with a disturbing enthusiasm for everything horror under his skin, quite literally, thanks to his other passion of tattoos and tattooing. Adam's body boasts over 50 tattoos (some of which were inked by himself) with his back being a showcase for all the modern classic horror characters thanks to his brother, Clint's, tattoo skills. http://www.adammillard.co.uk/
SPECIAL GUEST NUMBER 9...
Major Jack Union... Monster Hunter...
Queen Victorias Monster Slayer and author of 'How to Bag a Jabberwock' will be sipping tea, signing books and answering questions on various monster slaying techniques... Including the Undead... After a sucesful series of talks at the Brighton Fringe, this is one author that you simply must talk too... When not killing beasts, he sometimes goes by the name of Kit Cox...
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