November 16th, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on Gareth L Powell’s Chat with his Literary Agent – Alexander Cochran
Gareth recently published a post on his own blog – a chat with his literary agent, Alexander Cochran. It is a wonderful introduction to what literary agents do. The post can be found here.
Alexander Cochran works for C&W Agency. His clients include many talented authors such as Gareth L Powell, G V Anderson, Tade Thompson and Dave Hutchinson. With such a stellar list, I for one would would expect him to be very busy, which might explain why he is currently closed to submissions from possible new clients. More details about Alexander Cochran can be found here.
October 28th, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on Expanding on the Zooniverse
I have just finished beta-testing a new project for the Zooniverse, which will be transferring hand written records of UK tides data from 1850s onwards to the computer. The historical data, which unusually is recorded every 15 minutes, will then be analysed for the impact of climate change on our seas. I suspect this project will soon be uploaded onto the Zooniverse.
This follows on another project in the spring that digitised rainfall data in the UK, again transferring handwritten records into digital form. Those that helped have since had a nice thank you e-mail saying that some of that data has already been used help improve climate change assessments for worldwide reports. There will be more analysis to be done on the data that will lead to an even better understanding.
And climate change analysis is only one topic where the Zooniverse is having an impact, in this case a very significant one. And to think it all started needing help with astronomical observations.
BristolCon are absolutely delighted that one of the Zooniverse’s founders, Chris Lintott will be giving a talk on its history and what it can do this coming Saturday via Zoom. If you want to find out more, and how you can help with important science and technology work, do join us.
What a lovely momento for our upcoming BristolCon 2020 event with Chris Lintott where he will give a talk via Zoom on The Crowd and the Cosmos – October 31st 5pm British Time. Click here to go to Eventbrite’s booking form.
October 19th, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on Peter F Hamilton zoom event – Waitlist Added
Wow! BristolCon has sold out of tickets for the zoom event with Peter F Hamilton when he will be interviewed by fellow southwest science fiction author Gareth L Powell. Thank you to all our lovely customers who ordered tickets.
We have added a small waitlist to this Peter F Hamilton event that celebrates the publication of his novel, Saints of Salvation, the final book in his Salvation trilogy.
When: Sunday 1st November 5pm – 7pm, GMT (British Time)
October 17th, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on Zooming into the Zooniverse
Less than a week to get your tickets to join that wonderful event! If you want make sure you’ve got your place reserved – hurry over to Eventbrite here.
If you want a SIGNED copy of the book that Chris is giving a talk about, our super-person with be going to post office on Monday, so you should be able to get a copy in time. Go here to order…
The Crowd and the Cosmos
by the Zooniverse’s co-founder Chris Lintott.
The talk will be on: how the Crowdsourcing helps us find our place in the universe; how members of the population can aid scientific research; and why can’t a computer do it?
October 7th, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on BristolCon 2020 Zoom Event with Peter F Hamilton
Bestselling science fiction author, Peter F Hamilton, has a novel coming out on 29th October (17th November in the USA) – The Saints of Salvation – the third in the Salvation trilogy. If the first two novels are anything to go by, this will be an excellent read
To celebrate this momentous occasion, we are holding a zoom event – Peter will be interviewed by fellow southwest science fiction author Gareth L Powell – Sunday 1st November 5pm – 7pm British time.
Expect a wide ranging conversation covering Peter’s new book, his past writing career, and maybe even the novella they will be publishing together next year. This is a great opportunity to spend some (virtual) time with one of the biggest names in British Science Fiction!
September 21st, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on BristolCon 2020 – Virtual Zoom Event
We know you’ve all been dying to know about this virtual event – the mini replacement for the real BristolCon. We’ve had loads of people asking. And your committee has been eager with the excitement…
Drumroll…. We are thrilled to host an online Zoom event featuring our special guest Professor Chris Lintott who will be giving an illustrated talk followed by a Q&A session on the subject of his latest book:
The Crowd and the Cosmos
Blurb.… How does Crowdsourcing help us find our place in the universe, how can members of the population aid scientific research, and why can’t a computer do it?
Yes, the one and only Professor Chris Lintott who helped start up Zooniverse, as well as being a presenter of BBC’s Sky at Night programme.
When? October 31st 2020, 5pm British Time.
Where? On Zoom
For practical reasons we have had to limit numbers and have set up a booking on the good old trusty Eventbrite.
July 25th, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on A Virtual 2020 BristolCon
We know you will all miss BristolCon very much this year because we sadly had to postpone… but not quite…
There will be an online event via Zoom on October 31st – the original date for this year’s BristolCon.
The event will feature a presentation, followed by a question and answer session. Our ever so special guest is Professor Chris Lintott, who will talk about The Crowd and the Cosmos.
The committee is still working out the details… so watch this space!
July 21st, 2020< by Rosie Oliver --> · Comments Off on Downtime for Website Maintenance – July 23rd
We will be taking this website down on Thursday July 23rd to do some essential maintenance. It is anticipated to take at least three hours, but may take longer. It should definitely be back up and running on Friday. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.