Quentin Wilson

Publisher
Quentin Wilson Publishing

Book Publisher and Book Publishing Consultant with more than three decades of experience working in the book publishing industry. I have bought and sold international rights and co-editions and have attended the Frankfurt, London and American book fairs. I graduated MA (Hons) from the University of Canterbury and was working towards a PhD in Philosophy before being distracted by a career in book publishing. 

Documents

Sessions in which Quentin Wilson attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
8:00
8:00
Dealers Hall Pre-Opening Coffee and Doughnuts Reception 50 minutes 8:00 NZST  -  8:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
9:00
9:00
Live Long and Prosper: Meditation for Trekkies 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
10:00
10:00
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gailey | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Moderator Emma Osborne |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Magic Realism in Genre 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Libia Brenda (Independent) | Panelist Sam Blackley (freelance) | Moderator Eli K. P. William |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
SF and Fantasy of Australia 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Angela Meyer | Moderator Jack Dann | Panelist Helen Stubbs (Writers Activation, Galactic Chat) | Panelist Sean McMullen |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyNew Zealand
13:00
13:00
Future Economics 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Karl Schroeder | Panelist Katherine Quevedo | Panelist Eli K. P. William | Panelist Jesper Stage |
Panel
The Art of the Review 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre) | Moderator Trish Matson | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Panelist Anne-Louise Fortune (Independent Scholar) | Panelist Kyla Lee Ward (Prea Press) |
Panel
14:00
14:00
Science Fantasy: A Core Piece of the SF/F World 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Tommy Kucera (Dept of Mathematics) | Moderator David D. Levine | Panelist L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing) | Panelist Jacqui Greaves | Panelist Rivqa Rafael |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:00
15:00
Small Press Leading the Way 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Joyce Chng | Moderator Tod McCoy (Hydra House Books) | Panelist Michelle Lovi (Odyssey Books) | Panelist Zach Dodson (featherproof books) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
23:00
23:00
Establishing A Social Media Presence 50 minutes 23:00 NZST  -  23:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Zena Shapter (Zena Shapter) | Panelist Morgan Hazelwood |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingEuropean Time

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
The Future Is Female: Women SF Writers from Mary Shelley to Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) | Moderator Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital) | Panelist Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Panelist Alexandra Pierce |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Traditional Publishing: Working with Publishers 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Joshua Bilmes | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
11:00
11:00
How Podcasts Are Transforming the Speculative Fiction Landscape 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works) | Moderator Alexandra Pierce | Panelist Peadar Ó Guilín | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) | Panelist Mur Lafferty |
Panel
Other
13:00
13:00
YA Down Under: Young Adult SF and Fantasy from New Zealand and Australia 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Garth Nix | Moderator Isa Ritchie | Panelist Whiti Hereaka | Panelist Mandy Hager (NZ Society of Authors) | Panelist Alison Evans |
Panel
Young AdultScience Fiction/Fantasy
Meet the Heinlein Society 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Panelist John Tilden (The Heinlein Society) | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Moderator Keith Kato |
Discussion Group
14:00
14:00
Book Launch: The Key to All Things by Cindy Speer 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Cindy Lynn Speer |
Book Launch
SFFANZ - General Meeting 1 hour 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator John Toon | Panelist Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Panelist Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand) |
NZ Natcon
New ZealandFandom
15:00
15:00
A Chat with Bob and George 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Robert Silverberg |
Dialogue
Science Fiction/Fantasy
New Zealand Authors on the International Stage 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Steph Matuku | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Toni Wi | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist AJ Fitzwater (Author) | Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Russell Kirkpatrick |
Panel
New ZealandScience Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
1001 Years Later: What Happened to Arabian Fiction 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Thoraiya Dyer | Panelist Monther Alkabbani | Moderator Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
17:00
17:00
Translating Speculative Fiction: Challenges and Exaltations 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation) | Panelist Judith Huang | Panelist Mari Kotani (Meiji University) | Panelist Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
18:00
18:00
Meet and Greet the Programme Participants 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Meet and Greets
Reception
20:00
20:00
Book Launch: Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Marie Hodgkinson | Panelist Melanie Harding-Shaw | Panelist Octavia Cade | Panelist Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment) | Panelist AJ Fitzwater (Author) | Panelist Rem Wigmore | Panelist Juliet Marillier | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) |
Book Launch
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Meet and Greet the Programme Participants 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Meet and Greets
Reception
11:00
11:00
What Sells? 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 9 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Joe Monti (Saga Press) | Panelist Joshua Bilmes | Panelist Lynne Thomas (Uncanny Magazine) | Panelist Valerie Estelle Frankel (Silicon Valley Authors in the vendors room) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
Networking for Writers and Publishers 1 hour 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Discussion Group
Writing/Business of Writing
Reading: Fran Wilde 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Fran Wilde |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Old New Writers 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Jack Dann | Participant Joe Haldeman |
Panel
FandomWriting/Business of Writing
Getting Your Book Edited and Ready for Self Publishing 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Angela Meyer | Moderator Jane Routley | Panelist William C. Tracy (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) | Panelist Yen Ooi |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
13:00
13:00
SF and Fantasy from New Zealand 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Cassie Hart | Panelist Toni Wi | Moderator Dylan Horrocks (Victoria University of Wellington) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Andy Dudak | Panelist Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa) | Panelist Elizabeth Knox | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:00
15:00
Pandemic Myths and Facts 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (LIRNEasia) | Moderator Naomi Kritzer | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Mason A. Porter (University of California) | Panelist Perrianne Lurie |
Panel
17:00
17:00
From Peter Jackson to Taika Waititi : New Zealand Originated Genre Films and TV Series 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University) | Moderator Matthew S. Rotundo | Panelist Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press) | Panelist Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) | Panelist Sam Blackley (freelance) |
Panel
Media
Ethnicity and Perspectives on Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gina Cole | Panelist Eugen Bacon |
Academic
Academic
Post The Three-Body Problem: What Is Happening in Mainland Chinese Science Fiction? 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Andy Dudak | Panelist Yen Ooi | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Moderator Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
19:00
19:00
SpecFicNZ Get To Know Us 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Mat Danaher (SpecFicNZ) | Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist Eileen Mueller | Moderator Robinne Weiss |
Meeting
Science Fiction/FantasyNew Zealand

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
Young Adult Fiction: From the Page and From the Screen 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Beth Durst | Moderator Jodi McAlister | Panelist Denika Mead | Panelist Holly Black |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyYoung AdultMedia
11:00
11:00
Hugo Awards Ceremony 3 hours 30 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  14:30 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Presenter Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Presenter Rose Mitchell | Presenter Robert Silverberg | Presenter Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Presenter Erin Underwood | Presenter Larry Dixon | Presenter Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop) | Moderator George R. R. Martin |
Event
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
Writing for Young Adults 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Katya de Becerra | Moderator A.j. Ponder | Panelist Darcie Little Badger | Panelist Joe Struss (Iowa Valley Comm. College District) |
Panel
Young AdultWriting/Business of Writing
14:00
14:00
The Future of Engineering/Design/Manufacturing: Influencing the World, Influencing SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury) | Panelist Tore Høie (Fringilla) | Panelist Mark English (Clarinspect) | Panelist Curtis Chen (SFWA) | Panelist Chris Winspear (Manifester 3D) |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyScience/Technology
Australian Climate Fiction 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Helen Marshall (University of Queensland) | Panelist Andrew Milner (Monash University) |
Academic
Academic
15:00
15:00
Not Your Parents' Space Opera 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Valerie Valdes | Moderator Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Panelist Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) | Panelist Becky Chambers |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Narrative and the Craft of Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Duncan Hubber (Federation University Australia) |
Academic
Academic
16:00
16:00
Writers on Writing: The Craft of Writing Alternate History 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Sarah Gailey | Moderator Stuart Hardwick (cStuartHardwick.com) | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing
18:00
18:00
Towards a Pedagogy of Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Presenter Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Presenter Laura E Goodin |
Academic

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
"Sarabande" / "Resurrection Eve" 1 hour 10:00 NZST  -  11:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Performer Bill Ritch (The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company) |
Presentation
Other
11:00
11:00
Closing Ceremony 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Master of ceremonies Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Master of ceremonies Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Participant Bill Lawhorn | Participant Colette Fozard |
Event
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Karl Schroeder | Moderator Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Panelist SB Divya |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Cloud Atlas and Beyond: the Works of David Mitchell 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Speaker Sultana Raza |
Discussion Group
Science Fiction/Fantasy
13:00
13:00
The Best of the Rest: 2019 Novels that Weren't Nominated for a Hugo 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Jo Van |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin 2 hours 14:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
 |  Signup required
Speaker Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) |
Media Screening