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2025Friday 26th September 2025Keynote SpeakersOnlineMain image from Martyrs of Elysia by Chris Dows

In defence of the topofocal approach to story development – Worldbuilding as an aid to narrative creation and the expansion of Elysian Drop Troops lore

The British literary critic and author M. John Harrison defines Worldbuilding as an ‘attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn’t there’. Worldbuilding is one of the most important aspects of genre fiction and is an undeniable factor in the success of the 40K universe, which is appropriately recognised for the scope, depth and detail …

2024Friday 27th September 2024Keynote SpeakersOnlineJohn Blanche

In Conversation with… John Blanche

For many fans of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, John Blanche needs no introduction. He simply is Warhammer. His work has inspired thousands, if not millions of hobbyists across the globe in a career that spanned decades, and has literally shaped a whole genre of art and literature, known as Grimdark. In this keynote John joins …

2024Keynote SpeakersOnlineSaturday 28th September 2024Victoria Hayward

The Jungle Made Us: An Author’s Reflections on Writing Catachan

Catachans and Tyranids are two of Warhammer 40K’s most identifiable factions. But what is it like to write them? Using the example of her debut novel, Deathworlder, Black Library author Victoria Hayward shares her creative process to writing these iconic factions, her approach to writing Warhammer 40K, character development, world-building and writing the first full …