There are too many literary festivals and events to list here but a good guide for the UK is British Council literary festivals guide.

BFS Open Night  London 31st July

Fantasycon 2010- September 17th-19th at the Britannia Hotel, Nottingham

UK Literary festivals -HUGE listing.

The Write Fantastic  -May 8th St Hilda's college, Oxford

World Horror Convention 2011 -Austin, Texas

 

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Bram Soker Award Winners are

Novel: Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
First Novel: Damnable by Hank Schwaeble
Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton
Short Fiction: "In the Porches of My Ears" by Norman Prentiss
Collection: A Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill
Anthology: He is Legend edited by Christopher Conlon
Poetry: Chimeric Machines by Lucy Snyder