Dragons in the Metcalfe - #ra2011 - part three

Next up at Dragons in the Metcalfe were the ever popular Lightning Talks – 5 slides in 2 minutes.

Martin Mantle – Armidale Library – Non-western motifs in Fantasy fiction.
· Raymond Feist / Janny Wurts
· Western / European
· Japanese
· Middle East
· India
· Sophie Masson – Mulsim / Hindu / Buddhist – a local Armidale author! –
· Graphic comic book - the Ninety-Nine / The 99 – al-tisa’a

Heather Thomson – Monavale Library – Holding The Book : using kindles in reading groups
· 1 purchase allows 6 copies
· Catalogued kindles to allow issues/returns
· Portable / storage / clarity (of screen)
· Blandness of reading experience

Anne Duffield – Ultimo Library - @Edwirinia – What are you reading?
· Listening to others (staff) talk about books
· Broadening knowledge
· Getting to know who reads what, what titles/authors are out there

Martin Mantle – Armidale Library – Disability in Fantasy Fiction – a fantastic talk, left everyone wanting more!!
· Impairment vs Disability
· Impairment – Body, Mind, Senses
· Disability – Environment, Technology
· Stephen Donaldson - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever – has leprosy
· Garth Nix – asthma of main character is what enables him to enter fantasy world