Transport to WHC

AIRPORT ARRIVAL


Cabs / Limos

A fixed tariff is applied to all cabs and limos to the downtown core. The journey to the Marriot Eaton Centre by (cab) - $46 and (limo) - $50 plus tip of approx. 15 %. The trip can take from 40 minutes to over an hour, depending on traffic.

Pre-Booking
Pre-booking is not required for passengers leaving the airport. Taxis and limos are available at the Arrivals Level of each terminal. However, if you would like to pre-arrange a cab or limo service, any of the following numbers may help:

But for a little luxury, you might want to consider:
Sandy Stenhouse,
Alexander Limousine
416-614-0786
ssten@bellnet.ca

Sedans - $45 + $10(Airport fee) + $3.30(tax) = $58.30
Stretch - $45 + $20(Airport fee) + $3.90(tax) = $68.90

Upon arrival at the airport, proceed to the designated areas and notify the Pre-Arranged Dispatcher that you are waiting.
• Terminal 1: Door D1
• Terminal 3: Post 23



Shuttle Bus

Pacific Western Airport Express
(Airport to Downtown Toronto Service)
The bus picks up on the Arrivals Level of Terminals 2 & 3, and at Terminal 1 on the Arrivals Level - post B3. All buses are wheelchair accessible and also have front kneeling doors for easier access. Destinations include the downtown bus terminal, as well as several major downtown hotels. the closest stops to the Marriott hotel are the Downtown bus station or the Delta Chelsea hotel (walk south on Bay street from the Delta Chelsea hotel to the Marriott).
Fee schedule: one-way - $16.45 return - $28.35
Students and seniors receive 10% off one way fares
For more information call Pacific Western Airport Express at (905) 564-6333 or toll free at (800) 387-6787 or visit their web site at www.torontoairportexpress.com. (( buy online & save ))


Bus / TTC

An inexpensive alternative is public transportation. This option is suitable only for those who are both adventurous and travelling light. The fare is $2.75 Canadian (exact change only). Board the TTC Bus called 192 Airport Rocket at Pearson Airport. Ask the bus driver for a "transfer". This will allow you to ride the subway for free. The bus will take you to Kipling subway station. From Kipling station take the Bloor-Danforth (Green) subway line to the Bloor-Yonge station. At the Bloor-Yonge station transfer to the Yonge-University-Spadina (Yellow) subway line to the Dundas station. From the Dundas station walk West along Dundas Street until you reach Bay Street. The hotel is a half a block south (turn left) at 525 Bay Street. The total trip time is 40-60 minutes.

RENTAL CAR

Highways 409 and 427 provide direct freeway access to the Toronto Pearson International Airport. Other highway routes leading to the airport include Highways 400, 401, 403, 407, 410 and the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way). Please check with your rental car company for specific directions to the Marriot.


ARRIVAL by TRAIN
By Train
http://www.viarail.com
VIA Rail's Toronto station is Union Station. Either take a short cab to the Marriott, or the TTC to get off at Dundas station or they could exit Union Station and turn right and walk to Bay Street (should be first set of lights they see). There is a bus stop across the street, the Bay bus lets you off at Dundas street, 1/2 block north of the Marriott hotel.



ARRIVAL by Greyhound Bus
http://www.greyhound.ca
TORONTO COACH TERMINAL
610 BAY STREET TORONTO, ON, M5G 1M5
(416) 594-1010
The Marriott is within easy walking distance. Walk down Bay Street – the Marriott will be on your left.

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WHC 2007 Pitch Sessions

For ease of organisation and logic, we have broken this year's Pitch Sessions into two events (one UK-themed, the other US) on the Friday and Saturday afternoons.

FRIDAY, 4:00-5:00pm:
PITCH UK with:
Peter Crowther (Editor/Publisher, PS Publishing)
Dorothy Lumley (Agent, Dorian Literary Agency)
George Mann (Editor, BL Publishing/Solaris Books)

SATURDAY, 4:00-5:00pm:
PITCH US with:
Don D'Auria (Editor, Leisure Books)
Joshua Bilmes (Agent, JABberwocky Literary Agency)
Liz Gorinsky (Associate Editor, Tor Books)

All Pitch Sessions will be held in the 7th Floor Concierge Room and must be pre-booked.

Each pitch session will last a maximum of 10 minutes (including change-over) and participants will be limited to a total of two (2) appointments with different people over the two days.

To reserve your appointments (day/time/persons) on a first-come basis please e-mail: pitch@whc2007.org. Because we expect demand to be high, it would help if you could also give alternatives.

Please remember that you will be expected to behave in a professional manner at all times. Make sure that you are waiting outside the room at least 10 minutes before your allotted appointment, otherwise your slot may be cancelled if you turn up late.

The convention is not responsible for the non-attendance of any of the participating editors or agents.

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Mass Autographing @ WHC 2007

As we have said all along, closer to the dates of the convention we would be talking to the hotel about expanding the space we have been allocated for the Mass Autographing on the Friday evening at World Horror Convention 2007.

We have recently completed these negotiations, and I am pleased to announce that, as a result, we have significantly increased the area now available to us.

However, please note that priority will still given to our special guests and those programme participants who already have confirmed places at the Mass Autographing. Their reserved seating will be designated by name signs which they alone will be allowed to move, should they wish to, after they arrive. The remaining seating will then be opened up on a first-come basis to all members of the convention who want to use it.

The Mass Autographing is for attending authors and others who wish to sign books and other materials for their fans -- it is NOT a market for the selling of any items, and we will actively discourage any attempts to do so during the event. Throughout this period, the Dealers' Room will re-open to allow the purchase of extra books and other merchandise.

-- STEPHEN JONES
Associate Chairperson
www.whc2007.org

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WHC 2007 Guest of Honor Bookstore signings

World Horror Convention 2007 – Guest of Honour Bookstore Signing

Thursday, March 29, 6:00 pm - 7:00 p.m., Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick, John Picacio, Peter Crowther, Sephera Giron

Saturday, 31st March, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley, David Morrell, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson

World's Biggest Bookstore
20 Edward Street, Toronto
1 – 416 977 7099

www.whc2007.org

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Twilight Tales WHC Flash Fiction Contest

TWILIGHT TALES PRESENTS: THE "FLASH FICTION" CONTEST
 
Following the presentation of the Bram Stoker Awards on the Saturday evening, from 11:00pm until closing TWILIGHT TALES will once again be hosting the "Flash Fiction" Contest, your chance to "read like a . . ."

One author.

One story.

Five minutes.
 
Hosted by Bill Breedlove, the best blazingly short stories will be voted on by a celebrity judging panel, who in past years have included Ellen Datlow, Peter Straub, F.  Paul Wilson, Michael Slade and many others. 

Amazing prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, plus all three stories will be published on the TWILIGHT TALES website. 
 
Sign-up at the door -- arrive early, space is limited!!!

www.whc2007.org

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WHC 2007 Charity Raffle

Following the phenomenal success of our roof-top raffle at the World Horror Convention in San Francisco last year, we shall be holding a Charity Raffle event late on the Sunday morning at this year's convention.

For those North American attendees who may not be aware of the difference between a raffle and a more traditional auction, we will be selling colour-coded and numbered raffle tickets throughout the convention from different locations. On the day of the draw, those tickets will be matched against a randomly-drawn prize and, if you have the correctly corresponding ticket, then you win that item. It's as simple as that! And remember, THE MORE TICKETS YOU BUY, THE MORE CHANCES YOU HAVE OF WINNING.

Please note: You will have to be present at the raffle, or give a representative your tickets to hold, as any unclaimed prizes will be re-drawn at the time.

As always, there will be a veritable treasure-trove of prizes to be won, from signed, limited editions to expensive hardcovers, rare proofs, film memorabilia and much more besides. Any writers, publishers or others wishing to donate copies of books or other items can either bring them to the convention and hand them in at the Registration Desk or mail them arrive before FRIDAY, MARCH 23 to:

"WORLD HORROR CONVENTION RAFFLE"
c/o 77 Frankdale Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M4J 4A1

Please mark packages "FREE GIVEAWAYS -- NO COMMERCIAL VALUE" and remember to use a customs form (if mailing from overseas).

We are proud to announce that all the money raised via raffle ticket sales will go to helping put a deserving student through the BORDERLANDS PRESS WRITERS BOOT CAMP. The 2008 Winter Session for Short Fiction is limited to just twenty participants and will be held over January 25-27, 2008 at the Marriott Burkshire Hotel, Towson, MD 21204, USA.

Instructors for the 2008 session are Richard Chizmar, Douglas E. Winter, F. Paul Wilson and Thomas F. Monteleone. Previous instructors at the Borderlands Boot Camp have included David Morrell, Thomas Tessier, Jack Ketchum, Douglas Clegg, Richard Chizmar and Ginjer Buchanan.

Here are some testimonials from past students:

"When I attended my first Borderlands Writers Boot Camp back in 2005, I already had two successful novel sales to a major New York publisher under my belt. By the time I attended the most recent camp in January 2007, I had just turned in what was to be my fifth published book. And I still learned as much, if not more, at my second Boot Camp as I did the first time around! Being able to properly evaluate and critique your work is an essential skill for a fiction writer, particularly in this day and age, and it is this very skill that the workshop targets. In-depth explorations of the fundamentals of writing, such as character, plot, and dialogue, go hand-in-hand with group critiques and on-the-spot writing assignments. By the time the weekend is over, you'll never look at your writing the same way again! I give the Borderlands Writers Boot Camp my highest recommendation."
-- JOE NASSISE, author of the internationally acclaimed "Templar Chronicles" series

"The Borderlands Boot Camp won't give you talent or the desire to push yourself and your writing. Those are the prerequisites. What the session will do is amplify and improve upon those necessary raw materials. You will come out the other side with a deep understanding of what works and what doesn't in fiction, both in your work and the works of others."
-- DAN WATERS, author of "Generation Dead"

"I am one happy Camper. Although lots of former grunts praised the program, I was dubious how much we could accomplish in such a short amount of time, but lordy, lordy the program delivered on all the claims of the grunts and MORE! Unbelievable. What I found most helpful (and amazing) was having specific feedback in small groups from each instructor. This offered different facets of information about our work. The experience felt like a feast for a hungry writer. Receiving the excellent recommendations and observations of my fellow grunts was invaluable, as well. Thank you ALL!"
-- FRAN FRIEL, author of "Mama's Boy"

"It was an absolutely amazing experience. This was my second time as a grunt, but I learned as much this weekend as I did at the first Boot Camp. The instructors were absolutely fabulous. I can't say enough about how insightful their comments and suggestions were."
-- MATTHEW DOW SMITH

"Definitely the single most rewarding experience in all the time I've been writing. My mind has been awhirl assimilating all that I learned, as well as everyone's insightful commentary."
-- LISA MANETTI

All money raised from the sale of raffle tickets at WHC will go towards supporting someone who may not otherwise be able to afford to attend the 2008 Winter Session for Short Fiction. Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp organisers Elizabeth and Tom Monteleone will make the final decision about who will receive the bursary.

"Borderlands Press is honoured to accept the 2007 World Horror Convention's offer of an endowment to a deserving writer to attend a future Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp. The event is held each January in Baltimore and represents a substantial investment by all attendees who wish to work all weekend hands-on with professional writers and editors. The fee is $995.00, not including food, lodging and transportation. We would be happy to dispense the WHC endowment to a qualified writer-in-need, who could not otherwise attend our Boot Camp. Thank you to everyone who has joined together to make this project a reality."
-- ELIZABETH and TOM MONTELEONE, Borderlands Press

For more information about the Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp, please go to:
http://www.borderlandspress.com/workshops.html

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HWA announces special guest at WHC 2007

HWA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL GUEST AT WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007

The Horror Writers Association (www.horror.org), in conjunction with World Horror Convention 2007 (www.whc2007.org), is extremely proud to announce that legendary cartoonist and author GAHAN WILSON will be the Special HWA Guest at World Horror Convention 2007 in Toronto, Canada.

GAHAN WILSON is a previous winner of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award and best known for his macabre cartoons in PLAYBOY and THE NEW YORKER.

His work has been collected in GAHAN WILSON'S GRAVESIDE MANNER, THE MAN IN THE CANNIBAL POT, I PAINT WHAT I SEE, IS NOTHING SACRED?, . . . AND THEN WE'LL GET HIM, THE WEIRD WORLD OF GAHAN WILSON, GAHAN WILSON'S CRACKED COSMOS, STILL WEIRD, EVEN WEIRDER, GAHAN WILSON'S GRAVEDIGGER'S PARTY, GAHAN WILSON'S MONSTER PARTY and THE BEST OF GAHAN WILSON.

He has also written a number of short stories for magazines and anthologies, some of which were collected in THE CLEFT AND OTHER ODD TALES. Wilson has also published a number of children's books, written two unusual mystery novels (EDDY DECO'S LAST CAPER and EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE DUCK), and edited the anthologies FIRST WORLD FANTASY AWARDS and GAHAN WILSON'S FAVORITE TALES OF HORROR.

The HWA and WHC are extremely proud that GAHAN WILSON will be joining previously-announced Author Guests of Honour MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH and NANCY KILPATRICK, Artist Guest of Honour JOHN PICACIO, Special Publisher Guest of Honour PETER CROWTHER, Special Editor Guest of Honour DON HUTCHISON, Special Media Guest of Honour PETER ATKINS, WHC 2007 Grand Master Winner JOE R. LANSDALE and Mistress of Ceremonies SEPHERA GIRON at World Horror Convention 2007, which will take place over March 29-April 1 at the TORONTO MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN EATON CENTRE, located in the heart of Toronto, Canada.

Among those authors, editors and publishers also scheduled to attend are GARY BRAUNBECK, RAMSEY CAMPBELL, MORT CASTLE, ELLEN DATLOW, SCOTT EDELMAN, LES EDWARDS, STEVEN ERIKSON, GEMMA FILES, TINA JENS, STEPHEN JONES, BRIAN KEENE, ALLEN KOSZOWSKI, MICHAEL LAIMO, ROBERTA LANNES, TIM LEBBON, BRIAN LUMLEY, L.H. MAYNARD & M.P.N. SIMS, PAUL MILLER, THOMAS F. MONTELEONE, DAVID MORRELL, MARK MORRIS, YVONNE NAVARRO, SARAH PINBOROUGH, TONY RICHARDS, ROBERT J. SAWYER and F. PAUL WILSON, amongst many others.

The convention already has more British and Canadian attendees than any previous World Horror, making it a truly international event, and PROGRESS REPORT #3 (which will include travel information and a list of attendees) will be mailed to all registered members in early March.

THE 2007 Horror Writers Association BRAM STOKER AWARDS PRESENTATION will be held at the convention on the Saturday evening. For details about how to purchase your tickets to this very special event, please consult the HWA or WHC websites.

The convention's official airline is AIR CANADA, a Star Alliance Member (www.staralliance.com).

For more information, please contact
Convention Chairperson:
AMANDA FOUBISTER (amanda@whc2007.org)

www.whc2007.org

For more information about the Horror Writers Association, go to:
www.horror.org

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WHC 2007 Film Programme

Although World Horror Convention 2007 is predominantly a literary event, we will have a film programme running in the King Room (2nd level meeting rooms) throughout the Friday and Saturday, from 10:00 am to midnight. Much of this will, of course, be based around our Guests of Honour, but we will also be programming some special events for those horror film fans who are attending.

We are delighted to present a very special preview of Rojak Films' CHILL (Dir: Serge Rodnunsky). Loosely inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's short story "Cool Air", CHILL is a new contemporary horror film starring Thomas Calabro (TV's MELROSE PLACE), Ashley Laurence (HELLRAISER), Shaun Kurtz and James Russo (THE NINTH GATE).

For fans of the old Universal and Hammer horror films, we are also pleased to present to Canadian premiere of Colorbox Studios' THE WITCH'S DUNGEON: 40 YEARS OF CHILLS (Dir: Dennis Vincent). Celebrating the non-profit Bristol, Connecticut, museum of "Hollywood Horrors" created four decades ago by Cortlandt Hull, this fascinating and entertaining two-hour documentary features appearances by a host of celebrities and fans, including Christopher Lee, Sara Karloff, Bela G. Lugosi, Ron Chaney, Dick Smith, Tom Savini, June Foray, Basil Gogos, Zacherley the Cool Ghoul, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Ben Chapman, Ricou Browning, Michael Ripper, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Rex Reason, Dee Wallace Stone, Bob Burns, Forrest J Ackerman and many others.

To ensure that everybody has the opportunity to see CHILL and THE WITCH'S DUNGEON: 40 YEARS OF CHILLS, they will be shown on both the Friday and the Saturday at various times. Please refer to the Film Programme in your delegate bag for details of these and other screenings.

www.whc2007.org

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WHC 2007 Grand Master Award winner

World Horror Convention 2007 is proud and delighted to announce that hisownself, JOE. R. LANSDALE, has been voted the winner of the 2007 Grand Master Award.

The number of votes cast this year by members of the convention was the highest in the history of the seventeen-year-old award, and Lansdale joins the distinguished ranks of such other honoured recipients as Robert Bloch, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Dean R. Koontz, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Charles L. Grant, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Jack Williamson, F. Paul Wilson and Ray Garton.

Texas-born Mojo storyteller and scriptwriter Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than thirty novels in all genres, including crime, Western, horror and pulp adventure. The author of ACT OF LOVE, THE NIGHTRUNNERS, COLD IN JULY, SAVAGE SEASON, THE BOTTOMS and THE DRIVE-IN series, he is also known for his seven novels about two unlikely friends, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, who live in a town in East Texas and find themselves solving a variety of often violent or macabre mysteries. The series began with SAVAGE SEASON in 1990 and CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS (2001) is the most recent title in the on-going saga.

Lansdale has also written scripts for comic books and animated television shows, and his novella BUBBA HO-TEP, about an aged Elvis Presley and black John F. Kennedy battling a soul-sucking mummy, was filmed by Don Coscarelli in 2002. His short story, "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted as the first episode of the first season of TV's MASTERS OF HORROR series.

Joe R. Lansdale is the winner of six HWA Bram Stoker Awards, the British Fantasy Award, the MWA Edgar Award, the American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, the "Shot in the Dark" International Crime Writer's award, the Booklist Editor's Award and the Critic's Choice Award.

We are extremely pleased that JOE R. LANSDALE will be joining our previously-announced Guests of Honour MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH, the multiple award-winning British author of such novels as SPARES, ONLY FORWARD, ONE OF US and the best-selling THE STRAW MEN trilogy; Montreal-based author NANCY KILPATRICK, whose books include novels NEAR DEATH, CHILD OF THE NIGHT, JASON X: PLANET OF THE BEAST and THE GOTH BIBLE: A COMPENDIUM FOR THE DARKLY INCLINED; Chesley Award and World Fantasy Award-winning American illustrator JOHN PICACIO; British writer/editor/publisher PETER CROWTHER and Toronto editor and pulp magazine authority DON HUTCHISON, and British-born Hollywood scriptwriter PETER ATKINS (three HELLRAISER sequels; WISHMASTER). Canadian writer SEPHERA GIRON, author of such novels as HOUSE OF PAIN and BORROWED FLESH, is Mistress of Ceremonies.

For the first time in its seventeen-year history, The World Horror Convention is being held outside the United States. With a theme exploring "The Diversity of Horror", World Horror Convention 2007 will take place over March 29-April 1 at the TORONTO MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN EATON CENTRE, located in the heart of Toronto, Canada.

Among those authors, editors and publishers also scheduled to attend are GARY BRAUNBECK, RAMSEY CAMPBELL, MORT CASTLE, ELLEN DATLOW, SCOTT EDELMAN, LES EDWARDS, STEVEN ERIKSON, GEMMA FILES, TINA JENS, STEPHEN JONES, BRIAN KEENE, ALLEN KOSZOWSKI, MICHAEL LAIMO, ROBERTA LANNES, TIM LEBBON, BRIAN LUMLEY, L.H. MAYNARD & M.P.N. SIMS, PAUL MILLER, DAVID MORRELL, MARK MORRIS, YVONNE NAVARRO, SARAH PINBOROUGH, TONY RICHARDS, ROBERT J. SAWYER and F. PAUL WILSON, amongst many others.

The convention already has more British and Canadian attendees than any previous World Horror, making it a truly international event, and PROGRESS REPORT #3 (which will include travel information and a list of attendees) will be mailed to all registered members in early March.

THE 2007 Horror Writers Association BRAM STOKER AWARDS PRESENTATION will be held at the convention on the Saturday evening. For details about how to purchase your tickets to this very special event, please consult the HWA or WHC websites.

The convention's official airline is AIR CANADA, a Star Alliance Member www.staralliance.com.

For more information, please contact
Convention Chairperson:
AMANDA FOUBISTER amanda@whc2007.org

www.whc2007.org

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Travellers in Darkness: WHC 2007 souvenir book

Along with the Pocket Programme and Readings Guide which will be available at WHC 2007, there will also be our Souvenir Book, TRAVELLERS IN DARKNESS, a new anthology edited by multiple award-winner Stephen Jones. Not only will this HARDCOVER volume include articles and stories by and about all our Guests of Honour, including a full-colour portfolio by Artist GoH John Picacio, but the book also features contributions from Brian Lumley, David Morrell, Ramsey Campbell, F. Paul Wilson, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Kim Newman, Nancy Holder, Nicholas Royle, Randy Broecker, Les Edwards and Mike Ashley, amongst many others.

www.whc2007.org

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