Line-Up

There's a stunning list of guests this year, including authors, actors, comic creators and more. For the full schedule of all the weekend's panels, parties and activities, check our the programme here.

Anthony Head - We're pleased to announce the star of Buffy and Merlin will be joining us this year.

Hattie Hayridge - Red Dwarf's female Holly and stand-up comedienne.

Norman Lovett - Comedian, actor and the first Holly from Red Dwarf.

Colin Baker - Another much-loved actor joins the third Weekender... it's the Sixth Doctor!

Sylvester McCoy - And we have the seventh Doctor (and star of The Hobbit) too!

Sophie Aldred - The Doctor's companion from the 1980s, Ace!

Eve Myles - Torchwood's Gwen Cooper

Brian Blessed - Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon.

Craig Charles - The Red Dwarf star is back on the decks!

Robert Rankin - The author returns to host the SFX Awards!

Tony Lee - Best-selling comics writer behind the ongoing Doctor Who comic series plus Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars and more.

Dan Abnett - Best-selling Warhammer 40,000 novelist and comics writer.

Dan Boultwood – Comics artist behind Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars and Danger Academy.

Aaron Dembski-Bowden - Warhammer 40,000 author behind Blood Reaver and Soul Hunter.

Paul Cornell - Screenwriter (Doctor Who, Primeval), comics scribe (Stormwatch and Demon Knights), novelist and more.

Mark Buckingham - Award-winning comics artist on Fables and numerous legendary DC and Marvel titles.

Peter F Hamilton - Top SF author of the Void and Commonwealth series.

Juliet E McKenna - Author of The Thief’s Gamble and The Hadrumal Crisis series.

David J Howe - Owner and Editorial Director of Telos Publishing and author of over 30 Doctor Who books.

Sam Stone - Award-winning horror novelist.

China Miéville - The influential, award-winning novelist returns.

Adrian Tchaikovsky - Meet the Shadows Of The Apt author.

Mark Charan Newton - A third appearance for the Legends Of The Red Sun fantasy author.

Jaine Fenn - SF author of the Hidden Empire series.

Maria Dahvana Headley - Debut author of Queen Of Kings.

Guy Haley - Former SFX staffer now a novelist with Angry Robot.

Adam Christopher - Editor and short story writer whose first two novels are out next year.

Paul McAuley - Award-winning author whose new book is due in January.

Jim Burns - Multi-award-winning artist famous for his SF book covers.

Suzanne McLeod - Author of the Spellcrackers series of novels.

Al Ewing - One of the UK comic scene’s rising stars and a 2000AD regular, he's penned a number of novels including Gods Of Manhattan.

Andy Diggle - The former editor of 2000AD has had over two dozen graphic novels including Astonishing Captain America.

Gaie Sebold - Her first novel, Babylon Steel, was recently reviewed favourably in SFX magazine..

Gareth L Powell - Author of critically acclaimed short story collection The Last Reef and SF novels Silversands and the Recollection..

Jonathan Green - Well known for his work on the Fighting Fantasy game book range and the steampunk Pax Britannia series, as well as Doctor Who tie-in titles..

Pat Kelleher - Currently making waves with his No Man’s World series of novels..

Paul Finch - Ex-cop and journalist famous for three novels, 12 collections of short stories and five Doctor Who adventures..

Simon Bestwick - This author's next book, The Faceless, will be released on the Thursday of the Weekender!.

Ian Whates - Author, critic and editor, with novels published by Angry Robot and Solaris.

Graham McNeill - His fantasy novel Empire won the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel.

Alastair Reynolds - Astrophysicist turned writer Alastair has put the science back into space opera, with books like Revelation Space.

Andy Remic - He’s launching the omnibus edition of his Clockwork Vampire Chronicles trilogy exclusively at the Weekender.

Anne Lyle - A writer of historical fantasy, Anne’s new Night's Masque series begins next month with The Alchemist Of Souls.

Benedict Jacka - His first urban fantasy trilogy begins in a month with Fated, the start of his Alex Verus series.

David Tallerman - Following short stories and journalism, his The Giant Thief is released from Angry Robot in February.

Gav Thorpe - A Games Workshop developer turned novelist with over a dozen books to his name.

Jon Courtenay Grimwood - A top author who's been nominated for the Arthur C Clarke Award twice, and won two British Science Fiction Association awards.

Ken MacLeod - A multi-award-winning SF author from Scotland, his novel Intrusion is out this year.

Lavie Tidhar - Debuting in 2010 with The Bookman, he has written two further novels and is interviewed in the next issue of SFX magazine.

Michael Cobley - The third part of his excellent Humanity's Fire space opera series came out in November.

Sarah Pinborough - This is Sarah's second Weekender. Since the last time she's now writing for New Tricks on TV, as well as finishing The London Stone novel for release this year.

Stephen Baxter - Another returning Weekender guest, Stephen is currently beavering away with Sir Terry Pratchett on The Long Earth.

Stephen Hunt - The sixth book from his Jackelian universe, From The Deep Of The Dark, is due this year.

Toby Whithouse - He acted in Bridget Jones's Diary, but it’s as a screenwriter that Toby's really made his name, with several Doctor Who episodes and as creator of the wonderful Being Human.

Ben Aaronovitch - A pair of Seventh Doctor stories earned him a place in the Who hall of fame, and now Ben’s enchanting with his Rivers Of London novel series.

Carlos Ezquerra - The legendary artist who co-created both Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog with John Wagner. The duo will be appearing on stage for the first time in years.

Joe Abercrombie - One of the hottest authors in fantasy, Joe made waves with his debut First Law trilogy. Since then he’s written two excellent standalone tales in the same universe.

John Wagner - As the other half of the mighty duo who created both Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog, John is equally deserving of “legend” status. He remains a prolific writer for 2000 AD.

Sam Sykes - Tomes Of The Undergates was published in April 2010 and now the third book in this young US author's Aeons Gate sequence will be published in April.

Stacia Kane - US author Stacia is best known for her urban fantasies, including the dark Downside series and the Demons books.

Kim Lakin-Smith Kim Lakin-Smith's Cyber Circus is highly regarded and her new YA novella Queen Rat will be available on the Murky Depths table this weekend where she will be signing.