Jim C. Hines Panels Day Start End Title Description Location Panelists Friday 6:00 PM 6:50 PM Visions of Positive Masculinity From high fantasy adventures to noir mysteries to superheroes and war stories , genre fiction has meticulously catalogued the narrow roles society expects men to occupy: strong, brave, and powerful, but also angry, competitive, emotionally repressed, and misogynistic. What does a character arc look like for the man who has decided not to be the best at performing this toxic vision of masculinity? We’ve seen many stories about women who struggle and triumph against gender roles. How can writers use social expectations of masculinity to create challenges that their male characters have to overcome to save the day? SAUGATUCK David Anthony Durham, Jason Sanford, Jim C. Hines, John Chu, Pablo Defendini Saturday 12:00 PM 12:50 PM Guest of Honor Interview: Nisi Shawl BIG TOP Jim C. Hines, Nisi Shawl Saturday 1:00 PM 1:50 PM Reading: Jim C. Hines, John Chu, Annalee Flower Horne CHARLEVOIX Annalee Flower Horne, Jim C. Hines, John Chu Saturday 4:00 PM 4:50 PM Autograph Session (4 PM) Come meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.) ST. CLAIR Amal El-Mohtar, Annalee Flower Horne, Annalee Newitz, Carl Engle-Laird, David Anthony Durham, Delilah S. Dawson, Diana Rowland, Dominik Parisien, Dyrk Ashton, Ferrett Steinmetz, James Breakwell, James L. Sutter, Jason Sanford, Jason Sizemore, Jim Butcher, Jim C. Hines, Julia Rios, Mark Oshiro, Michael J. DeLuca, Michael R. Underwood, Monica Valentinelli, Mur Lafferty, Nisi Shawl, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Sara Dobie Bauer, Sarah Gailey, Scott H. Andrews, Seleste deLaney / Julie Particka, Stacey Filak, Suzanne Church, Tracy Townsend Saturday 6:00 PM 6:50 PM Robots vs. Fairies Reading Join us to listen to authors from the Robots vs. Fairies anthology from Saga Press read from their work! BIG TOP Dominik Parisien, Jim C. Hines, John Scalzi, Max Gladstone, Navah Wolfe, Sarah Gailey, Delilah S. Dawson, Annalee Newitz Sunday 11:00 AM 11:50 AM Heroes and Mental Health When writing mentally ill heroes , authors not only have to portray characters with sensitivity and the right amount of realism , but also work against social stigmas that will have their characters labelled as whiny, dramatic, wooden, or otherwise unlikeable. Who are our favorite mentally ill heroes, and how do authors bring them to life in an engaging and sympathetic way? CHARLEVOIX Dominik Parisien, Jim C. Hines, Mishell Baker, Mur Lafferty, Sarah Gailey, Shweta Adhyam