Next week, five days of fascinating discussions, presentations, workshops and screenings on animation, art, comics and videogames are taking place at Teeside University up in Middlesborough.

“Animex is the largest festival dedicated to animation and computer games in the UK. For one week every February, speakers and representatives from the global animation and games community converge on Teesside to educate, inspire and entertain a diverse audience made up of students, professionals and enthusiasts from across the UK and Europe.”

I’ve been asked to come along to the festival to take part in a panel about writing for videogames as part of the events Animex Game stream; I’ll be appearing with my friend and colleague Rhianna Pratchett of Tomb Raider and Mirror’s Edge fame, and we will “discuss the joys and challenges of script writing for games and answer your burning questions on the subject.”

We’re running the panel from 3.00pm to 4.00pm on Monday 10th February (in the OL1 Europa Building) and again on Tuesday 11th February (in the OL7 Europa Building).

For more information about Animex 2014, click Here.

For the complete Animex Game schedule, click Here.