One area that I wanted to expand for Eroticon 2013 was discussions surrounding sexual health and education. I firmly believe that we have a responsibility to write sex right both factually and compassionately to help inform, educate and support young people to grow up with healthy attitudes to their own sexual well-being and that of others, which is why I’m so pleased that Petra Boynton has agreed to take part in Eroticon 2013.
Petra Boynton is a Senior Lecturer in International Health Services Research at UCL. She teaches postgraduate healthcare staff from 58 different countries, researches sex and relationships health, including modernising sexual health services, managing psychosexual problems in healthcare, and evaluating the impact of mediated sex advice.
Petra has a particular interest in making sex/relationships evidence freely accessible to the public via social media and is currently researching sex and relationships issues when trying to conceive, during pregnancy and throughout parenthood.
As well as expanding the factual and discursive scope of Eroticon I’m also keen to expand the resources for writers, both creatively and practically, which is where our next speaker can help.
Cressida Downing has over 20 years of experience in publishing and bookselling and has been a freelancer for 13 years for a variety of professional clients and aspiring authors. She is a regular blogger for the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook and run workshops with them, with the Writers’ Advice Centre and at writing festivals.
To find out about the other speakers, schedule and to buy tickets please visit the Eroticon 2013 conference site. Super Early Bird tickets are just £75 for a single day and £125 for the full weekend, but tickets are limited so don’t miss out on the great price, buy yours today.
If you’d like to spread the cost of your ticket then we’ve an instalment plan to help you get your ticket at the Super Early Bird rate, but be quick, the instalment plan closes at the end of June.
