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Dirk Gently Q&A at SFX Weekender
Dirk Gently actor Stephen Managan and producer Chris Carey will be at the SFX event this coming weekend and there will be a Dirk Gently Q&A on the Friday which will also include some clips of the forthcoming shows - expected on BBC4 in March.
Details http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/01/31/dirk-gently-on-the-case-at-the-sfx-weekender/
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ZZ9 January 2012 Podcast
ZZ9's January 2012 podcast is now available, rounding up the Hitchhiker's / Douglas Adams related news, interviewing Dirk Maggs, looking back at January in Hitchhiker history, and forward to what ZZ9 are doing in the near future.
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Hitchhiker's Second Radio Series - Tweetalong
January sees the anniversary of the second Hitchhiker's radio series which originally went out at 22:30 Monday to Friday the week of January 21st.
Some of us use the anniversaries as an excuse to listen to the broadcasts, and this time we plan on tweeting whilst listening.
January 21st is this coming Saturday, so at 22:30 GMT, play Fit the Eighth and join the fun, and then the others each successive day.
Put the hashtag #hhgg so others can find your tweets, and also lookout for the Twitter account @ZZ9News.
Facebook Events:
Fit the Eighth - http://www.facebook.com/events/301172796595473/
Fit the Ninth - http://www.facebook.com/events/166453733458239/
Fit the Tenth - http://www.facebook.com/events/268542326546766/
Fit the Elventh - http://www.facebook.com/events/303260976393287/
Fit the Twelfth - http://www.facebook.com/events/151387754973100/
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The International Douglas Adams Animation Competition
The Literary Platform hosts an international competition inviting creatives to produce an animation that illustrates an audio recording of Douglas Adams talking about the evolution of the book when he was making the Voyager Expanded edition of Hitchhiker's back in 1993.
Judging Panel: Stephen Fry, Bob Stein (SocialBook, Inc), Ranjit Dhaliwal (The Guardian) and Merlin Nation / Chris Angelkov (Atyp).
Entry Deadline: 15th April
Winner Announced: 25th May (TowelDay)
Details: http://www.theliteraryplatform.com/getting-the-book-invented
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Hitchhiker's Live Tour 2012
The dates are out. Details at http://www.hitchhikerslive.com/
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Kevin Jon Davies on the radio this (Sunday) evening
Honorary ZZ9er Kevin Jon Davies will be on the radio this evening and says that there will be "news for Doctor Who and Hitchhiker's Guide fans". Kevin and his son Liam will be the guests on the Evoke Radio show, Auntie Marc & Guests, between 18:00 and 20:00 GMT.
You can listen on the Internet via http://www.evokeradio.com/how-to-listen/ Kevin says that the video feed has a delay but the audio only feed should be pretty near real time so you can send messages to the show as it is broadcast.
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