Want to write a book? You can if you've got 75 minutes spare

A group of people will attempt to write a book in a little over an hour at Nine Worlds Geekfest this weekend. Don't expect it to be in next year's Booker longlist

Every year, writers across the world struggle through the month of November to hit a seemingly impossible target: write a whole novel in 30 days. But National Novel Writing Month - or NaNoWriMo, as it's known - will shortly look like child's play, because on Saturday 8 August, science-fiction author Chris Farnell will lead "NaNoSessionMo": an attempt to write an entire novel in 75 minutes.

The session (which, Farnell concedes, should perhaps be called NaNoWriSession) will take place at the Nine Worlds geekfest in Heathrow, a multidisciplinary convention for fans across the spectrum of geek culture, and was inspired by a previous panel Farnell led at 2014's show.