23^rd METU British Novelists Conference: Agatha Christie and Her Work 23^rd METU British Novelists Conference: Agatha Christie and Her Work, scheduled to be on 27-28 October 2016,  hosted by the Department of Foreign Language Education, Middle East Technical University, has been  postponed to March 16-17, 2017 due to recent events. We thank those who have already sent their proposals and  individual emails are being sent to them. The extended deadline for abstract submission is January 16, 2017   and further details will be published on the conference’s page;  http://www.britishnovelists.metu.edu.tr/  Contact person: Asst. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez-Caro                                                                                        Contact email: bnc2016@metu.edu.tr   Organizing Committee                       Asst. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez-Caro Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten Birlik Asst. Prof. Dr. Margaret J-M Sönmez Asst. Prof. Dr. Hülya Yıldız Asst. Prof. Dr. Elif Öztabak-Avcı Asst. Prof. Dr. Nil Korkut-Naykı Honorary Committee Prof. Dr. Ayten Coşkunoğlu Bear Prof. Dr. Nursel İçöz Prof. Dr. Meral Çileli Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ünal Norman Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Curran  Trinity College, Dublin Guest Speaker: Novelist Celil Oker İstanbul Bilgi University