by Chris Creagh At SwanCon 2015 a rare copy of the convention book associated with SwanCon 1 came up for auction and as a member of ASFDAP I felt it was important that I acquire it. There were several other people with the same desire but when we realised we all wanted it for the… Continue reading SWANCON 1 Cygnetures
Month: November 2015
Steveg Reminiscing About SwanCon 1
by Chris Creagh At GenghisCon 2014 we had a display of past SwanCon and GenghisCon t-shirts. This got people musing about past conventions and I was lucky enough to record, with permission, Steveg talking remembering the first few SwanCons. The following .mp3 is 9.8 MB and about 10 minutes long.
1980 Ditmar Awards nomination form
Transcribed by Doug Burbidge. A single yellow A4 page, double-sided, typewriter’ed. 1980 DITMAR AWARDS Nominations for the 1980 Ditmar Awards close on March 31 1980 and nominations may be received from any member of SWANCON 5 or any member of UNICON IV or anyone else connected with Australian Fandom or known to Australian Fans and… Continue reading 1980 Ditmar Awards nomination form
SwanCon 5: Bidding for the 1980 National SF Convention (pp 3-4)
A booklet of 2 A4 sheets stapled together to produce 8 A5 pages, though only 6 of them have page numbers. The following covers a section that starts on page 3, skips the middle pages and goes onto page 4 which is on the other side of those pages. Transcription: Elaine Walker. And Just What… Continue reading SwanCon 5: Bidding for the 1980 National SF Convention (pp 3-4)
SwanCon 5: Bidding for the 1980 National SF Convention (pp 2-3)
An A5, 8 page booklet, stapled together. The following covers pages 2 and half of 3. Transcription: Anna Hepworth Functions and Fortunes When the original Committee emerged it was neccessarily[sic] formed along the lines of the previous type as it had no other precedent at the time. It was created as a fully fledged Convention… Continue reading SwanCon 5: Bidding for the 1980 National SF Convention (pp 2-3)