Swancon 10 – Programme – Page 1 – Contents and Committee

Transcribed by Elaine Walker Swancon 10 There is a picture of a standard looking rocket ship on the left hand side of the page. This claims to be the Programme but seems to contain other various things about the convention. Underneath the 10 of the Swancon 10 heading are numbers counting down from 9 to… Continue reading Swancon 10 – Programme – Page 1 – Contents and Committee

Battye collection

The Battye Library (the State Library of WA) likes to collect periodical publications from organisations like ours, and in various years we’ve conscientiously given them copies of our program book, souvenir book, progress reports, etc. And in various other years we’ve been not quite so conscientious. Rachel Turner ventured into the stacks and returned bearing… Continue reading Battye collection

Con Publication Art

Who are the unsung artists and what has become of them? As we work through the Teetering Mound of  WASFF  my attention is drawn to various sketches, cartoons, elaborate drawings, and general scribblings. Like those in: Swancon 10 Programme Cartoon by Craig Hilton – Turkey looking at a framed “picture” above an Aussiecon II Art Show Sign… Continue reading Con Publication Art

Sad announcement – the demise of the ASiF review website

(reproduced, with permission, from the ASiF website, an announcement of the demise of that wonderful endeavour) Alisa Krasnostein writes: “It’s taken me a long time – about a year – of soul searching to finally come to this place. But it’s time. I’ve decided to close ASif! at the end of this year. This is… Continue reading Sad announcement – the demise of the ASiF review website

SwanCon XV – Progress Report 3 – “What I couldn’t squeeze in elsewhere”

transcribed by Doug Burbidge Trivial Necessities By The Committee Membership: Full Membership for SwanCon XV currently stands at $50.00, and will do so until the convention starts. The door price will be only marginally higher, but pre-convention memberships will receive specially prepared badges, have their names in the Program Book and accrue various other benefits… Continue reading SwanCon XV – Progress Report 3 – “What I couldn’t squeeze in elsewhere”

Box of Ephemera

by Doug Burbidge Anna handed me a box of stuff and said, “Blog this!” I found: Banana Wings, issues Thirty (May 2007) to 40 (November 2009) (a UK fanzine by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer) Fannish Journeys (a NAFF fundraiser one-shot zine by Emma Hawkes) on the road to healing, a booklet for men against… Continue reading Box of Ephemera

SwanCon XV – Progress Report 3 – “Coordinated Blurb”

transcription by Anna Hepworth Header on page 4 of the SwanCon XV Progress report 3 is “Coordinated Blurb”. Actual text is as below: Incorporation A Pandora’s Box? By Don Griffiths B-) In our last progress report, the idea of Incorporating SwanCon was raised. In that report a meeting to discuss Incorporation was called. Following is… Continue reading SwanCon XV – Progress Report 3 – “Coordinated Blurb”