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Tag Archives: fandom
MARS: The Early Years
Post by Elaine Walker There have been a number of SF based clubs in Western Australia over the years. Most of the Universities in Western Australia have, or have at some point had one. UWA has UniSFA, Curtin had the … Continue reading
Mitch?! – Part 2
Post by Elaine Walker in an interview with Mitch. Mitch? launch t-shirt (Continued…) We continue our interview with Mitch by asking a bit more about his Fanzine/short story anthologies Mitch? (Volumes 1-4) Elaine: How did you pick the contributors for … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Fans, fanzines, SwanCon
Tagged conventions, Danny Oz, fandom, fanzines, MUSFF collection, SwanCon, t-shirt
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Hope
Elaine Walker Hope Issue 1, front cover. Artist: Bec Handcock In February 2009, some of the worst bushfires in Australia’s history hit the State of Victoria. The Black Saturday Bushfires as they came to be known killed 173 people and … Continue reading
Posted in Fans, fanzines, Miscellaneous
Tagged fandom, fanzines, fundraising, natural disasters
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Mitch?! – Part 1
Mitch "You know you’ll buy my book, don’t you? Feel the burn!" Elaine Walker in an interview with Mitch. Anthony (Mitch) Mitchell is a big man in the fannish community (with time spent in the wrestling community also) I recently … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Fans, fanzines, SwanCon
Tagged anthology, book launch, collection, conventions, fandom, fanzines, SwanCon, wrestling
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Grant Stone
by Chris Creagh Grant Stone, inaugural recipient of a Silver Swan, embodies SF in WA. He was there at the first SwanCon and is the Patron Saint of GenghisCon. Here he is giving his traditional “Morning Tea with Grant Stone” … Continue reading
WA fans at AussieCon 4
by Anna Hepworth Were you at AussieCon 4 (2010)? According to my records, there were 128 Western Australian resident fans (defined as people who have a bed in WA and had slept in it within the preceeding 12 months) who … Continue reading
Posted in Fans
Tagged aussiecon, aussiecon 4, convention attendees, conventions, decade: 2000, fandom, perth fans
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