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Welcome to SwanCon XV

Posted on 27 October, 2017 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Doug   WELCOME TO SWANCON XV By Don Griffiths B-) The Fifteenth Western Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. Fifteenth? Already? Time flies when you’re having fun… Seriously though, I have been attending SF conventions for 13 years, … Continue reading →

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Swancon XIII – Programme Book – Barlowe’s Guide to the SWANCON committee

Posted on 26 September, 2017 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge. The table of contents claims that this article is on page 2, but it is on a right-hand page, with two pieces of paper before it. So I call shenanigans. Barlowe’s Guide to the SWANCON Committee … Continue reading →

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Swancon 14 – Programme book – The Cream Pie List

Posted on 22 August, 2017 by australian sf-history

Pages four through seven of the Swancon 14 Programme book showcases the Swancon 14 committee. The first three pages have four bios apiece; the fourth has a single bio, a short thank you, an advert for the Melbourne Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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Swancon 14, Programme book — a summary

Posted on 8 August, 2017 by australian sf-history

Descriptions and transcriptions by Anna Hepworth. As ever, typos faithfully replicated, and layouts and formats approximated only as much as can be done with trivial amounts of html. The Programme Book for Swancon 14 was 48 pages (plus yellowish card … Continue reading →

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SwanCon Twenty3 – Con Book 02: Guests p. 21 – Sue Isle

Posted on 29 July, 2016 by australian sf-history

SwanCon Twenty3 separated out the various common items of program books into several A5 saddle-stapled booklets. This is the information on the Guests of Swancon 23. There is a photo of Sue Isle at the top left. Sue Isle Author … Continue reading →

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SwanCon Twenty3 – Con Book 02: Guests pp. 18-19 – Stephen Dedman

Posted on 26 July, 2016 by australian sf-history

SwanCon Twenty3 separated out the various common items of program books into several A5 saddle-stapled booklets. This is the information on the Guests of Swancon 23. There is a photo of Stephen at the top left. Stephen Dedman Author Sue … Continue reading →

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Swancon Twenty3 Book 03 Live Programme

Posted on 28 June, 2016 by australian sf-history

A5 booklet, staple-stitched. 20 internal pages (white) plus beige cover. Page 1 starts with FRIDAY. It has a grid with the day’s program items, broken up into one column for each room (Regency 1, Regency 2, Harvest), with each program … Continue reading →

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Swancon Twenty3 – 04 Video Programme

Posted on 28 June, 2016 by australian sf-history

This booklet is in keeping with the rest of the series, A4 folded to A5 and stapled along the spine, yellow cover with black writing and textured graphic. Inside there are effectively 15 pages of short summaries of films and … Continue reading →

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SwanCon Twenty3: An Assortment

Posted on 16 February, 2016 by australian sf-history

There is a surprising amount of gumph in the SwanCon 23 (or ‘Twenty3’) folder. There are six progress reports, although there should be at least seven – the numbers run 2 through 6, with a wrap up report [ah. nostalgia. … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17 – Con book – Special Guest, Invited Guests

Posted on 4 August, 2015 by australian sf-history

page 11 of the SwanCon 17 – Festival of the Imagination Con book is dedicated to brief bios of Special Guest Paul Kidd, and Invited Guests Philippa Maddern, Sean McMullen, Grant Stone, and Lucy Sussex. Twenty plus years has left … Continue reading →

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