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Swancon 17: Waiting for the Cappuccino Muse: Terry Dowling

Posted on 2 April, 2019 by australian sf-history

Here’s page 7 of the Festival of the Imagination 1992 souvenir book. Waiting for the Cappuccino Muse Terry Dowling Born in Sydney in 1947, Terry Dowling is the only writer to have won eight [count ’em folks, eight!] Australian Science … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 21 Souvenir Book – Neil Gaiman

Posted on 20 May, 2016 by australian sf-history

Being page 6 of the SwanCon 21, Festival of the Imagination souvenir book. Typos and interesting punctuation faithfully replicated. Neil Gaiman, creator/writer of the monthly cult DC comics horror-weird series, Sandman, is one of the top writers in modern comics. … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 21 Souvenir Book – Welcome to the Festival

Posted on 17 May, 2016 by australian sf-history

Being page 5 of the SwanCon 21, Festival of the Imagination souvenir book. Welcome to the Festival of the Imagination 1996, the joint Australian Science Fiction Convention and Australian Science Fiction Media Convention. This convention is worth making a fuss … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 2000 souvenir book

Posted on 15 August, 2014 by australian sf-history

Anna has turned up some new boxes of stuff, so some of us are sorting, winnowing, and filing; and some of us are transcribing. Here’s a rather nice-looking SwanCon 2000 souvenir book, 70pp, approx 20cm x 20cm pages, perfect-bound with … Continue reading →

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SynCon 88 – Conviction – Program book: Jeanne Robinson

Posted on 29 July, 2014 by australian sf-history

transcription by Anna Hepworth and Elaine Walker. Mix of American and Australian spellings as per original text. Jeanne Robinson In the panegyric which you have just read (did you know that if you sprinkle panegyric on cigarettes and smoke them, … Continue reading →

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Swancon 2010 Chair’s Welcome

Posted on 19 March, 2013 by australian sf-history

Chair’s Welcome On behalf of WASFF and Parasol Corporation I would like to welcome you to the 35th Annual Western Australian Regional Science Fiction Convention. This year the committee have worked hard to bring you a wide and diverse variety … Continue reading →

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Swancon 2010 Chair's Welcome

Posted on 19 March, 2013 by australian sf-history

Chair’s Welcome On behalf of WASFF and Parasol Corporation I would like to welcome you to the 35th Annual Western Australian Regional Science Fiction Convention. This year the committee have worked hard to bring you a wide and diverse variety … Continue reading →

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A Swancon 14 reminiscence

Posted on 3 April, 2012 by australian sf-history

by Doug Burbidge With Swancon 2012 just around the corner, now might be a good time for me to reminisce about my first Swancon, Swancon 14. I was in the CIA at the time, and Cindy Clarkson visited us and … Continue reading →

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