pages 16 & 17 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report are headed ‘Writers’ Workshop’. They contain 4 paragraphs of information from presenter Philippa Maddern, then three about the practicalities of getting to attend the workshop. At the bottom of page 17 is a ‘special note’. In order: “Writing fiction is a strange business.… Continue reading Writers’ Workshop — SwanCon 17 July Progress Report
Tag: Swancon 17
Swancon 17 Progress Report January 1992 Page 3
Big, Bold and Brassy This Progress Report is simply a collection of last-minute information and things which simply can’t be worked into the Programme Book or are not appropriate to include there. Much of what follows will be brief and note-like, but I’m sure that by this stage it’s information content, and not lugubrious literary… Continue reading Swancon 17 Progress Report January 1992 Page 3
SwanCon 17 Progress Report July 1991
Rambled by Doug A progress report. Well. I see this was a StudlyCaps SwanCon. (I think the Singlecap Swancon is slightly more common, but I haven’t done a study. And at least one year ALLCAPSed to avoid the decision.) This PR is 24 A4 pages, including covers, being 6 A3 sheets folded and stapled on… Continue reading SwanCon 17 Progress Report July 1991
SwanCon 17 – Con book – Special Guest, Invited Guests
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 these only a little dated, honest…. Paul Kidd Game designer, short story writer, cartoonist. Paul’s… Continue reading SwanCon 17 – Con book – Special Guest, Invited Guests
SwanCon 17 Progress Report January 1992 — Things We Don’t Do Anymore
Transcription and commentary by Doug Burbidge. I was leafing through the last progress report before SwanCon 17, and noticed a few things that we don’t do anymore, which I thought were worth memorializing. Page 3 says: For the true movie buff, the Anime Matsuri video festival will feature Free Popcorn around the clock. We’ll have… Continue reading SwanCon 17 Progress Report January 1992 — Things We Don’t Do Anymore
SwanCon 17 poster
I see that 17 are one of the cons that choose to bicapitalize SwanCon. An A3 poster, photocopied or laser-printed on white paper, single-sided. At the right hand side is an Escheresque drawing of a robot hand holding a reflective ball with distorted image of room and headless robot. The rest of the page contains… Continue reading SwanCon 17 poster
Swancon 17 badge
Post by Doug Burbidge You’re probably starting to spot a theme to my posts. Swancon 17, or as it was officially known, The Festival of the Imagination. At the Ascot Inn. (In Ascot. Not in the city.) Terry Dowling and the highly entertaining Nick Stathopolous. Membership $40 (hotels were much cheaper then!), which I made… Continue reading Swancon 17 badge