Cons

[aeriedraconia]

I hear everyone talk about various cons but they don't always provide the details like the when and the where and the focus. I would like to make a Con list providing the name, location, approx date and what the focus is of these cons. Reading my flist this morning I see that DragonCon is this coming weekend but where is it and what kind of con is

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[gillpolack]

Australian cons include Conflux (Canberra - lots of stuff for writers, stuff for fans and artists, the historical banquet, the online Minicon etc) - Minicon is today this year (I have been *so* waiting to say that) and COnflux itself is in early October. The banquet theme this year is Lake Charles LA in 1883. http://conflux.org.au/forum/index.php?board=8.0 is MInicon and conflux.org.au is the con itself.

Continuum - Melbourne. A terrific and friendly general interest con. Lots of emphasis on books, but from a fan persepctive. There's one in February ( earlier than usual because Melbourne's also hosting the next Worldcon)

Swancon - Perth. It has a great reputation, but I've never been there.

FEmmecon - Perth's feminist convention. Again, I don't know much about it, since it's 3000 miles away.

I can't remember any more than that

[aeriedraconia]

Added, in your own section too. Thanks!

I can't find the web addy for FEmmecon though, is there one? Maybe listed under a different name?

[gillpolack]

That could be because I have the name wrong (is it Gynecon?) or it might be because it has no website. I'm pretty sure I have the name wrong, though.

[aeriedraconia]

It's gotta be this one:
www.feministsf.org/
Yes?

[gillpolack]

I love that site. It's not the Perth mob, though.

[aeriedraconia]

THIS one:
http://www.brisfeministconference08.org.au/
Can't find the current year though.

all I can find are these blogs hinting around but no links to the con sites:
http://community.livejournal.com/gynaecon/
http://community.livejournal.com/femmeconne/
http://viv.id.au/blog/about-hoyden/special-interests/feminism/down-under-feminist-carnival/
http://viv.id.au/blog/20090406.4419/perth-feminist-sf-unconference-invites-you-to-attend/
http://podblack.com/?p=1336

[captlychee]

You may have updated already, but the WorldCon site for 2010 is:
http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/
where I will be propping up the bar.

The Tolkien Society has there biannual con, too, around the time of the WorldCon and in Melbourne:
Can't find a URL for it, but I will be propping up the bar

Als, there's the Melbourne Writer's Festival, which deals rather boringly with mainstream fiction, but there's room for that, I suppose:
http://www.mwf.com.au/2009/content/mwf_2009_home.asp?
where it's damn near impossible to find the bar, let alone prop it up.

[gillpolack]

It's definitely Perth - I just can't remember if it's Gynecon or something else. Sorry to be only half-useful. half-useful is way worse than not useful at all.