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I've been very busy of late doing things and have been lax in reporting in here :)

We recorded Galactic Suburbia Episode 13 last week. We talked about the value of awards. And I think we mentioned we shall be at Worldcon! Yay!!

I figured out all the maths - mostly to do with postage options as this book is 342pp - and Sprawl is now available for ( Read more... )

We had the first Steering Committee meeting yesterday for Swancon. It means for this year, I sit on 2 committees as well as the WASFF board as we have a transitional year before the changes that were voted in at the AGM take proper effect ( Read more... )

Over on Twitter, @Natcon50 has been tweeting the artists who will be featured in the Future Imperfect Art Show at Swancon 36/Natcon 50 next year.

Natcon Fifty will host ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ, a semi-professional art show to be held over the Easter weekend in 2011 in Perth, Western Australia ( Read more... )

Online payment is now available for Swancon Thirty Six|Natcon Fifty Memberships. You can pay online using the Paypal links provided, or register for membership online and send us a cheque in the mail.

You have until 18 April to take advantage of our earlybird rate of $150/$120, and the earlier you sign up, the longer you have to take advantage of ( Read more... )

I'm sitting at home, waiting for my laptop to recharge. My car is unpacked but I haven't looked at starting to unpack all the bags and boxes. My objective is to always come home with less books than I took to a con and whilst I think I have succeeded in this, this year, I also gained two large plastic boxes of materials for the child care room. ( Read more... )

Swancon starts tonight with a cocktail party to meet the guests. I hope to get home from work and packed and checked into the hotel and unpacked in time to make it. This weekend is going to be manic and is jampacked full of STUFF for me!

Tonight I am launching Belong after the cocktail party, I believe there will be food and drink. You should ( Read more... )

At the last AGM, we resolved to develop a set of core values for WASFF as a whole. We put a draft out for community consultation, included feedback, and have now adopted by unanimous resolution of the board these values:

Fandom: WASFF exists to promote speculative fiction (encompassing science fiction, fantasy, horror and related genres and sub- ( Read more... )

Last night I had a horrible nightmare. I haven't been sleeping. I've been stuggling with my role and my part. I have been wracked by guilt and revulsion at my not doing more. I have been voicing this in private spaces and hinting at it on this blog. But last night, when I was so distressed that I could not sleep, I realised that part of my problem ( Read more... )