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The awesome Gillian Polack and I announce with pleasure that the winner of the 2016 GUFF race is – Jukka Halme! Congratulations to both Jukka and Contact, the Australian Natcon 2016 in Brisbane which will host him as a fan fund delegate! We know it will be a LOT of fun for everyone involved! Thank […]
Read More We have a 2016 GUFF delegate!British fan Caroline Mullan says: Eastercons have been destination conventions for GUFF delegates and funders of GUFF races since the founding of GUFF. We’d welcome the views of those involved with GUFF/DUFF. This means all of you, non-UK European and Australian fans! Take a minute or three and tell them what you think! (While you […]
Read More Make Eastercon better – fill out a survey!Well, while I’ve been away all of my lovely essays on why and how to vote for Helsinki did not publish automatically. They are now forever condemed to the Draft folder, because Helskinki in 2017 in now Worldcon 75. Go buy a membership and I will so see you there. 🙂 Also, you need […]
Read More Helsinki won!!!! And GUFF is still on!You may think Croatia has enough conventions with some six or seven annual ones running steadily for years but Croatian fandom disagrees! The southern part of the country has been quiet for some time and now we know why – they have just launched a con of their own! FantaSTikon 2015 will be held in […]
Read More FantaSTikon 2015: The first SF con in SplitHeat brings me down. Everybody is always so happy when it becomes warm, I get irritated, irritable and pissed off. I used to think that it was because I was fat. Although it is not a usual reason for losing weight, I did and discovered to my great dismay that being thin did absolutely nothing […]
Read More Archipelacon – The Nordic SF & Fantasy Convention – June 25–28, 2015