Post-con blues

Conflux was great. But now I’ve seen these awesome photos by Australian science fiction editor and author, Cat Sparks I really do not want to put mine up at all.

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Ditmar Awards 2013

The Ditmar Award would be the equivalent of the Croatian SFERA Award, if it were merged with European Science Fiction Society Awards. Kind of. The wikipedia entry equates it with the Hugo, and it is in as much as there is voting going on. 

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Austrian fandom

Nina Horvath is an Austrian writer and fan who came from Vienna to Zagreb for Kontakt last April. And everyone was all over her, not only because she was young, smart, pretty and interesting but also because European fandom does not know many Austrian SF fans. As I am doing my European fandom presentation at […]

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Fan Funds Auction at Conflux – pics

The Fan Funds Auction is one of the fundraising activities for GUFF. At Conflux the Auction is on Sunday at 10:00 and I will be putting in these faboulous items.

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Conflux Schedule

Conflux is a science fiction convention held in Canberra since 2004. I have been repeatedly warned it is of a more writerly bent. It seems to mean that is more similar to SFeraKon and Istrakon than Swancon was in terms of writers’ presence and numerous writing workshops. Am looking forward to finding out. My schedule, […]

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