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Swancon is over for another year.It was just as much fun as I expected. I enjoyed the panels I was on – some were better than others. I enjoyed even more the panels I listened to. Robert Shearman and Ken … Continue reading
Tag Archives: swancon 2008
The Hugos shortlist has been announced – great news for West Australians! No less than 3 up for these prestigious international sff awards: Jonathan Strahan, ShaunTan and Greg Egan. Right now I am bursting with pride to be from W.A. … Continue reading
At dinner: Karen Miller, Trudi Canavan, Joel Shepherd, Paul Ewins, Stephanie SmithHaving too much fun to blog much…! It has been terrific to see old friends, and make new ones. Lovely to catch up with fellow authors/editors like Karen Miller, … Continue reading
Photo: Rob Shearman talking to Elaine, Karen Miller. Arrived safely in sunny Perth – over 30 celsius – and the city looks bright and clean-cut against that brilliant sky, just as it usually does. I get that feeling that I … Continue reading
Two weeks more and I am off to Perth for Swancon.Check out the website here.This is a first for me – first time I have been a guest at a con – at any convention or conference, in fact. (Although … Continue reading
It is more usual on the last day of the year to look backwards, and contemplate the year past. I am not going to do that. I want to look forward.To all the good things ahead. January: Another chance to … Continue reading
I lived the first 24 years of my life in Australia; Western Australia to be exact. Since then, the longest time I have spent in Oz was about 7 months or so, which I have done a couple of times. … Continue reading