#australian conventions

[bathtub-frog]

I'm so excited to see everyone at FraserPop in two weeks! I'll be there with lots of badges, stickers and my cute strawberry frog keychains! Still have a heap of prep to do! Yippee!

[swancon]

Guest Getsuyobi: Shaun Tan (Swancon 29 - Swancon 2004 - Chronopolis)

Artist, writer, & filmmaker (1974 - present)

Shaun Tan was born in Fremantle in 1974. At an early age, he began drawing weird and wonderful things. As a teenager, his imaginings were published in science fiction and horror magazines. Tan has received worldwide acclaim as an illustrator and author of such works as The Red Tree and Tales from Outer Suburbia. His illustrated work The Arrival is an international best seller, winning multiple awards including both the Western Australian and NSW Premier’s Book Awards and the Children’s Book Council of Australia ‘Picture Book of the Year’.

Tan’s work deals with social, political and historical subjects using highly imaginative landscapes and odd but beguiling creatures. His unique style translates well into film, with Tan providing concept artwork for the movie WALL-E. He also wrote and directed the short film The Lost Thing, from his book of the same name. The Lost Thing won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In the same year, he received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, a prestigious international prize for children’s and young adult literature.(Source)

Shaun also assisted in the completion of Mel Tregonning’s Small Things.

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[coralinecaroline]

My first convention of the year.  I will be trading under the name  “Whimsical Witches”

We’ll be at Supanova - SAT 29th - SUN 30th April  Melbourne Showgrounds - Golden Pavilion @ Table 127 Trading with my long time Witch friend “Anna-Le16” so please show her some love. She makes cute art and crafts and is a super cute lady <3 This is her first time trading at conventions. So please come say hi, have a chat with us and look at our wares.

[swancon]

Guest Getsuyobi: Sylvia Anderson (Confusion ‘94 - Swancon 19 - 1994)

Television producer, film producer, writer, voice actress, costume designer (1927 - 2016)

Sylvia Anderson was an English television and film producer, writer, voice actress and costume designer, best known for her collaborations with former husband Gerry Anderson.

In addition to serving as co-creator and co-writer on their TV series during the 1960s and early 1970s, Anderson's primary contribution was character development and costume design. She regularly directed the bi-weekly voice recording sessions, and provided the voices of many female and child characters, in particular Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds. (source)

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[swancon]

Sally Beasley, Dave Luckett, and Zebee Johnstone at the Masquerade.

Swancon 6 (1981)

(with thanks to Barb de la Hunty for access to the photo through the Fannish Archive.)

[swancon]

Guest Getsuyobi: Terry Pratchett (Swancon 18 – 1993)

 Author – (1948 – 2015)

 Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE, better known as Terry Pratchett, was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which he wrote two books a year on average. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days. His final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.

Pratchett, with more than 85 million books sold worldwide in 37 languages, was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.

In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK), filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the disease for the BBC, and also became a patron for Alzheimer's Research UK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015 aged 66. (source)

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Sir Terry also supported the Orangutan Foundation. Donate here.

Donate to Alzheimer’s Research in the UK, Australia, and the USA.

[swancon]

Swancon is Western Australia's longest running science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction convention. Swancon 2018 will be the 43rd convention since its beginning in 1976. It has grown from being held in the founder, Anthony Pearcy's house, to a hotel-based convention that typically runs over the Easter long weekend. Attendees can participate in a galaxy of activities during the convention, such as: – Listen to both experts and also those very passionate talk about their areas of expertise in a panel, – Get hands on experience in a writing or crafting workshop, – Discover a new board game in the gaming room, or reconnect with a beloved game you haven’t played in a while, – Create and exhibit your art in the Art Show, – Find other people interested in your corner of Greater Fandom, from around Australia and the rest of the world, – Become another character while cosplaying at the Masquerade Ball. Swancon 43 will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth, from March 29, 2018 to April 2, 2018.

[tessmontyart]

After a 2 year long hiatus I'm finally able to table at conventions this year! 🎉 I'll be sticking to conventions within NSW (and ACT) for now, I might venture interstate if it's safe enough! Which ones will you be going to? 😊