Program For Alan Stewart
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Conference 3 Sat 11:00-12:00 Zombie Flesh Eaters Ate my Baby! The many forms of zombiism. Are they just misunderstood souls with a penchant for long pig? Robert Hood Robert Stephenson Kirsytn McDermott Alan Stewart Panel
Program For Alessio Bresciani
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Conference 1 Sun 16:00-17:00 Where the futurists got it wrong Aaah, the 21st century at last. But where's my personal rocket pack, and why doesn't my mobile work in Hall's Gap? Joel Shepherd Stuart Mayne Alessio Bresciani Panel
Program For Andrew Macrae
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Conference 1 Sun 17:00-18:00 The lure of the apocalypse Whether it's The Rapture you're after or something darker, there's just something so nice about contemplating the "end times". Why? Andrew Macrae Cat Sparks Robert Hood Kirsytn McDermott Panel
Program For Angela Rosin
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Conference 2 Sat 17:00-18:00 Fandoms in Europe and Australia: Getting Up and Getting Down GUFF sends fans between Australia/NZ and Europe. Damien and Juliette tell of their adventures meeting fans across northern Europe in 2005. English fan Ang Rosin talks of her current trip to Australia to meet fans here. Angela Rosin Juliette Woods Damien Warman Panel
Program For Avi Bernshaw
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Conference 3 Sun 12:00-13:00 Making a Business from Comics Craig Hilton Fred Gallagher Avi Bernshaw Panel AV
Conference 3 Mon 14:00-15:00 Otaku-Rama, Cool Japanese and Korean Madness Anime, film, TV, Japanese pop culture in general. Korean genre films. Terry Frost Avi Bernshaw Media AV
Program For Cat Sparks
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Conference 3 Fri 20:50-22:00 Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. Dave Freer Jack Dann Ian Nichols Cat Sparks Rose Michael Panel
Conference 1 Sun 17:00-18:00 The lure of the apocalypse Whether it's The Rapture you're after or something darker, there's just something so nice about contemplating the "end times". Why? Andrew Macrae Cat Sparks Robert Hood Kirsytn McDermott Panel
Program For Cath Ortlieb
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Conference 3 Fri 19:20-20:00 Opening night ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Conference 3 Sat 17:00-18:00 Teen Angst Why can't kids be happy? Abuse, death, family separations, poverty, isolation and alienation. Why can't teenage YA characters have normal, fulfilling lives? Catherine Smyth-McMullen Lucy Sussex Cath Ortlieb Panel
Conference 3 Sat 20:00-21:30 The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Conference 3 Sun 11:00-12:00 Science Fiction and Fantasy in the School Curriculum Where and what is it? Should we be excited or disappointed? Ian Nichols Sue Bursztynski Cath Ortlieb Panel
Conference 2 Sun 13:00-14:00 Grumpy old fans Old fans talk about the fandom of today and what's wrong with it. In the style of the TV show Grumpy Old Men. Lucy Zinkiewicz Cath Ortlieb Terry Frost Ian Nichols Panel
Conference 1 Mon 11:00-12:00 Cath Ortlieb Fan Guest of Honour Speech Cath Ortlieb Special
Conference 1 Mon 15:00-15:30 Closing ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Program For Catherine Smyth-McMullen
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Conference 3 Sat 17:00-18:00 Teen Angst Why can't kids be happy? Abuse, death, family separations, poverty, isolation and alienation. Why can't teenage YA characters have normal, fulfilling lives? Catherine Smyth-McMullen Lucy Sussex Cath Ortlieb Panel
Program For Charles Spiteri
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Conference 3 Mon 10:00-11:00 Writing for the screen Why it's so different from writing for print. Charles Spiteri Paul Kidd Mark Shirrefs Claire Mckenna Panel
Program For Chris Barnes
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Conference 2 Sun 12:00-13:00 Lay down your mystical amulet and grab hold of this! Medieval battle, like life, was nasty, brutish and short. Learn what it was really like to lift a bloody big sword. Chris Barnes Paul Kidd Stuart Mayne Panel
Program For Claire Brialey
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Conference 3 Sun 14:00-15:00 Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? Robert Stephenson Claire Brialey Dianne de Bellis Paul Haines Keith Stevenson Panel
Program For Claire McKenna
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Foyer Sun 19:00-19:30 Orb issue #7 launch and The Liminal pre-movie cocktails Orb speculative fiction magazine is back, and The Liminal has arrived. Celebrate the launch of the starship issue #7 with its spaceworthy authors and artists, along with the cast and crew of the new film, over complementary drinks and nibbles. Sarah Endacott Claire McKenna authors actors and artists Special
Conference 3 Sun 19:30-21:00 The Liminal - twenty tentacles, a bucket of slime and a Handycam Over a year in the making, using all the resources of Bunnings, Spotlight and eBay at her command, Claire McKenna is proud to bring you in glorious colour, the first-time screening of a man, a squid-girl, and technology gone wrong. Claire McKenna cast and crew Special AV
Program For Claire Mckenna
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Conference 3 Mon 10:00-11:00 Writing for the screen Why it's so different from writing for print. Charles Spiteri Paul Kidd Mark Shirrefs Claire Mckenna Panel
Program For Craig Hilton
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Conference 3 Sat 13:00-14:00 How to Create a Comic Strip Presentation. Craig Hilton takes you from an idea, a blank sheet of paper. and a fat texta to a finished strip. (Dealers room.) Craig Hilton Presentation FC
Conference 2 Sun 10:00-11:00 I hate my cover! What sells and what does not. What is "commercial art"? Isobelle Carmody Craig Hilton Dave Freer Panel
Conference 3 Sun 12:00-13:00 Making a Business from Comics Craig Hilton Fred Gallagher Avi Bernshaw Panel AV
Conference 2 Sun 16:00-17:00 A Tag-team, Create Your Own Space Opera Session Audience suggestions for a space opera. Narrated by Paul Kidd and illustrated by Craig Hilton. Wacky and zany fun. Paul Kidd Craig Hilton Panel FC
Program For Damien Warman
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Conference 2 Sat 17:00-18:00 Fandoms in Europe and Australia: Getting Up and Getting Down GUFF sends fans between Australia/NZ and Europe. Damien and Juliette tell of their adventures meeting fans across northern Europe in 2005. English fan Ang Rosin talks of her current trip to Australia to meet fans here. Angela Rosin Juliette Woods Damien Warman Panel
Program For Dave Cake
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Conference 1 Sat 10:00-11:00 A second life - why would I want one? Second Life, World of Warcraft, Everquest... what's the attraction of these burgeoning virtual worlds? What do people do there? Who's making a living from them - and in them? What does this mean for real-world economics, human relationships and our very notion of what is real? Russell Blackford Dave Cake Paul Poulton Panel AV
Conference 3 Sat 15:00-16:00 Wild Palms A Brian de Palma TV series made in the 1980s set in 2007. Its reaction to Reagonomics in the 80s is a powerful message in post 9-11 America. Bizarre and studied madness. Terry Frost Dave Cake Panel AV
Conference 3 Sat 16:00-17:00 Digital Rights Free downloads of art, music, books and software. Is it a good thing? Trish Smyth Dave Cake Dave Freer Panel AV
Conference 2 Mon 10:00-11:00 Orc Liberation Front Are the Orcs a racist stereotype? Jane Routley Dave Cake Dave Freer Panel
Program For Dave Freer
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Conference 3 Fri 19:20-20:00 Opening night ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Conference 3 Fri 20:50-22:00 Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. Dave Freer Jack Dann Ian Nichols Cat Sparks Rose Michael Panel
Conference 3 Sat 16:00-17:00 Digital Rights Free downloads of art, music, books and software. Is it a good thing? Trish Smyth Dave Cake Dave Freer Panel AV
Conference 3 Sat 20:00-21:30 The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Conference 2 Sun 10:00-11:00 I hate my cover! What sells and what does not. What is "commercial art"? Isobelle Carmody Craig Hilton Dave Freer Panel
Conference 2 Sun 14:40-15:00 "Pyramid Power" - Dave Freer Reading - humour. "My Kingdom for a Norse." The alien Krim battle humanity in a world of Norse myth... with Thor on a 12-point plan, and the midgard serpent wrestling with anorexia. Mytholgy, misadventure and bad puns. Dave Freer Reading
Conference 1 Sun 15:00-16:00 Approaching the craft Just how do you get from flash of inspiration to finished novel? The paths can be many and strange. Isobelle Carmody Dave Freer Kate Forsyth Paul Kidd Ian Irvine Panel
Conference 2 Sun 17:00-17:20 "A Mankind Witch" - Dave Freer Reading - humour. A pagan relic has been stolen. Princess Signy stands accused of magical murder and theft. Cair, captured and enslaved by the Norse, does not believe in this superstious claptrap. But he will rescue her, if he has to take on Grendel himself. Dave Freer Reading
Conference 2 Mon 10:00-11:00 Orc Liberation Front Are the Orcs a racist stereotype? Jane Routley Dave Cake Dave Freer Panel
Conference 1 Mon 15:00-15:30 Closing ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Program For Dianne de Bellis
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Conference 3 Fri 20:50-22:00 Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. Dave Freer Jack Dann Ian Nichols Cat Sparks Rose Michael Panel
Conference 3 Sun 14:00-15:00 Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? Robert Stephenson Claire Brialey Dianne de Bellis Paul Haines Keith Stevenson Panel
Program For Donna Hanson
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Conference 3 Sat 12:00-13:00 Are we just the 51st state? Is there such a thing as a distinctive Australian voice in speculative fiction? And if so, what in tarnation is it? Russell Blackford Jack Dann Donna Hanson Stuart Mayne Panel
Program For Fred Gallagher
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Conference 3 Fri 19:20-20:00 Opening night ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Foyer Sat 15:00-16:00 Megatokyo Q&A (Dealers room.) Fred Gallagher Special
Conference 3 Sat 20:00-21:30 The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Conference 1 Sun 11:00-12:00 Fred Gallagher Guest of Honour Speech Fred Gallagher Special FC
Conference 3 Sun 12:00-13:00 Making a Business from Comics Craig Hilton Fred Gallagher Avi Bernshaw Panel AV
Foyer Sun 13:00-14:00 Piro - Megatokyo signings (Dealers room.) Fred Gallagher Special
Conference 1 Mon 15:00-15:30 Closing ceremony Isobelle Carmody Fred Gallagher Cath Ortlieb Dave Freer committee Special
Program For George Ivanoff
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Conference 2 Sun 14:20-14:40 "Nigella and the Clockwork Man" - George Ivanoff Reading - horror. From Shadow Plays (edited by Elise Bunter). George Ivanoff Reading