February 2010
ISSN 1445-4319 (print version), ISSN 1445-4327 (online version)
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This document was written by Edwina Harvey and rendered into html by Ted Scribner (I also check all web references - Ted).
In the interests of getting the new email Bullsheet up on the website as soon as possible, I'll put the largely untouched email version up first, then gradually add and edit the html.
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Death of Kage Baker: see below under Births, Marriages, Deaths etc.
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A BOOK of ENDINGS by Deborah Biancotti and Twelfth Planet Press made the 2010 William L. Crawford Award shortlist for best first fantasy book. For more detail see below under "Books and Publications" .
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The mammoth 216 page PEREGRINE BESSET OMNIBUS collects all of the time-travelling Ancient Egyptian dwarf's published adventures (except the "Demonskin" cross-over) and features 8 complete stories written by L P Morley with art by him, Marilyn Pride and Louise Graber. For more detail see below under "Books and Publications".
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GENERAL NEWS
The AUREALIS AWARDS Ceremony was held in Brisbane on Sat 23rd January. The winners were as follows:
The SIR JULIUS VOGEL sub-committee of SFFANZ is currently accepting nominations for science fiction and fantasy works by NZ nationals or residents first published or released in the 2009 calendar year. Nominations close 31 March 2010 at 8pm (NZ time). Anyone can nominate. For more information about SFFANZ and the SJV Awards, please go to the SFFANZ web-site http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/ You can find full details about the nomination procedures and rules, including eligibility criteria at http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvAwardsRules_2010.shtml Voting for the SJV's will occur at Au Contraire, http://www.aucontraire.org.nz/.
GET THE PARTY STARTED ONE WEEK EARLY!: This is a reminder for anyone, especially those travelling to the Antipodes for Aussiecon 4 in early September: Au Contraire, the NZ natcon (where the Sire Julius Vogel Awards will be presented) will be happening the weekend before Aussiecon 4. 2 cons, in 2 countries, only 1 week and a 3 hour flight apart. Gotta love it! And if you want to read up on Wellington, where Au Contraire is being held see: http://www.concatenation.org/conrev/wellington_must_see.html.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 HUGO AWARDS are now open. To be eligible to nominate, you must have purchased a membership to the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon 4) by 31st January, or have been a member of the 2009 World Science Fiction Convention (Anticipation) Nominations must be received by 13 March 2010. For further information please contact Hugo Awards Administrator Vincent Docherty at hugoadmin at aussiecon4.org.au or visit our web site at http://www.aussiecon4.org.au. More information on how to nominate for Hugos courtesy of Robin Johnson on the Eidolist: How to Nominate: Paper Ballot. A paper nomination ballot will be sent to Aussiecon 4 members in Progress Report 2 in January 2010, and as a separate mailing to members of Anticipation who have opted into paper publications. You may also download the Nomination Ballot as a .pdf file:Online An Online Nomination Ballot is available. Electronic voting instructions will be (have now been, I think. EH) emailed to Aussiecon 4 and Anticipation members in January 2010. For online nominations a 4 or 5 digit PIN number is used in place of a signature. If you need a PIN please email hugopin at aussiecon4.org.au
Recommendations: Several sources provide recommendations for Hugo nominations. LiveJournal has a community dedicated to the purpose: http://community.livejournal.com/hugo_recommend/.
A Campbell Award recommendation page is available here: http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell/.
Hugo Award Categories: Best Novel , Best Novella, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Related Work, Best Graphic Story, Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, Best Editor, Short Form, Best Editor, Long Form, Best Professional Artist, Best Semiprozine, Best Fanzine, Best Fan Writer, Best Fan Artist, John W. Campbell Award
It would be great to have lots of Australian nominations, in both senses. (Robin Johnson)
ROBERT HOGE has recently set up a Facebook group "The HOMEGROWN HUGO NOMINATION CAMPAIGN". Robert says, "2010 is a great chance to get some of Australia's best speculative fiction creators recognised on the international awards stage. Come and find out what we can do and tell us what works you think deserve recognition."
HUGO HINT: Ted and I would be really chuffed if the Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet gor nominated for a Hugo. (Edwina, subtle as ever : - ))
BOOK LAUNCH INVITE#1: Fordstreet is launching a new book for young readers, F2M by Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy on Sunday, February 14 2:00pm at Richmond Library, Melbourne.
BOOK LAUNCH INVITE #2: Fordstreet is launching `Solace & Grief' on Saturday, February 20 at 2:30pm Carlton Library, 667 Rathdowne Street, North Carlton, VIC
THE AUSTRALIAN HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION has an associated chat group, Southern Horror, for discussion of horror stories, and themes. See http://www.australianhorror.com/ (reported by Jason Nahrung on the Visions list)
SCI-FI &SQUEAM is a new interactive SF/Horror Radio Show pm JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne every Thursday from 11pm – 1 am. You can text your comments while they're on air on 0427 JOY 949 or email onair at joy.org.au . Check their Facebook page to suggest discussion topics or see what upcoming shows will bring. Previous topics have covered Dystopias, top 10s of the decade, The New Vampires as well as reviews of TV shows, movies and books. Even the music played has a sci-fi or horror link! (Reported by Grace)
CAN YOU HELP? ANNIE GASTIN, Presenter, Afternoons, ABC Darwin 105.7, Alice Springs 783 Ph: 08 89433244, e-mail :Gastin.Annie at abc.net.au would like to talk to someone about how closely cities like Singapore are following science fiction having just returned from a trip to parts of Asia and watching how Bangkok and Singapore are working toward a multi tiered city. (Reported by Cath Ortleib,)
HAITI HELP: VARIOUS SF ORGANIZATIONS are holding fundraising events for earthquake victims in Haiti. These include the Star trek RODDENBERRY site holding an auction at: http://www.roddenberry.com/corporatestories/index/detail?id=42 and Realms of Fantasy Magazine donating $1 to the Red Cross from every subscription received up to 28 Feb. 2010 (reported on the Visions list)
WHITEWASHING PUBLISHER DOES IT AGAIN. Last year USA publishers, Bloomsbury drew substantial criticism for featuring a white girl with long, straight hair on the cover of Australian author Justine Larbalestier's "Liar," a young adult novel about a girl described as "black with nappy hair which she wears natural and short." Bloomsbury eventually changed the cover to better reflect the protagonist's appearance , though the same publisher recently released Jaclyn Dolamore's "Magic Under Glass" where the the protagonist is clearly described as having brown skin,- with a young white woman on the cover.
AVATAR Screenplay Available for Free Download from Fox: James Cameron's original Avatar Screenplay is available for free download online. There are some pretty substantial differences, at least at the beginning, from the version that is playing in theaters. The screenplay, for example, features a number of scenes building up Jake Sully's backstory a bit more. You can download the script at: http://www.foxscreenings.com/media/pdf/JamesCameronAVATAR.pdf.
BECOMING A GIANT GREEN ALIEN IN JOHN CARTER OF MARS http://scifiwire.com/2010/01/becoming-a-giant-green-al.php. Polly Walker, who will soon co-star in Syfy's upcoming Caprica, will also appear in the live-action film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars series as a four-armed, 900-year-old. giant green Martian "Thark."
URSULA Le GUIN delivered a petition signed by 367 authors to Judge Chin protesting The Google Settlement that was negotiated by the (American) Authors Guild, without consultation with any other group of authors noting The Guild cannot and does not speak for all American writers and asking that the United States also be exempted from the settlement which it claims directly threatens the principle of copyright. The petition goes on to state that Google, like any other publisher or entity, should be required to obtain permission from the owner to purchase or use copyrighted material, item by item.
NOT MOONING YOU: According to a Whitehouse advisor on space plans to return man to the moon by 2020, using it as a base from which to send humans to Mars, have been scratched. The Constellation Project was doomed by constraints in the 2011 budget. NASA will instead concentrate on ways to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station after the shuttle program ends in September., The first commercial flight to the ISS is expected in 2015, (Sunday telegraph, Sydney, 31/1/10)
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
"Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read" - Groucho Marx
TROLL SCROLL: In the first quarter of 2011 Troll Scroll Publishing will produce an anthology of speculative fiction, fact, poetry and art. Submissions are invited in a contest to choose a theme for the anthology.See http://trollscrollpublishing.free0host.com/ (Reported by David Bofinger)
LORD SUNDAY is Book7 and the stunning conclusion in the KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series by GARTH NIX. With six of the seven Keys to the Kingdom in his grasp, Arthur Penhaligon must face his fierce opponent Lord Sunday to save the House of Secondary Realms. Allen & Unwin. RRP $15.99
THE WHEEL OF ASCENSION: Mistborn Book Two by BRANDON SANDERSON continuing the story of Vin, the street urchin who has grown into the most powerful Mistborn in the land having defeated The Lord Ruler. Orion. RRP $22.99
MR SHIVERS is a new horror novel from ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT set in the time of the Great Depression in the dustbowl of the US. Marcus Connelly seeks the mysterious scarred man who murdered his daughter. Orbit. RRP $29.99
A BOOK of ENDINGS by Deborah Biancotti and Twelfth Planet Press made the 2010 William L. Crawford Award shortlist for best first fantasy book. The award is presented annually at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, and this year it was administered by Gary Wolfe. Jedediah Berry won the award with his book The Manual of Detection, and fellow short-listers included Kari Sperring (Living with Ghosts) and Ali Shaw (The Girl with Glass Feet). http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/01/jedediah-berry-wins-crawford-award.html
TITUS AWAKES is a new Gormenghast novel, written by Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake's wife, based on notes left by the author. She decided to write the book, which runs to 210 pages, after he left her a page and a half of fragmented notes about how he might have continued the story. His wife, who died in 1983, continued the story. The existence of her manuscript, handwritten in brown ink in four exercise books, remained unknown until Sebastian Peake's daughter Christian discovered them in the attic of her south London home.
The mammoth 216 page PEREGRINE BESSET OMNIBUS collects all of the time-travelling Ancient Egyptian dwarf's published adventures (except the "Demonskin" cross-over) and features 8 complete stories written by L P Morley with art by him, Marilyn Pride and Louise Graber. In a Red World Komics first, some of the interior art is in full colour as well the wrap around cover. The CD-Rom "Escape from Bureaucratz" is printed for the first time in red/blue anaglyph, with the cover featuring a special pair of 3D specs to read it with! Text articles include commentary on the original story, the abortive film project and a written introduction by Anna Tambour. A Mature readers Komic, it is recommended for a 15+ readership and features nudity and adult situations. The book was released at the end of 2009 and features new material including full colour comics featuring Besset's ultimate fate and a 14 episode sneak peek at the online comics prequel featuring tribal elder Naluk McGorran's youth. For such a diminutive heroine, this is a surprisingly hefty tome covering over a decade's worth of adventure. It's currently available online at http://www.jimmyds.com.au for a RRP of $40 plus shipping.
ANTIPODEAN SF 139 offers short, short (500 words or less) SF from the following authors: Liam Thorpe, Alice Robinson, Gitte Christensen, Pavelle Wesser, Joe McNamara, Jamie Richter, Shaun A. Saunders, Michael Cooper, Chris Castle & Aidan Doyle http://www.antisf.com.
LEIGH BLACKMORE's Raven books, specialising in dark and horror fiction also includes Sequence comics. For a catalogue e-mail lvxnox at gmail.com. Leigh also occasionally sells on e-bay as seller ID Quoth Raven Books.
FRIENDS OF LINDA COX CHAN (FOLCC) raise money to donate to Juvenile Diabetes Research, Australia by selling donated books etc. (Current tally $40) CHEAP Books looking for homes: Panglor by Jeffrey A.Carver ($1 + postage), Hell on High by Ted Nolan and Holly Lisle ($1+ postage). Sherlock Holmes Mystery book ($1 + post), Life signs, the Biology of Star Trek ($5 + post), John Rockham, Alien Sea ($5 +post), Kung-fu, Supergirl, Terrahawks annuals, Bill – the Inside Story (Annuals & Bill book $5 ea + post), (Thanks to John Tipper for donating the latest influx of books.).
HATCH, MATCH & DISPATCH:
DEATHS:
KAGE BAKER Posted to fictionmags at yahoogroups.com January 31, 2010: Science fiction writer Kage Baker has passed away after struggling with [uterine] cancer. Writer of the critically acclaimed Company series and winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Award, she died this morning in the arms of her sisters.
VAL EASTWOOD who had an important, yet unknown, influence on the early days of Melbourne fandom by way of running Val's Café, a bohemian meeting place for actors, gays, artists and the fledgling Melbourne Science Fiction Group (as it was known then) passed away on 9th December/ (Reported by Bruce Gillespie)
MARK OWINGS (US fan? EH) died on 30/12/09. He was known for his gentleness and calmness (Reported by Robin Johnson).
ROWLAND HOWARD occasional fan and fanzine artist, attendee at the first Aussiecon in 1975 passed away on 8th January. (Reported by Bruce Gillespie)
KAREN DUFF aka MOG DECARNIN and CAMILLA M DECARNIN in SF and slash fiction circles, author who won the Writers of the Future Award in 1985, co-editor of the 1986 anthology, Worlds Apart, passed away from cancer on January 9 (Reported by Bruce Gillespie),
Japanese author, translator, and fan TAKUMI SHIBANO, 83, died January 16, of pneumonia. The "father of Japanese science fiction" founded influential Japanese fanzine Uchujin in 1957, with the most recent issue, #202, appearing in 2009. He translated around 60 books by authors including Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Larry Niven into Japanese, and was a major figure in Japanese fandom, chairing the first Japanese National SF Convention in 1962. He was a frequent Worldcon attendee appearing as Fan Guest of Honor at L.A.con III (1996) and Nippon, the 2007 Worldcon in Japan. He wrote three YA science fiction novels: Superhuman "Plus X" (1969), Operation Moonjet (1969), and Revolt in North Pole City (1977) The Takumi Shibano Award was founded in 1982 to honor those who perform great work for Japanese Fandom. (Reported on Trufan, relayed by Bruce Gillespie and Andy Porter)
WELFARE REPORT:
SA based author GILLIAN (ASTRID) COOPER was told to evacuate her house (and cats) in a catastrophic fire emergency recently, but allowed to return home (with cats) at the end of the day. Canberra based author and editor GILLIAN POLACK is undergoing a barrage of medical tests investigating circulation problems following recently losing 50% of her vision in one eye. (Get Well Soon, Gillian! Ted & Edwina)
SERIOUSLY ILL: American SF writer, and well known member of the Faire community, KAGE BAKER, who with her mother, Kathleen, runs the GreenMan Inn has recently stopped receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy to fight aggressive cancer as it was having no impact on a number of aggressive tumours in her brain and lungs. She was reported as returning home to spend what time she has left in the comfort of familiar surroundings. Email messages and cards, prayers, healing energy and good wishes would be greatly appreciated to lift her spirits. Send e-mails to: materkb at gmail.com or send snail mail to: Kage Baker 331 Stimson, Apt. B, Pismo Beach CA 93449. USA. Her mother, Kathleen promises they will be passed on to Kage. (Reported by Andy Porter and Bruce Gillespie. Update taken from SF Signal website.)
SF author JOE HALDEMAN has been (gently) working out at the gym, writing and cooking and even visiting with friends (reported by Gay Haldeman, relayed from Trufan list from Bruce Gillespie and Andy Porter)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to JEAN WEBER, BRUCE GILLESPIE, ANNA HEPWORTH, CRISETTA MacLEOD, & ALISA KRASNOSTEIN. (Belated birthday wishes for January for Helen Patrice and Richard Harland)
AWARDS: & FAN FUNDS:
THE NORMA K. HEMMING AWARD is open until 31st July 2010, the award to be presented at Aussiecon 4. For full details of this award see the main website GUFF candidates for the race to bring a fan from UK to Australia to attend Aussiecon 4 (q.v. conventions) are JAMES SHIELDS and DOUGLAS SPENCER. If you'd like to vote for either of these candidates, a PDF of the ballot is available here: http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/guff2009.pdf or you can vote on line at http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/guff_form.htm. Payment can be made by cheque or Paypal (details on the ballot). Voting ends 5th April 2010. (Reported by Jean Weber)
CLUBS & MEETINGS:
MELBOURNE SCIENCE FICTION CLUB, Meet most Friday nights at 74 Melville Road, West Brunswick 3055. Membership to the MSFC is $35 single, or $45 family/household or overseas, and $25 for interstate members. Meetings .5 Feb: Trivia Quiz and Food Night – pancakes. Feb 12 Graphic Novels, Feb 19 Martin Pearson on the Collected Spelling Errors of Bolkien (I'm jealous! I have martin's Bolkien CD and it's hillarioius. Wish I could be there! EH) Special MSFC event international internet broadcast of Terry Pratchett's Nation at Britain's National Theatre:13 Feb, Sun Theatre Yarraville, 1p.m. (Thanks to Thomas Bull for the updates.)
FEDERATION SQUARE (Melbourne) SF & Fantasy genres book reading group. Free to attend, Meet on the 2nd Saturday of every month from 11.30am at Café Beer Delux in Federation Square. E-mail DR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA has been operating for over 30 years. Their newsletter - Sonic Screwdriver - publishes news, reviews & gossip on Dr Who as well as publishing fanfic & pictures 6 times a year. $35 for a family membership) which gets you 7 issues of the newsletter. Members receive discounts at ABC shops and Minotuar in Elizabeth St, Melbourne. See http://www.vicnet.net.au/~dwcv.
*SFFiG* SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY in GEELONG http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFiG/ Irregular meets announced via email. Discussions, trivia & games, news and more! (Reported by Ben Hughes)\
SPACED OUT: a science fiction club for gays, lesbians and associated communities. $5 joining fee, then $20 annual membership. ($15 concession.) to Spaced Out Inc. PO Box 12033 A'Beckett St RP, Melbourne, Vic 8006. .Non-profit SF club offering monthly meetings, "Diverse Universe" newsletter and "Solar Spectrum" annual anthology. (Thanks to Geoff Allshorn for the update.)
CANBERRA SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. It's a relaxed social society for the discussion of SF and fantasy. Membership $24 p.a. For more info write to CSFS PO Box 47, Civic Square, ACT 2608, or e-mail canberrascifi at hotmail.com.The Doctor Who Club of Australia (DWCA) Membership $16 within Aust, provides 6 issues of Data Extract, membership pack, access to the club's member-only internet mailing list, discount prices on a range of merchandise, admission prices to club functions (including Whovention, discounts at selected retail outlets for Doctor Who merchandise. For more information contact Dwayne Bunney: corporate at doctorwho australia. org, phone 0416 269 726 or check http://www.doctorwhoaustralia.org.
The DR WHO CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA meet on the first Saturday of each month 12.30-5pm at The Collins St Centre, Cnr Shaftesbury Ave and Collins St, South Perth. Club stalls, info, afternoon tea and entertainment. See http://www.comedydownunder.com/westlodge/ or phone Aaron on (08) 0400 1957.
JAFWA is Perth's largest & oldest anime group. They offer screenings in the Jones lecture theatre, Curtin University from 5pm onall but the first Saturday of the month. See http://jafwa.asn.au for full details.
STARSHIP MAWSON (http://www.starshipmawson.com) is a South Australian Star Trek fan club, & chapter of Starfleet International, run by Stuart Blair. See http://www.starshipmawson.com/join.html. (Reported by Stuart Blair.)
QUEST Queensland Star Trekkers Fan Club usually meet at the PCYC Fortitude Valley on the second Sunday of the month (though this occasionally changes) . Contact Mary Kemp either by phone: 07 32904243 or by e-mail: jmkemp at bigpond. net.au. The club's snail mail address is still PO BOX 2084, Brisbane, QLD. 4001. Quest's new website will be up and running in the near future. (Reported by Mary Kemp).
VISIONS WRITERS GROUP offers meeting and critiquing for SF, Fantasy and Horror writers in QLD Monthly meetings from 11am -2 pm, first Sunday of the month (except Jan and Dec) at Queensland State Library, Rm 2D, 2nd Floor. Brisbane. $10 joining fee, and $4 per meeting. There website is http://visionwriters.org. You can also join their virtual group (great for writing tips and general SF info) at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vision-writers.
INFINITAS BOOKSHOP/Blokey Stuff, Shop 22 Civic Arcade, 48 - 50 George Street Parramatta NSW. has 2 groups regularly meeting at its premises. The SF Discussion Group meets at 6:30pm on the first Thursday of each month except January. A SF Writers Group also meets at the shop once a month on Saturdays See A SPECULATIVE FICTION DISCUSSION GROUP discussing all forms of speculative fiction – SF, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal etc. meets on the last Wednesday of every month at Sappho Books, 51 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, (Sydney) at 7pm. The venue serves coffee, wine and tappas. (Reported by Peter Eisler)
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION meet monthly at the Granville Youth & Community Centre (Sydney). Meeting from 10am-6pm $10 members, $15 non-members.
THE FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY's next meeting is Sat 30th January/ For details contact Graham Stone (02) 9715 7129
SYDNEY FUTURIANS: (Not to be confused with the Futurian Society of Sydney, listed above.) Contact address: P.O. Box 152 Bexley North, NSW, 2207. Usually meet on the 3rd Friday of the month (except for December) in the foyer of UTS building, Broadway .
STARWALKING (NSW) http://sydskyforce.starwalking.net holds meetings at the Lidcombe Catholic Workers Club, 24 John St, Lidcombe, opposite Lidcombe Railway station on the third Sunday of some months. Attendance costs $8 members, $10 non-members.
TAG, TERRA AUSTRALIS GARRISON - a Starwars stormtrooper appreciation society. Details can be found at http://www.501tag.com. (reported on Sci fi reporter.)
NEWCASTLE SPACE FRONTIER SOCIETY (NSFS) Regular meetings and social functions. Full details available at http://www.nssa.com.au/nsfs. (Reported by Jack Dwyer.)
SPOCKSOC: A SF group run by students at the University of NSW Kensington, Sydney. http://www.spocksoc.com.
EVENTS
VORTEX SF. SF Events happening in Brisbane, can be found at http://www.vortexevents.com.
THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, Darling Harbour, Sydney, has a MythicalCreatures (mermaids, unicorns, dragons etc) display free (after museum entry has been paid) until 23rd May.
RUSSELL BLACKFORD will be attending a book launch for the book he co-edited with Udo Schuklenk: "50 Voices of Disbelief" (which includes essays by sf writers Joe Haldeman, Greg Egan, Jack Dann, Gregory Benford, Damien Broderick and Sean Williams). This launch is planned to be held at the Nova Theatre on 11 March.
ANIMANIA FESTIVAL DATES 2010: 20 March - Sydney - Australian Technology Park (ATP), 10 April - Melbourne - Rydges Melbourne, 1 May - Brisbane - Mercure Brisbane,
11-12 September - Sydney - Australian Technology Park (ATP), 2 October - Adelaide - Adelaide Festival Centre (AFC), 30 October - Brisbane - Mercure Brisbane (See http://www.animania.net.au/2009/news/animania-festival-2010.) (Thanks to Thomas Bull for this info)
STAR TREK EVENT 11 April. Adelaide (venue tba). 9am-6pm. Guests: Ethan Phillips and Denise Crosby with more tba. Day ticket: $70. (See http://www.thehubproductions.com/events/Star-Trek-2010 for more information.) (Reported by Thomas Bull)
SUPERNATURAL ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE II, 8 May, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Campus, Kensington, Sydney and 9 May, Melbourne (venue tba). 9am-6pm. GoH's: Jim Beaver, Misha
Collins, Samantha Ferris, Rob Benedict, Julie McNiven. Day ticket:$120. (See http://www.thehubproductions.com/events/supernatural-2010/
for more information.)
MAniFest 2010 (Melbourne ANIME Festival): 20-22 August 2010. Melbourne Showgrounds. (For more details see http://www.manifest.org.au/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=40.) (Reported by Thomas Bull)
ARMAGEDDON celebrity collectible fair: SYDNEY: 21 March 2010, Sydney Town Hall,
10am - 5pm. GoH's: Paul McGann, Kane Hodder, Dominic Keating. See http://www.armageddonexpo.com/au/. Also Melbourne October 16/16 Venue TBA (Update from Thomas Bull)
CONVENTIONS:
GoH = Guest of Honour, OCP = Other Commitments Permitting, tba= to be announced.
CONTINUUM 6: Future Tense 26-28 February 2010. GoHs Mark Pesce. Kim Westwood. Attending membership $130 ($119 concession) current until 31st December. See http://www.continuum.org.au (thanks to Thomas Bull for the update.)
STARGATE 2010: 6 March, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Campus, Kensington, Sydney, 7 March Melbourne Storey Hall, RMIT, Swanston St, Melbourne. GoHs: Richard Dean Anderson, David Nyki, Connor Trinnear, Dan Shea, Christopher Judge, Ben Browder, David Blue,Claudia Black, and (Sydney only) Gigi Edgely.See http://www.thehubproductions.com/events/stargate-2010 for more information.
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION: ATHEISTS FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY 2010 Global Atheist Convention 12 -14 March. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Speakers include Russell Blackford, Peter Singer, Phillip Adams and Catherine Deveny, and overseas speakers including Richard Dawkins, Taslima Nasrin and A.C.Grayling, See http://www.atheistconvention.org.au/ for more information.
TRIOCON, a one day convention bringing together Dr Who, Star Trek and Horror fans, Sat 20th March, 9am – 6pm State Library of Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatre, Entrance 3, Latrobe St. GoH's Paul McGann - The 8th Doctor, Dominic Keating & Malcolm Reed from Star Trek: Enterprise, Kane Hodder - Jason from Friday the 13th Parts 7-10. Discounts available for fan club members. Upgrade and have lunch with the guests at the con. See http://www.firstcontactconventions.com.au/Triocon%20Melbourne.htm.)
for all the details (Reported by Ben Hughes. Update by Thomas Bull)
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 25-28th March, 2010 at the Royal Albion Hotel Brighton, England. This is the first time this con has been held outside America. LES EDWARDS (aka Edward Miller) and DAVE CARSON are Artist GoHs. Membership: Attending …. (Tickets selling fast. "At the door" and day memberships may not be available.) See http://www.whc2010.org (Thanks to Thomas Bull for the update)
ODYSSEY 2010 UK national convention, traditional UK Eastercon and ESFS Euroconference (ESFS being the European SF Society). 2-5th April, 2010, Radison Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London, UK. GoH's Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. Banks, Liz Williams, Mike Carey & artist Carlos Ezquerra. Five program streams, Dealers hall, art exhibition, fan rooms and 3 bars. See http://www.odyssey2010.org/ for more details. (Reported by Jonathan Cowie) (SF Travellers, please note you can attend the above 2 major Northern Hemisphere cons 1 week apart and in easy travelling distance from each other for the price of the one airfare.)
SWANCON 2010: CONTAGION, The 35th Annual Western Australian Speculative Fiction Convention, 1-5 April 2010, Venue: TBA GoHs: Scott Sigler, Ian Irvine Attending: $160 until 28 Mar 2010. (cheques can be made out to Swancon 2010 and sent to GPO Box G429 Perth WA 6948) Contact: Linda Deegan, secretary-2010 at swancon.com Website: http://www.2010.swancon.com.au.(Update from Thomas Bull.)
TWILIGHT event. 24 April, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Campus, Kensington (Sydney). 25 April, Melbourne (Venue TBA). 9am-6pm. GoH Gil Birmingham Ashley Greene, Daniel Cudmore, and others tba. Day ticket: $95. For further details see http://www.thehubproductions.com/Twilight/. (Reported by Thomas Bull)
BOOK BLOGGER CONVENTION to be held in New York (USA) on Friday 28 April. A team of blogsphere literati including GalleyCat, Galleysmith, My Friend Amy and others will launch what will hopefully be the first annual con. Earlybird registration paid by 14th February is US $90, US $115 after 14th Feb.
AU CONTRAIRE, NZ Natcon, Fri 27-Sun 29th August, 2010 (the week before Aussiecon 4 for those northern hemisphere fans looking to extend their antipodean SF experience) Quality Hotel, Wellington. Full attending membership currently NZ $60. Day & supporting memberships also available. See http://aucontraire.org.nz/ for full details. Snail mail address is PO Box 10104, Wellington NZ.
CHANGING THE CLIMATE: Utopia, Dystopia and Catastrophe, The Fourth Australian Conference on Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction.30 Aug – 1 Sept 2010. Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins St, Melbourne. (See http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/cclcs/conferences/utopias/4/ for more information.)(Thanks to Thomas Bull for this.)
AUSSIECON 4. Worldcon in Melbourne. 2-6 September 2010, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Southbank. GoH's: Kim Stanley Robinson, Shaun Tan, Robin Johnson. Attending membership Aus$275, Children's membership $50 payable by cheque, or online via paypal or some credit cards. Aussiecon 4 is now taking bookings for the Art Show http://www.facebook.com/l/14896;www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=56)and the Dealers Room http://www.facebook.com/l/14896;www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=57)>Please see the relative pages under the Exhibits section at http://www.facebook.com/l/14896;www.aussiecon4.org.au. Queries can be directed to Steve Francis (Dealers Room Manager) or Emma (Art Show Curator). NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 HUGO AWARDS are now open to people who were members of Anticipation, Canada, 2009 or who have purchased a membership to Aussiecon 4 by 31 January 2010. Nominations must be received by 13 March 2010. For further information please contact Hugo Awards Administrator Vincent Docherty at hugoadmin at aussiecon4.org.aut site at http://www.aussiecon4.org.au.
DUDCON, the 49th Australian National SF Convention (Natcon) that will be held in conjunction with Aussiecon 4, 3-5th September, 2010, and will be responsible for the serious natcon stuff of running the Ditmars and holding the business meeting for the natcon Fan Guest of Honour: Jacob Blake. Other GoH's to be announced. Various memberships on offer starting with Cheapskate member for $10, Generous member $20, Friend of the Ditmars m/ship $30, Protector of Kittens m/ship $40, All around good bloke/blokess m/ship $50, and Absolute Fucking Legend m/ship $100. Contact details, Paul Ewins, e-mail paulewins at optusnet.com.au, or PO Box 1126, North Melbourne. VIC 3132. (Reported by Bruce Gillespie.)
(Note to SF Travellers. You can attend the NZ Natcon, the Worldcon, Changing the Climate, Aussiecon 4, and Dudcon, the Australian Natcon for 2010 held within Aussiecon 4 all in one week. NZ is a 3 hour flight from Melbourne. Get more cons for your Antipodean buck!)
RENOVATION is the Worldon in Reno, Nevada, USA August 17-21, 2011. GoH's: Tim Powers, Ellen Asher, fantasy artist Boris Vallejo/ Venue: Reno-Sparks Conventioin Centre & The Atlantis Hotel main venues. See http://renovationsf.org/for more details. Australian Agent: Jean Weber
WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2010 will be held October 28-31 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Columbus, Ohio (USA) Attending membership US $125. Snail mail WFC 2010, 3824 Patricia Dr, Upper Arlington, OH 43220, USA. Or see http://www.contextsf.org/WFC for more details. (Thanks to Thomas Bull for the update)
SFContario, Toronto, Canada. November 19-21, 2010. Ramada Plaza Hotel in Toronto. GoHs: Michael Swanwick, Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author of Bones of the Earth, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books editors, Geri Sullivan & Karen Linsley. Attending mship CAN $45. Seet http://sfcontario.ca
OTHER INFORMATION RESOURCES:
The Inkspillers web site, http://www.inkspillers.com is a great source of market information for SF writers that is always being updated by Tony Plank.
For links to books, movies and television shows see John Tipper's homepage http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com.
Sci-fi REPORTER is a SF news service covering cons, fan clubs and media, edited by Stuart Blair. To subscribe to this list send an e-mail to scifireporter at yahoo.com
SMW Editing & Proof reading services for academic (including theses), fiction & non-fiction. For more details or arrange a quote, e-mail s.murraywhite at gmail.com (Please note new e-mail address.)
KopperKat Manuscript Assessment and Editing service. Industry professional with many years' experience as an editor and best-selling author goes beyond the norm to assist you with your writing. Enquiries: kopperkat at gmail. com
If you want a great fanzine resource offering fanzines in PDF format, go to http://efanzines.com where Bill Burns hosts the electronic versions of a wide variety of the world's best fanzines, including many Australian fanzines.
The Bullsheet is available online at http://www.bullsheet.sf.org.au. and as a FREE monthly e-mail through the AUSSFBULL mailing list. To join send a blank e-mail to AUSSFBULL-subscribe at yahoogroups. com. The Bullsheet is also available as a snail-mail subscription for 24x55 cent stamps sent to Edwina Harvey c/- 12 Flinders St, Matraville, 2036. Send your news e-mail to edwinafan at yahoo.com.
Looking for hand-made original ceramics and silk with a SF or Fantasy (and increasingly horse and donkey) theme? Check Edwina's CELESTIAL COBBLER CERAMICS see http://www.celestialcobbler.com. Say you read the Bullsheet and get a "staff discount"
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, YOUNG LOVERS, WHAT EVER YOU ARE!
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