
Lara
Sessions in which Lara attends
10:00
10:00
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Gailey
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Panelist
Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents)
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Panelist
Claire Rousseau
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Moderator
Emma Osborne
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Panel
Magic Realism in Genre
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
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Panelist
Libia Brenda (Independent)
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Panelist
Sam Blackley (freelance)
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Moderator
Eli K. P. William
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Panel
11:00
11:00
The Continuing Relevance and Popularity of The Lord of the Rings
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Susana Polo (Polygon.com)
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Moderator
Paul Weimer
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Panelist
Gina Saucier
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Panelist
Jodi McAlister
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Panelist
J J Mathews (Mouse Moon Press)
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Panel
12:00
12:00
Moderator
Helen Marshall (University of Queensland)
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Participant
Peadar Ó Guilín
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Participant
Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents)
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Participant
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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Panel
SF and Fantasy of Australia
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Angela Meyer
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Moderator
Jack Dann
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Panelist
Helen Stubbs (Writers Activation, Galactic Chat)
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Panelist
Sean McMullen
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Panel
13:00
13:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Sarah Beth Durst
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
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Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Participant
Sarah Beth Durst
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Kaffeeklatsch
14:00
14:00
Science Fantasy: A Core Piece of the SF/F World
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Tommy Kucera (Dept of Mathematics)
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Moderator
David D. Levine
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Panelist
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
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Panelist
Jacqui Greaves
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Panelist
Rivqa Rafael
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Panel
15:00
15:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Juliet Marillier
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
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Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Participant
Juliet Marillier
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Kaffeeklatsch
Small Press Leading the Way
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Joyce Chng
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Moderator
Tod McCoy (Hydra House Books)
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Panelist
Michelle Lovi (Odyssey Books)
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Panelist
Zach Dodson (featherproof books)
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Animals in Fantasy
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Discord
,
Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist
Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters)
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Panelist
Kathryn Sullivan
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Panelist
Steph Matuku
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Panelist
H.G. Parry
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Moderator
Paula Boer (Self-employed)
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Panel
Japanese Science Fiction
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Mari Kotani (Meiji University)
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Panelist
Dohjin Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba)
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Panelist
Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba)
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Panelist
Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ)
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Moderator
Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
The Art of Kathleen Jennings
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Presenter
Kathleen Jennings
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Portfolio
21:00
21:00
Imagining Fae in Aotearoa and elsewhere
50 minutes
21:00 NZST
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21:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Hester J. Rook
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Panelist
Rem Wigmore
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Panelist
Jodi McAlister
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Panelist
Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand)
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Panelist
AJ Lancaster
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Panel
9:00
9:00
Climate Change: Adaptation vs Resilience
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Darcie Little Badger
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Panelist
Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems)
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Panelist
Arkady Martine
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Panel
10:00
10:00
The Future Is Female: Women SF Writers from Mary Shelley to Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Pinsker (SFWA)
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Moderator
Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital)
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Panelist
Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Panelist
Bradford Lyau
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Panelist
Alexandra Pierce
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Panel
11:00
11:00
Lodestar Awards - Meet the Young Adult Award Finalists
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Holly Black
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Panelist
Fran Wilde
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Panelist
Naomi Kritzer
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Panelist
Frances Hardinge
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Moderator
Liza Trombi (Locus Magazine)
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Panel
12:30
12:30
13:00
13:00
YA Down Under: Young Adult SF and Fantasy from New Zealand and Australia
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Garth Nix
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Moderator
Isa Ritchie
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Panelist
Whiti Hereaka
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Panelist
Mandy Hager (NZ Society of Authors)
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Panelist
Alison Evans
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Panel
Ray Bradbury Centennial
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presentation
15:00
15:00
A Chat with Bob and George
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Dialogue
New Zealand Authors on the International Stage
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Steph Matuku
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Panelist
Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents)
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Panelist
Toni Wi
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Panelist
Andi C. Buchanan (Writer)
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Panelist
AJ Fitzwater (Author)
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Moderator
Octavia Cade
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Panelist
Russell Kirkpatrick
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Panel
Narrative Imagery
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panel
15:30
15:30
16:00
16:00
Panelist
Steph Matuku
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Moderator
Dan Rabarts (Writer)
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Panelist
Whiti Hereaka
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Panelist
Cassie Hart
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Panel
1001 Years Later: What Happened to Arabian Fiction
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Thoraiya Dyer
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Panelist
Monther Alkabbani
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Moderator
Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council)
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Panelist
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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Panelist
Oghenechovwe Ekpeki
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Panelist
Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction)
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Panelist
Eugen Bacon
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Moderator
Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
Alan Lee’s Exploration of Tolkien’s "New" Works
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter
Sultana Raza
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Talk
History of SF Fandom in New Zealand
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Simon Litten
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Panelist
Nigel Rowe (Feeding America, Inc.)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand)
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Panelist
Dylan Horrocks (Victoria University of Wellington)
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Panel
20:00
20:00
Book Launch: Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator
Marie Hodgkinson
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Panelist
Melanie Harding-Shaw
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Panelist
Octavia Cade
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Panelist
Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Panelist
AJ Fitzwater (Author)
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Panelist
Rem Wigmore
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Panelist
Juliet Marillier
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Panelist
Andi C. Buchanan (Writer)
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Book Launch
11:00
11:00
Discover Sir Julius Vogel
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter
Lucy Sussex (Self Employed)
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Presentation
A Fireside Chat with Artist Guest of Honour Greg Broadmore
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Dialogue
12:00
12:00
Terrain of the Heart: Landscapes that Influence Story
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Russell Kirkpatrick
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Moderator
Fran Wilde
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Panelist
Yugen Yashima
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Panelist
Max Gladstone
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Panel
Translation: the Key to Open Doors to the Cultural Diversity in SFF
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Libia Brenda (Independent)
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Moderator
Cora Buhlert
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Panelist
Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine)
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Panelist
Wataru Ishigame (Tokyo Sogensha (Publisher))
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Panelist
Luis F. Silva
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Panel
13:00
13:00
SF and Fantasy from New Zealand
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Andi C. Buchanan (Writer)
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Panelist
Cassie Hart
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Panelist
Toni Wi
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Moderator
Dylan Horrocks (Victoria University of Wellington)
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Panel
Panelist
Kenn Bates
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Moderator
Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027)
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Panelist
J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless)
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Panelist
G. David Nordley (Self Employed)
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Panel
Panelist
Arkady Martine
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Panelist
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panelist
Claire Bartlett
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Moderator
Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
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Panelist
Ada Palmer
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Panel
13:30
13:30
14:00
14:00
Climate Fiction/Climate Fact
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator
Octavia Cade
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Panelist
Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble)
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Panelist
Arkady Martine
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Panelist
Tim Jones
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Panelist
Alex Acks
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Panel
14:30
14:30
15:00
15:00
Panelist
Navah Wolfe
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Panelist
Claire Light
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Panelist
David Hair
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Panelist
Taru Kumara-Moisio
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Moderator
E. J. Beaton
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Panel
The Regency Today: On the Continuing Popularity of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Mary Robinette Kowal
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Moderator
Kathleen Jennings
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Panelist
Carrie Vaughn
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Panelist
Jane Routley
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Panel
Expanded Universes: Tie-In Novels, Stories, and Comics
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sean Williams (Flinders University)
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Panelist
Rebecca Roanhorse
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Panelist
Daryl Gregory
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Moderator
M. Darusha Wehm
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Panelist
Stephen Dedman
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Panel
Panelist
Andi Dukleth (Accidental Aliens and KPBS News)
|
Moderator
Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction)
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Panelist
Martin Wisse
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Panelist
Kaitlin R. Branch
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Panelist
Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works)
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University)
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Panelist
Jennifer Mace
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Panelist
Sarah Beth Durst
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Panelist
Garth Nix
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Panelist
Maiya Ibrahim
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Panel
17:00
17:00
From Peter Jackson to Taika Waititi : New Zealand Originated Genre Films and TV Series
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University)
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Moderator
Matthew S. Rotundo
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Panelist
Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press)
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Panelist
Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand)
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Panelist
Sam Blackley (freelance)
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Panel
Ethnicity and Perspectives on Speculative Fiction
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
20:00
20:00
Looking Up! New Zealand Astronomy
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panel
9:30
9:30
10:00
10:00
Constructed Language: From Elvish to Esperanto to Dothraki to Belter
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Ryn Yee
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Panelist
Erica Frank (Galactic Journey)
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Panelist
Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
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Moderator
David Peterson
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Panelist
Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
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Panel
Young Adult Fiction: From the Page and From the Screen
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Beth Durst
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Moderator
Jodi McAlister
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Panelist
Denika Mead
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Panelist
Holly Black
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Panel
13:00
13:00
Walking the Journey: The Role of Nature and Place in Speculative Fiction
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Juliet Marillier
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Panelist
Dan Rabarts (Writer)
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Panelist
Gillian Polack
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Moderator
Lee Murray
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Panel
14:00
14:00
Australian Climate Fiction
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
Apocalypse Now and Then: The Changing Nature of Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse Fiction
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Potential
Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware)
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Moderator
Marlee Jane Ward
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Panelist
Cassie Hart
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Panelist
Bren MacDibble
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Panelist
Cat Sparks
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Panel
15:00
15:00
Novel, Novella or Short Story? Choosing the Right Length for Fiction
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Paula Boer (Self-employed)
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Panelist
Diane Walton (On Spec Magazine)
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Panelist
Vylar Kaftan
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Panelist
Jane Rawson
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Panel
Not Your Parents' Space Opera
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Valerie Valdes
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Moderator
Sean Williams (Flinders University)
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Panelist
Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.)
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Panelist
Becky Chambers
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Panel
Discussion Group
GOH - Tea with Rose Mitchell
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Dialogue
16:00
16:00
Contrasting Perspectives on the Construction of Fictional Realities
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Vincent Tran
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Academic
Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Danny Lore (Fiyah Magazine)
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Panelist
Claire Light
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Panelist
Cindy Lynn Speer
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Moderator
Carrie Vaughn
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Panelist
Janna Ruth
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Becoming a Grown-up: the Bildungsroman in Stories for Young People
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Alison Evans
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Panelist
Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation)
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Panelist
Christine Taylor-Butler
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Moderator
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panel
22:00
22:00
Nordic Fantastic Literature
50 minutes
22:00 NZST
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22:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf
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Panelist
Ville Vuorela (Reforged Studios)
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Moderator
Lars Backstrom (auticon)
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Panel
10:00
10:00
Discover Fergus Hume
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter
Lucy Sussex (Self Employed)
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Presentation
Fairy Tales and Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Vida Cruz
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Moderator
Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee)
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Panelist
Ellen Datlow
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Panelist
Eileen Mueller
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Panelist
Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
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Panel
The History of the Book
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter
Ada Palmer
|
Presentation
New Zealand Fandom Today
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panel
10:30
10:30
Reading
11:00
11:00
Cloud Atlas and Beyond: the Works of David Mitchell
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Discussion Groups
Speaker
Sultana Raza
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Discussion Group
The Geologic Era of the Human
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Sharon King (ACMRS; Les enfans sans abri)
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Moderator
Octavia Cade
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Panelist
Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia)
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Academic
These Old Shades: If Georgette Heyer Wrote a Ghost Story
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Freya Marske
|
Panelist
Kat Clay
|
Panelist
Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee)
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Panelist
Z Aung
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Panel
11:30
11:30
12:00
12:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Sean Williams
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
|
Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Participant
Sean Williams (Flinders University)
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Kaffeeklatsch
In Conversation: Gary K. Wolfe and Joe Haldeman
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Dialogue
13:00
13:00
Beyond the Anglosphere: SF and Fantasy from the Rest of the World
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Shiv Ramdas
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Panelist
Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council)
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Panelist
Terrie Hashimoto
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Moderator
Zaza Koshkadze
|
Panelist
Valentin Ivanov (European Southern Observatory)
|
Panel
Moderator
Sunny Teich (Victoria University of Wellington)
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Panelist
David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia)
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Academic
14:00
14:00
Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin
2 hours
14:00 NZST
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16:00 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
|
Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Media Screening
Panelist
John Tilden (The Heinlein Society)
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Speaker
Jason Aukerman (Indiana University-Purdue University)
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Dialogue
16:00
16:00
The Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Candice Michelle Goodwin (RWC Productions)
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Moderator
Carrie Vaughn
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Panelist
David Peterson
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Panelist
Elsa Sjunneson
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Panel