Susannah Brewer

Sessions in which Susannah Brewer attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gailey | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Moderator Emma Osborne |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Token Girl 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Mallory O'Meara | Panelist Isa Ritchie | Panelist Kieron Gillen | Panelist Mary Anne Mohanraj (University of Illinois / Speculative Literature Foundation) | Moderator Mary Robinette Kowal |
Panel
Comics/Graphic NovelsLiteratureMediaSociety/CultureWriting/Business of Writing
14:30
14:30
Reading: Emma Osborne 25 minutes 14:30 NZST  -  14:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Emma Osborne |
Reading
17:00
17:00
A Short, Sharp, Shock: Horror in Few Words 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Emma Osborne | Panelist Nibedita Sen |
Panel

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Climate Change: Adaptation vs Resilience 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Darcie Little Badger | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Arkady Martine |
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  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) | Moderator Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital) | Panelist Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Panelist Alexandra Pierce |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Justice in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Adri Joy (Nerds of a Feather) | Panelist Fred Lerner | Moderator Jenn Lyons (Tor Books) | Panelist Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine) | Panelist Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Reading: Joe Haldeman 25 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Joe Haldeman |
Reading
11:00
11:00
Reading: Mary Robinette Kowal 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Mary Robinette Kowal |
Reading
How Podcasts Are Transforming the Speculative Fiction Landscape 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works) | Moderator Alexandra Pierce | Panelist Peadar Ó Guilín | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) | Panelist Mur Lafferty |
Panel
Other
Lodestar Awards - Meet the Young Adult Award Finalists 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Holly Black | Panelist Fran Wilde | Panelist Naomi Kritzer | Panelist Frances Hardinge | Moderator Liza Trombi (Locus Magazine) |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyYoung Adult
11:30
11:30
Reading: Becky Chambers 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Becky Chambers |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Modern SF Criticism 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Gary K Wolfe (Locus Magazine) | Panelist Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University) | Panelist Karen Haber | Panelist Cat Sparks | Panelist Liza Trombi (Locus Magazine) |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyCriticism
13:00
13:00
Reading: Sarah Beth Durst 25 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Sarah Beth Durst |
Reading
Modern Short SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Charles Payseur | Panelist Daryl Gregory | Moderator Scott Edelman | Panelist Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction) | Panelist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer discuss censorship and information control 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Speaker Cory Doctorow | Speaker Ada Palmer |
Dialogue
Meet the Heinlein Society 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Panelist John Tilden (The Heinlein Society) | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Moderator Keith Kato |
Discussion Group
14:00
14:00
Stunts in SF Films and TV Shows 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) |
Presentation
Media
14:30
14:30
Reading: Charlie Jane Anders 25 minutes 14:30 NZST  -  14:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Charlie Jane Anders |
Reading
15:00
15:00
A Chat with Bob and George 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Robert Silverberg |
Dialogue
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Nevertheless, She Persisted: The Explosion of the Heroine in the 50 Years Since Mia Havero 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Maiya Ibrahim | Moderator Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press) | Panelist Lee Murray | Panelist Glenda Larke |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:30
15:30
Reading: Daryl Gregory 25 minutes 15:30 NZST  -  15:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Daryl Gregory |
Reading
17:00
17:00
On Afrofuturism 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Oghenechovwe Ekpeki | Panelist Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction) | Panelist Eugen Bacon | Moderator Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works) |
Panel
Asian Women of Horror: The Experience of Perpetual "Otherness" Through the Lens of Dark Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Lee Murray | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) | Moderator Geneve Flynn | Panelist Umiyuri Katsuyama |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
19:00
19:00
Spirits Abroad and At Home 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Mimi Mondal (Self) | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Moderator Z Aung |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Meditation for Connection 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
11:00
11:00
Masquerade 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Event
Costuming/Cosplay
The Second Golden Age: SF of the 1960s 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Bradford Lyau | Panelist Robert Silverberg | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Jack Dann | Panelist Kathryn Sullivan |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy1960s
Reading: Sarah Pinsker 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Old New Writers 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Jack Dann | Participant Joe Haldeman |
Panel
FandomWriting/Business of Writing
13:00
13:00
History and SF 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Arkady Martine | Panelist Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) | Panelist Claire Bartlett | Moderator Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Ada Palmer |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Great Worlds in SF 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre) | Moderator Fred Lerner | Panelist Amy (A.K.) DuBoff | Panelist Walter Jon Williams | Panelist Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Asimov at 100 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Kenn Bates | Moderator Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Panelist J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless) | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Fandom Over the Years - The Female Perspective 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Andi Dukleth (Accidental Aliens and KPBS News) | Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Panelist Gay Haldeman | Moderator Jennifer Zwahr-Castro (St. Mary's University of San Antonio, TX) |
Panel
FandomScience Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
Get to Know SFWA 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Steven Silver (SFWA) | Panelist Cat Rambo (Cat Rambo) | Panelist Curtis Chen (SFWA) | Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
14:00
14:00
Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Andy Dudak | Panelist Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa) | Panelist Elizabeth Knox | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Through the Magic Door: The Appeal of Portal Fantasies 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist H.G. Parry | Panelist Alix Harrow | Panelist Sally McLennan | Moderator Kathryn Sullivan |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Climate Fiction/Climate Fact 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) | Panelist Arkady Martine | Panelist Tim Jones | Panelist Alex Acks |
Panel
Science/TechnologyScience Fiction/Fantasy
15:00
15:00
Pandemic Myths and Facts 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (LIRNEasia) | Moderator Naomi Kritzer | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Mason A. Porter (University of California) | Panelist Perrianne Lurie |
Panel
The Regency Today: On the Continuing Popularity of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Mary Robinette Kowal | Moderator Kathleen Jennings | Panelist Carrie Vaughn | Panelist Jane Routley |
Panel
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University) | Panelist Jennifer Mace | Panelist Sarah Beth Durst | Panelist Garth Nix | Panelist Maiya Ibrahim |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Access to Space 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist Bill Higgins (Fermilab) | Moderator L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Dave Taylor (ARISS) | Panelist Stephen Dedman |
Panel
Science/Technology

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
7:00
7:00
Parties: 1 August, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
9:30
9:30
Reading: Arkady Martine 25 minutes 9:30 NZST  -  9:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Arkady Martine |
Reading
10:00
10:00
Young Adult Fiction: From the Page and From the Screen 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Beth Durst | Moderator Jodi McAlister | Panelist Denika Mead | Panelist Holly Black |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyYoung AdultMedia
11:00
11:00
Hugo Awards Ceremony 3 hours 30 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  14:30 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Presenter Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Presenter Rose Mitchell | Presenter Robert Silverberg | Presenter Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Presenter Erin Underwood | Presenter Larry Dixon | Presenter Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop) | Moderator George R. R. Martin |
Event
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Apocalypse Now and Then: The Changing Nature of Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse Fiction 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Potential Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware) | Moderator Marlee Jane Ward | Panelist Cassie Hart | Panelist Bren MacDibble | Panelist Cat Sparks |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
The Future of Engineering/Design/Manufacturing: Influencing the World, Influencing SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury) | Panelist Tore Høie (Fringilla) | Panelist Mark English (Clarinspect) | Panelist Curtis Chen (SFWA) | Panelist Chris Winspear (Manifester 3D) |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyScience/Technology
15:00
15:00
Not Your Parents' Space Opera 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Valerie Valdes | Moderator Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Panelist Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) | Panelist Becky Chambers |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Parties: 1 August, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
16:00
16:00
Writers on Writing: The Craft of Writing Alternate History 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Sarah Gailey | Moderator Stuart Hardwick (cStuartHardwick.com) | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing
Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Danny Lore (Fiyah Magazine) | Panelist Claire Light | Panelist Cindy Lynn Speer | Moderator Carrie Vaughn | Panelist Janna Ruth |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Good Work, Questionable Creator 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre) | Panelist Richard Gilliam (Self) | Moderator Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist |
Panel
Other
Reading: SL Huang 25 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker SL Huang |
Reading
17:00
17:00
Essentials of TARDIS Engineering 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) |
Presentation
Science/TechnologyMedia
18:00
18:00
Why We Read/Write/Edit Anthologies 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Jack Dann | Panelist Mimi Mondal (Self) | Panelist Katherine Quevedo | Panelist Aidan Doyle |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
20:00
20:00
Bedtime stories with Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Speaker Larry Dixon | Participant Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) |
Reading
23:00
23:00
Parties: 1 August, party band #1 3 hours 23:00 NZST  -  2:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
7:00
7:00
Parties: 2 August, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
9:00
9:00
Reading: Vylar Kaftan 25 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Vylar Kaftan |
Reading
10:00
10:00
Fairy Tales and Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Vida Cruz | Moderator Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee) | Panelist Ellen Datlow | Panelist Eileen Mueller | Panelist Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
The History of the Book 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter Ada Palmer |
Presentation
11:00
11:00
Closing Ceremony 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Master of ceremonies Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Master of ceremonies Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Participant Bill Lawhorn | Participant Colette Fozard |
Event
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Karl Schroeder | Moderator Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Panelist SB Divya |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Military SF: Getting It Right 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Moderator Kin-Ming Looi (-) | Panelist Joe Haldeman |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:30
11:30
Reading: Naomi Kritzer 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Naomi Kritzer |
Reading
12:00
12:00
TV in Space: The Expanse, Star Trek, The Orville, and More 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly) | Moderator Amy (A.K.) DuBoff | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Daniel Abraham | Panelist Julie Czerneda |
Panel
MediaScience Fiction/Fantasy
In Conversation: Gary K. Wolfe and Joe Haldeman 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Joe Haldeman | Panelist Gary K Wolfe (Locus Magazine) |
Dialogue
Reading: Holly Black 25 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Holly Black |
Reading
12:30
12:30
Reading: Cory Doctorow 25 minutes 12:30 NZST  -  12:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Cory Doctorow |
Reading
13:00
13:00
The Best of the Rest: 2019 Novels that Weren't Nominated for a Hugo 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Jo Van |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Virtual Conventions and Conferences 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Panelist Erin Underwood | Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Moderator Steven Silver (SFWA) |
Panel
FandomScience/Technology
Reading: Sarah Gailey 25 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Sarah Gailey |
Reading
15:00
15:00
Parties: 2 August, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party