
Gillian Polack
Participates in 7 items
Dr Gillian Polack is an Australian writer, editor, historian and teacher, with doctorates in both history and creative writing. Several of her books have been short-listed for awards. She is a member of Book View Café and also blogs for the History Girls and for Medievalists.net. In her copious spare time she practises sarcasm, cooking, reading and narrative analysis.
From her very first novel readers told her that her fiction reflected her life, when it really didn’t. To make up for this, she generally includes at least one real episode in each of her novels. Her least-favourite real life episode in her fiction is when 78 people were playing Trivia in a burning building… and she was in charge.
Sessions in which Gillian Polack participates
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- Kaffeeklatsch: Gillian Polack
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Kaffeeklatsch
16:00
16:00
- Using History to Build a World for Writing or Playing
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Workshops
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Workshop
9:00
9:00
- Fan Fund Auction Programming - Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
- 9:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Auction
14:00
14:00
- Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
13:00
13:00
- Walking the Journey: The Role of Nature and Place in Speculative Fiction Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
16:00
16:00
- Writers on Writing: The Craft of Writing Alternate History Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
9:00
9:00
- Apocalypse as Insight Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
Sessions in which Gillian Polack attends
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- World Building for Fantasy Programming - Workshops
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Presentation
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17:00
- Japanese Science Fiction Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
23:00
23:00
- Parties: 29 July, party band #1 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party
10:00
10:00
- Special Effects in Feature Films: The Evolution from Willis O'Brien to Industrial Light and Magic and Weta Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
11:00
11:00
- Explorations of Character and Narrative Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
13:00
13:00
- Kaffeeklatsch: Joyce Chng
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Kaffeeklatsch
15:30
15:30
- Reading: Taiyo Fujii Programming - Reading Room 2
- 15:30 NZST - 15:55 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
17:00
17:00
- The Female in the Fantastic Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
16:00
16:00
- Kaffeeklatsch: Melinda Snodgrass
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Kaffeeklatsch
7:00
7:00
- Parties: 1 August, party band #2 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 7:00 NZST - 10:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party
9:00
9:00
- An "Evening" with Peadar & Farah Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Interview
10:00
10:00
- Reading: Frances Hardinge Programming - Reading Room 1
- 10:00 NZST - 10:25 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
17:00
17:00
- Kaffeeklatsch: Michelle Lovi
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Kaffeeklatsch
18:00
18:00
- Intersection of Science Fiction and Technology in Japan Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
20:00
20:00
- Book Launch: Shadow in the Empire of Light Programming - Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
- 20:00 NZST - 20:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Book Launch
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22:00
- Nordic Fantastic Literature Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 22:00 NZST - 22:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
23:00
23:00
- Parties: 1 August, party band #1 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party
7:00
7:00
- Parties: 2 August, party band #2 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 7:00 NZST - 10:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party
10:00
10:00
- Fairy Tales and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- From Page to Screen: Screenwriting 101 Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
11:00
11:00
- These Old Shades: If Georgette Heyer Wrote a Ghost Story Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
12:00
12:00
- Kaffeeklatsch: David Levine
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Kaffeeklatsch
13:00
13:00
- Beyond the Anglosphere: SF and Fantasy from the Rest of the World Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
15:00
15:00
- Parties: 2 August, party band #3 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 15:00 NZST - 18:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party