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Rachel Watts

Writer
Participates in 3 items

Rachel Watts is an award-winning journalist and a writer of literary and speculative fiction.

She holds a Master's Degree in Media and Communication and teaches creative writing to adults and teenagers.

Her short stories and non-fiction have been published by Westerly, Island, Kill Your Darlings, Tincture and more.

Rachel Watts lives in Perth, Western Australia. Her climate change, speculative fiction novella Survival is available in stores now.

Sessions in which Rachel Watts participates

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
11:30 AM
11:30 AM

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • With a whimper, not a bang
  • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Rather than ending in a loud, messy apocalyptic bang, what if climate change turns out to be a slow, terrible descent into poor drinking water, mos...
  • Panel
    Science fictionFuturism
    Science fictionclimate changeWriting

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Apocalyptic outback Australia
  • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Some non-urban regions of Australia seem like the apocalypse has already arrived. (Ever driven through a small wheatbelt town on a Sunday afternoon...
  • Panel
    Science fiction
    Science fictionAustraliaWriting

Sessions in which Rachel Watts attends

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
  • Australian Landscapes as Characters
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • From the deserts to the suburbs*, Australian landscapes have been turned into important characters in their own right, particularly in YA sf and fa...
  • Panel
    Science fictionWriting
    WritingReadingAustraliaGuest of Honour

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • Aurealis Award Ceremony
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 2 hours
  •     The 2017 Aurealis Awards are for works of speculative fiction by authors, editors and illustrators. The Aurealis Awards are a se...
  • Keynote