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Dianne Watson

Participates in 2 items

Sessions in which Dianne Watson participates

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Swancon 2019 launch set-up
30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Closed

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

FE Waters (Participant)

Mr David Gunn (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Swancon 2019 Launch
30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

FE Waters (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Mr David Gunn (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Sessions in which Dianne Watson attends

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Jewelry Making
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Making your cosplay glow
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

David Horton (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Miyazaki: a retrospective
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Shasta Calvo (Participant)

Miyazaki Hayao is one of the biggest names in animation, and in Japanese cinema. In this panel we explore his history, starting with his early days...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Never, ever underestimate a library
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Moderator)

David Medlen (Participant)

Ms Jessica Davey (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Edwina Harvey, Peggy Bright Books (Participant)

The internet has brought a decreased need to travel to a physical place to find facts or even fiction. Freed from these housekeeping tasks, what am...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Australian Landscapes as Characters
1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Shasta Calvo (Participant)

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

From the deserts to the suburbs*, Australian landscapes have been turned into important characters in their own right, particularly in YA sf and fa...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Safe Spaces LARP
1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Maia Bobrowicz (Participant)

We've had some great discussions over the years and it's time to walk that talk. This workshop is an opportunity to examine difficult situations ...

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Mining the Mundane
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6

Panel

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Nanci Nott (Participant)

Writers and content creators use a range of sources and techniques to nurture the creative spark. Sometimes these sources are their own lives and h...
Art show
7 hours 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer

Keynote

Live action board games!
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Collaborative

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Come along and play large scale board games. We have:Hungry, hungry hippo!Foosball!Kerplunk!(But not Operation. No ...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Changing Nature of Fan Communities
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

Dave Luckett (Participant)

Swancon has been running for 43 years, and fandom has changed around the convention during this time. (Or has it?) What was Perth fandom like in th...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Book launch: Survival by Rachel Watts
30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6

Book Signings

Rachel Watts (Participant)

Join Rachel Watts to celebrate the launch of Survival, a young adult novella.Ignorance is cheap. And then it costs you everything...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Ryan J Griffen Guest of Honour event
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Aurealis Award Ceremony
2 hours, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6

Keynote

    The 2017 Aurealis Awards are for works of speculative fiction by authors, editors and illustrators. The Aurealis Awards are a se...
Fannish Speed Friend-ating
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom foyer

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Swancon 2019 launch set-up
30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Closed

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

FE Waters (Participant)

Mr David Gunn (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Swancon 2019 Launch
30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

FE Waters (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Mr David Gunn (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

5:30 PM
5:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5

Book Signings

Amanda Bridgeman (Participant)

Amanda Bridgeman launches her latest novel, The Time of the Stripes, a standalone SF novel. Amanda will read an excerpt and chat about her w...
Sample Hague Publishing's 2018 releases
1 hour, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6

Talk

Andrew Harvey, Hague Publishing / Science Fiction Author (Participant)

Andrew Harvey reads excerpts from forthcoming works with Hague Publishing:There's No Place Like Hell by Janis Hill (the sequel to
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Masquerade chill out space
2 hours, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Participant)

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Knitting 101
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Collaborative

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Liam Orton (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Have you always wanted to knit or crochet? Do you knit, but you haven't brought your yarn and needles to the convention? Come along to Knitting 101...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Lara . Lara (Participant)

Have you had a think about creating your own soap or cheese, but don’t know where to start? Do you think  you need a whole lot of specialised ...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Evolution of Table Top Games
1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5

Panel

Robert Masters rdm (Participant)

Leece (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Bush Skills
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Talk

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Fans of Sport Panel
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Deb Costello (Participant)

Mr Michael Cogan, Swancon (Participant)

Sport: it’s like a game! Many of us bookish types reflexively recoil from sport (possibly because of memories from school), but sport has plenty to...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Fan Fund Auction
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Amanda Bridgeman (Participant)

Jay Watson (Moderator)

The Fan Funds represented at the convention auction memorabilia and trinkets to raise funds for the next great adventure. Come along, buy amazing a...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Chocolate Tasting
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7

Workshop

Sandra Norman Sandra (Participant)

Deb Costello (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Grant Stone (Participant)

Come along and listen to Grant Stone reminisce about Swancons past, prompted by the t-shirt designs of the day. This panel really needs its own t-s...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Cross-fertilising, from genre to aesthetic
1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

Carol Ryles (Participant)

Rebecca Laffar-Smith, Sci Fi Fantasy Author (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Cross-fertilising genres gives awesome results like the SF spy novel and the supernatural romance. The panel discusses why these combinations are s...
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
WA Awards Ceremony (Tin Ducks)
30 minutes, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Western Australia’s own SF/F/etc. Awards since 1982, the Tin Ducks are awarded each year at Swancon. (The name is a play on another WA award, the S...
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
National Awards Ceremony (Ditmars)
30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Australia’s national SF awards since 1969, the Ditmars are awarded each year at the Natcon, which this year is Swancon.These fan-voted awards i...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Murdoch Mysteries
1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Damian Magee (Participant)

Fern Clarke (Participant)

Why has this series has taken the world by storm? Why is the series still going strong in its 11th season?  The panellists explore why they lo...
Swancon History Panel
1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Anthony Peacey (Participant)

Grant Stone (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Barb de la Hunty, Grant Stone and Tony Peacey were there in the early days of Swancon. They have stories to tell, about how Swancon started and beg...

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Live action board games!
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Collaborative

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Come along and play large scale board games. We have:Hungry, hungry hippo!Foosball!Kerplunk!(But not Operation. No ...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Apocalyptic outback Australia
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Rachel Watts (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Some non-urban regions of Australia seem like the apocalypse has already arrived. (Ever driven through a small wheatbelt town on a Sunday afternoon...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Swancon Feedback Panel
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Workshop

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Tell us how we did: what bits you loved, what bits we could have done better. We’ll engage in some constructive criticism as to how to rework less-...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Closing Ceremony
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

It’s four days later, your tiredness has reached the point where anything is funny, and you’re in a roomful of people you’ve shared the convention ...