Ms Jess Bridges
Participates in 5 items
Sessions in which Ms Jess Bridges participates
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Swancon 2020 Launch Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Best Book Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Librarians are amongst us, and have strong opinions about gateway genre books.Come along and share your stories about that book - ...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- WASFF Annual General Meeting Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 2 hours
- NOTICE OF 2019 WASFF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAt Swancon, at The Esplanade hotel in Fremantle on Sunday the 21st of April, 4pm.
- Panel
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- A Survivor's Guide to the Apocalypse Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Required reading and set texts Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- The Swancon2020 committee chat with you about how best to prepare for next year's convention. Come along and find out what to read, watch and do to...
- Collaborative
Sessions in which Ms Jess Bridges attends
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Charlie Jane Anders Reading and Q&A Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Problematic favourites: How to read from the past Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Times change, as do social attitudes and our common ground of morals and ethics. A science fiction novel that might seem perfectly acceptable upon ...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Finding the Difference: Australian SF vs the Rest of the World Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Australia has a strong and vibrant speculative fiction industry and community - but how does it differ from the SF produced in the USA, the UK, or ...
- Panel
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- 2018 movies: from the kids' seats Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Panel
- The Wandering Earth, and other Asian science fiction cinema Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Chinese SF blockbuster The Wandering Earth has become a massive commercial hit in its own country, but it has also gained widespread attenti...
- Panel
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Streaming the novel: Adapting literature to the small screen Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- With the expansion of television drama onto streaming video providers, it has become easier to adapt literary texts in a bespoke manner for smaller...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Using science fiction and fantasy texts to teach thinking skills and philosophy in primary and secondary schools Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Current trends in education, coming out of Harvard University’s Project Zero, emphasise the importance of ‘visible thinking’ routines and practices...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Authentic Climate Future Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Whatever humanity’s future actions, it now seems all-but-guaranteed that the Earth of 2100 is not going to resemble the Earth of 2019. Science fict...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Who Wants to Live Forever: Implications of Immortality Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Immortality is a common element in science fiction and fantasy, but what would it actually be like? What would you need to do and think abou...
- Panel
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Trends in children's and young adult SFF Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- Gina Goddard takes you through a survey of what’s moving and shaking in SF/F for young people: including diversity, multi-modality and the wild wor...
- Talk
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- A House Made from Stories: Building the Anthology Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- How does an editor construct the perfect original anthology of science fiction? How doyou develop the subject matter or theme, how do you selec...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Just Imagine: costume design in SF films Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- By examining the costumes in some early examples of SF films we will explore how a visual language for 'Science Fiction' was established and how...
- Talk