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Thursday 18 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Sundowner
3 hours 30 minutes, 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Esplanade Park, across the road

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

This year Swancon will kick off with a Sundowner Social in the park. The formal programming will start on Friday, so this will be an ...

Friday 19 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Keynote

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Todd Rowlands (Participant)

Mr David Gunn (Participant)

Mrs Cathy Cogan, XIYANALA'S TOYS N THINGS (Participant)

Amanda Rainey (Participant)

Welcome to Swancon 44: The Future is Now, featuring guests of honour Charlie Jane Anders, Jonathan Strahan, and Travis Johnson! Come along to the o...
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Is climate fiction the new cyberpunk?
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Cat Sparks (Participant)

TJ Nichols (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Cyberpunk was a hugely popular sub-genre of science fiction, particularly in the 1980s when issues of technology, urbanisation, and changing cultur...
XY and I know it
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Drhoz Drhoz (Participant)

Jack Bridges (Participant)

Cyberpunk outside the city
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

The city seems an integral part of the cyberpunk genre – but how necessary is it? What are the core tropes and themes of cyberpunk, and how might t...
Craft time
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Console Gaming
13 hours 25 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:55 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Orion Room

Board Games
13 hours 25 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:55 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades

11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Up Up and Away: 81 years of Superman
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Talk

Damian Magee (Participant)

This powerpoint presentation take look at the history of Superman through the mass media, from the voice of Superman on radio, to animation, fil...
Miyazaki’s heir: Contemporary anime cinema
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Mr John Samuel John Samuel (@arcadiagt5) (Participant)

For several decades the director Hayao Miyazaki held a lofty position as the most pre-eminent filmmaker of animation in Japan. Now with him leaning...

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Paul Talbot (Potential)

Dr Andrew Williams (Participant)

Melissa Ferguson (Participant)

Natasha Hurley-Walker (Participant)

As readers of science fiction we may love all of the tales of faster-than-light travel, hyperspace, anti-gravity, laser guns, time travel, and othe...
Super Hero capes and costumes
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch Friday
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Closed

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Charlie Jane Anders Reading and Q&A
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Keynote

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Junior board games
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Gina Goddard (Participant)

Times change, as do social attitudes and our common ground of morals and ethics. A science fiction novel that might seem perfectly acceptable upon ...
Problems Houston never had
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Talk

David Horton (Participant)

Contingency plans of the space program, looking at some of the more odd answers to the question 'what if this thing goes horribly wrong' from the (...
Nature crafts (outside)
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Amanda Bridgeman (Participant)

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Glenda Larke (Participant)

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 ...
Doctor Who: Season 2
2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Damian Magee (Participant)

Mrs Heather Magee (Participant)

Mr Danny Oz (Participant)

Mr Aaron Creaser Aaron (Participant)

Colin Sharpe (Participant)

Ms Christy Leach (Participant)

With Doctor Who's second season, the series continued to be popular with the mixture of sci-fi and with some historical stories to take a hu...

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

In the world of Japanese horror cinema, Kiyoshi Kurosawa remains one of the most respected and critically acclaimed writer/directors. His powerful ...
My Little Pony artwork
30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Workshop

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Story time
30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
The Purpose of Critics
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Andrew Peirce (Participant)

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

Travis Johnson (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Critics have always been around to analyse, discuss and consider works of art of all genres. They play a firm role in science fiction, fantasy and ...
Weird Nature for Weird Fiction
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Robert Masters rdm (Participant)

Leece (Participant)

Drhoz Drhoz (Participant)

Our planet hosts an incredibly diverse population of plant and animal life, and at the margins things can become really unexpected and dizzyingly w...
Quiet activities
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Dinner Friday
1 hour 30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Closed

7:30 PM
7:30 PM
Video Quiz
1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Workshop

Damian Magee (Participant)

This award winning event is back for its 13th (yes 13th!) year with clips from various film, TV and music. Can you guess the ...
You Win or You Die: The End of Game of Thrones
1 hour 30 minutes, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

PR K (Participant)

Mr Grant Watson (Moderator)

Within just a few weeks, HBO's groundbreaking and phenomenally successful fantasy Game of Thrones will broadcast its final episode. Now that we are...
A few good cons
1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

PR K (Participant)

Jack Bridges (Participant)

Laura Hodge (Participant)

Wendy Rahtz, Ya Mum's House (Participant)

Doug Burbidge (Participant)

8:30 PM
8:30 PM
Tech Support Laughs and Mishaps
1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Evil Kenevil BRIAN JOHNSON, Lindentech (Participant)

Funny stories about what your IT support technician did (or didn't) do and other funny behind the curtains shenanigans. What happens ...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Travis and Grant go to the Movies
1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

Travis Johnson (Participant)

Film critics Travis Johnson and Grant Watson have a lot of opinions about science fiction, fantasy, and horror cinema, and they are not afraid to s...

Saturday 20 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

Mark Loney Mark Loney (Participant)

Damian Magee (Participant)

Chinese SF blockbuster The Wandering Earth has become a massive commercial hit in its own country, but it has also gained widespread attenti...
2018 movies: from the kids' seats
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Rosalie C (Participant)

Lyra Telfer (Participant)

Live-action Foosball
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Collaborative

Fern Clarke (Participant)

Furniture Parkour
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dave Chandler (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

The hit panel of last years family program is back! Learn how to parkour. Getting around the lounge room has never been so fun, and you are allowed...
Console Gaming
14 hours 25 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Orion Room

Board Games
14 hours 25 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades

10:30 AM
10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Amanda Bridgeman (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Travis Johnson (Participant)

With the expansion of television drama onto streaming video providers, it has become easier to adapt literary texts in a bespoke manner for smaller...
Remembering Vonda McIntrye's work
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Collaborative

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

Moderated by Anna Hepworth, this is a ‘come along and discuss the impact of Vonda McIntyre’s work’ round table. McIntrye received Hugo, Nebula and ...
Writing workshop
3 hours, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Signup required

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Workshop

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Join Stephen Dedman for an intensive writing workshop and Q&A. Bring a draft you are working on if you have one, bring writing tools, brin...
Marshmallow constellations
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

Ellora Ker (Participant)

Korean idols (popstars really doesn't do them justice) acting in Korean dramas. Are they just there because they are pretty and they bring ratings,...
Coming of the Apes
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Talk

Damian Magee (Participant)

With the reboot of the planet of the Apes saga, it's time to look back on those three films and compare them with the earlier films and look at how...
Group story
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch Saturday
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Closed

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Jonathan Strahan in Interview
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Cat Sparks (Moderator)

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Since the development of the spec fic journal Eidolon through literally dozens of collections and anthologies and a string of Hugo Award nomination...
Iron Brain guerilla programming
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Collaborative

Coreynn Tan (Participant)

One Woman's Skribbles
2 hours, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Workshop

Tanya Beeson (Participant)

Animator, artist, geek, gamer, teacher, and untrained, unqualified paleontologist: Tanya Beeson will take you through the basics of how to draw ...
Transport of the future.
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Susan Ackermann Susan Ackermann (Participant)

Gina Goddard (Participant)

Current trends in education, coming out of Harvard University’s Project Zero, emphasise the importance of ‘visible thinking’ routines and practices...
AO3: Fans Organising Online
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Participant)

Samara (Participant)

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

With the AO3 nominated for a Huge this year, it's timely to revisit how far the Archive of Our Own has come and how impressive its infrastructure i...
Space rocks
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Join the rock-hiding craze. Decorate a rock or two using markers, which then can be released into the park or other communal areas for others to fi...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
The Authentic Climate Future
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Cat Sparks (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Mark Loney Mark Loney (Participant)

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...

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Natasha Hurley-Walker (Participant)

Our world is undergoing huge changes due to humankind's insatiable demand for resources. As a kid, I always assumed that by now we'd be terrafor...
How we edit
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

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

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Behind every professionally published short story, anthology and novel there is an editor, working with the author to improve, develop and transfor...
Write a song
30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Workshop

Rosalie C (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Mobile magic
30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Swancon 2020 Launch
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Keynote

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Participant)

Sarah Parker (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Jack Bridges (Participant)

Emily Ruffin (Participant)

Quiet activities
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Dinner Saturday
1 hour 30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Closed

7:30 PM
7:30 PM
The 2019 Tin Duck Awards
1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Keynote

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

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...
The Videogames Canon
1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Andrew Peirce (Participant)

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Participant)

Brendan Ragan Brendan "LordMortis" Ragan, Lumi Interactive (Participant)

A panel of gaming experts will gather with one task in mind: to assemble the 10 most important videogames of all time. If you had never encountered...
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
Tin Duck Dance Party
2 hours, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Signup required

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

Travis Johnson (Participant)

Follow up the 2019 Tin Duck Awards ceremony with an evening of dance, chat, and social mixing for the whole Swancon, with Grant and Travis playing ...
Pushing the Limits: Extreme Biology
1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Drhoz Drhoz (Participant)

Life finds a way. Sometimes that way isn't the obvious or easiest way.The panelists discuss some of the oddities of biological life...

Sunday 21 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Isao Takahata: The underappreciated gems
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Mr John Samuel John Samuel (@arcadiagt5) (Participant)

Damian Magee (Participant)

Anime director Isao Takahata died in 2018, leaving behind a creative legacy of 12 films made between 1968 and 2013. With much of his output coming ...
Cosplay workshop
3 hours, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Ms Jessica Davey (Participant)

From dress forms, pattern drafting and concept to foam crafting, sewing and accessories. An overview of cosplay creation from concept to display. I...
Easter Egg Hunt
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Console Gaming
14 hours 25 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Orion Room

Board Games
14 hours 25 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades

10:30 AM
10:30 AM
The Search for Exoplanets
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Talk

Dr Andrew Williams (Participant)

In 1991, there were exactly nine known planets in the entire universe - the planets orbiting our Sun. Nobody knew for sure whether planets were inc...
Made in Abyss: Episodes 1-2
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Screening

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

Easter craft time
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Ben Young: How to Make a Film
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Mr Ben Young (Participant)

Travis Johnson (Participant)

Western Australian film director Ben Young won widespread critical acclaim for his terrifying 2016 thriller Hounds of Love. He followed it up in 20...

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Dave Luckett (Participant)

Gina Goddard (Participant)

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Glenda Larke (Participant)

With so many fantasy novels based in a setting drawn from medieval Europe, it’s no surprise to see so many stories based around monarchies - kings ...
Laser maze
30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Disney song-a-long
30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Collaborative

Rosalie C (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch Sunday
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Closed

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The best literary science fiction of 2018
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Melissa Ferguson (Participant)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Soon it will be time for nominations to be submitted and votes decided for this year’s speculative fiction awards. What were the best novels and sh...
Not everything needs a 3D printer
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Talk

David Horton (Participant)

A look at how to use (and abuse) assorted hand tools and other things from the hardware store in making and cosplay. Not everything cool needs thou...
The Best Book
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Gina Goddard (Participant)

Librarians are amongst us, and have strong opinions about gateway genre books.Come along and share your stories about that book - ...
Franken plushies
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Amanda Bridgeman (Participant)

TJ Nichols (Potential)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Potential)

Melissa Ferguson (Participant)

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...

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

Keira McKenzie (Participant)

For six decades, the English author Alan Garner has written some of the most memorable and enduring children’s fantasy ever published. Rich with Br...

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Satima Flavell (Participant)

For many writers of science fiction and fantasy, the money earned from her or his craftis never enough with which to make a living. What other ...
Frankenplushie wars
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
The Cosplay Display
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Signup required

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Ms Jessica Davey (Participant)

Bring you best- show off your cosplay costume for judging! Share a moment with your fellow cosplayers, admire each others work and enjoy the cospla...
WASFF Annual General Meeting
2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

PR K (Moderator)

Frames White (Potential)

Doug Burbidge (Participant)

Evil Kenevil BRIAN JOHNSON, Lindentech (Participant)

Mrs Andrea Johnson (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Jack Bridges (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Laura Hodge (Participant)

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Participant)

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

NOTICE OF 2019 WASFF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAt Swancon, at The Esplanade hotel in Fremantle on Sunday the 21st of April, 4pm.
So you want to be a merperson?
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Leece (Participant)

Robert Masters rdm (Participant)

So you want to be a merperson? Presented by Alicia Smith and Rob Masters. Have you ever dreamed of gliding effortlessly through the cerulean wate...
Modern machines
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Mr Aaron Creaser Aaron (Participant)

Mrs Heather Magee (Participant)

Damian Magee (Participant)

Ms Christy Leach (Participant)

Mr Michael Cogan, Swancon (Participant)

In 2018 Doctor Who returned for its 11th 21st century season, with a change of aesthetic, a change of executive produc...
Reading: Satima Flavell
30 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Talk

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Quiet activities
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Reading: Ian Nicholls
30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Talk

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Dinner Sunday
1 hour 30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Closed

7:30 PM
7:30 PM
The Making of Top Knot Detective
1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Travis Johnson (Participant)

Aaron McCann (Participant)

A.J. Coultier (Participant)

In 2017 Dominic Pearce and Aaron McCann directed the acclaimed and ground-breaking documentary Top Knot Detective, detailing the surprising ...
LARP
3 hours, 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Signup required

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Collaborative

Adrian Smith (Participant)

8:30 PM
8:30 PM
Screening: Top Knot Detective
2 hours, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Screening

Narrated by Des Mangan, this documentary feature reveals the true story of the making of cult Japanese hit Ronin Suiri Tantai - released in Aust...
Retro computing
1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Panel

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Participant)

Christopher Phillips (Potential)

Jeanette Phillips (Potential)

Shay Telfer (Potential)

16 bits should be enough for anybody! Come meet several enthusiastic collectors of old computers and consoles. We discuss buying, repairing, main...
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
Speculative Fiction in Kpop Music Videos
1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

Continuing the now annual tradition of showcasing speculative fiction video clips within the highly competitive Korean music market, and the earwor...

Monday 22 April, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
A Survivor's Guide to the Apocalypse
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Craft time
1 hour, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Console Gaming
7 hours 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Orion Room

Board Games
7 hours 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades

10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Unknown Anime of the 1970s
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Talk

Damian Magee (Participant)

In this second part of Unknown Anime, we look at those Anime from the 1970's that never reached the English speaking world after first screening in...
Trends in children's and young adult SFF
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Talk

Gina Goddard (Participant)

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...
Made in Abyss: episodes 3-4.
1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Screening

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

Kit Kat Jenga
30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Dance class with Rosalie
30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Workshop

Rosalie C (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

PR K (Moderator)

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Potential)

Charlie Jane Anders (Participant)

Tori Khangure (Participant)

The Star Trek franchise, which has fractured and transformed in recent years due to the separation of CBS and Paramount, has been back on te...
Plastic and fantastic: The Barbie movies
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Gina Goddard (Participant)

Emma Hawkes Emma (Participant)

Beyond the pink, the heels and the anatomically incorrect bodies lies surprising fun for the SF/F fan. Over 36 movies Barbie travels under the sea,...
Paper planes and other origami
1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

Can you design the plane that stays in the air the longest, or will your plane go the furthest? If you’re not into planes some other paper-folding ...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch Monday
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Closed

1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Live action Foosball tournament
2 hours, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent

Collaborative

2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Jonathan Strahan (Participant)

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications (Participant)

How does an editor construct the perfect original anthology of science fiction? How doyou develop the subject matter or theme, how do you selec...
Anime Today
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Mr John Samuel John Samuel (@arcadiagt5) (Participant)

Internationally, Japanese animation has made the shift from cult favourite to mainstream entertainment. How has this changed the kind of animation ...
Junior board gaming
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Panel

Melissa Ferguson (Participant)

Travis Johnson (Participant)

Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner was set in the year 2019. Now that the real world has caught up with the fictional, how accurate was t...
Just Imagine: costume design in SF films
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Talk

Gina Goddard (Participant)

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...
Tidy up and pack away
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room

Dianne Watson (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Required reading and set texts
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Collaborative

Sarah Parker (Participant)

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Laura Hodge (Participant)

Emily Ruffin (Participant)

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...
A Matter of Context
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound

Panel

Liam Orton (Participant)

Mr Grant Watson (Participant)

Ever wandered how Macgyver sees the world, what it feels like to endure starvation, jump from a plane, suffer from frostbite and so forth? Now try ...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Closing Ceremony
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf

Keynote

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

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