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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
9:46 pm [ozzyols]	Dammit I'm a Doctor, Not a Pin Up Girl! This is the quote that Karl Urban wrote on the poster behind his signing booth at Supa Nova this weekend. To everyone from Swancon who came on down to check it out, I hope you all had as an amazing time as I did. The atmosphere was great, the guests were engaging and I am certain that there will be a few interesting photos buzzing around in the not to distant future. Our "Morale Officer" Coryann was BIG splash with Con goers and Con guests alike and she turned heads wherever she went (what can we say she enjoys her job)  A full report on the weekend should be available online from our site at the end of this week.  Stay tuned because our next PR will be out around the same time. Tickets for Harry Potter 6 sold well, so if you haven't already booked yours email me at 2010screenings@parasolonline.com for your booking...  We should also have some good news on a confirmed venue for 2010 in the very near future - so stay tuned for that one. Until next time...  Bye Bye and Bye Bons (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
8:16 pm [_bigjobbies_]	Lost and Found - Boardgames I've been going through my games preparing for the gaming sessions at Stirling libraries this week and have discovered the following: Lost My copy of Zooloretto - last seen for sure at Swancon. Box contains the various expansion tiles Found One copy Transeuropa One copy Blokus Both were left at Swancon Please check your collections so that the universe can be restored to its default setting (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
6:08 am [ozzyols]	Collecting Preordered Harry Potter Tickets from Supa Nova Hi Guys If you have already responded to the 2010screenings@parasolonline.com and booked your Harry Potter tickets for the 16th... AND you are going to Supa Nova over the weekend... come and say Hi to us in Artist's alley.  I will have the Harry Potter tickets there and the order list, so if you want to pick them up early rather than having to wait for the actual night you can. Look forward to seeing you there. Memberships and T-shirts for 2010 will also be on sale at the event. Cash or Cheque only. Full Member $130 Supporting Memberships $20 T-shirts (both designs) $20 each. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 29th, 2009
9:52 pm [ozzyols]	Website Update Hi Guys Just a quick line to let you know the website has been updated with some new info if you want to head over for a gander. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
10:40 pm [ozzyols]	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Hi Guys Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Tickets are now on sale. Date: Thursday 16th July 2009 Time: 6.45pm Location: Reading Cinemas Belmont Cost: $10.00 ORDERING TICKETS FOR THIS FILM ONLY - because of the interest in this film and the fact we will be selling tickets at Supa Nova on the weekend of the 4th and 5th and hope to sell out the screening only requests received in the 2010screenings@parasolonline.com mailbox will be accepted. It is a first in first served basis - so get in early.  Door sales of tickets may NOT be possible. normal rules apply - ticket orders must be in before 10pm Wednesday 15th July 2009. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
10:09 pm [ozzyols]	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen reminder Hi Guys Dropping you a friendly line to remind you that we have our screening of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" this Thursday 25th June at 6.45pm at Belmont Reading Cinemas Same deal as usual.  Tickets need to be ordered by 10pm Wednesday 24th June 2009 via the following email 2010screenings@parasolonline.com Replies to this post will go to my PERSONAL email address and any booking included will NOT be accepted.  All bookings MUST be made through the screenings email to be valid (Sorry to go all hard line, but I am getting that many emails at my home addy that things are getting missed and I need to fix that) Yoli (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
8:09 pm [_bigjobbies_]	Boardgaming Saturday The West Australian Boardgaming Association will hold their next Eurogamesfest get-together at: Mt Claremont Community Centre - Banksia Room 105 Montgomery Avenue Mt Claremont Saturday, June 13th 11am - 6pm Cost will be $5.00 As usual there will also be a door prize, with a selection of games to choose from. (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
6:10 pm [arcadiagt5]	Announcing the Chronos Awards The Continuum Foundation is proud to announce the Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian SF, fantasy and horror for works published in 2008. The Awards will be presented at Continuum 5 - Galaxies By Gaslight in August. Full rules are available here, and nominations close on 28 June 2009. (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
3:19 pm [_bigjobbies_]	Holiday Gaming - City of Stirling Call for Volunteers ! Having seen what we did at Swancon, The City of Stirling are interested in running some introduction to euro/family games in the upcoming school holidays (July 4-19). There are six libraries in the city, and they'd like to run a session at each... So I'm looking for volunteers to help me out :) At the moment I'm looking for folks who can spare 2 or more hours on any day to teach and play with kids and families (age 10+) - let me know what you can commit to and we can let the city know if we can or can't do this. Terry (Comment on this)
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
9:43 pm [kathrynlinge]	Swancon 2009 Art Show Hi All, I've put up a flickr set of the Swancon 2009 ArtShow here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathrynlinge/sets/72157617240942523/ It's mostly complete, though there might be a few more things still coming through... Kathryn (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
6:44 am [ozzyols]	Elementary my Dear Watson! Ladies and Gentlemen... Here is the first preview for the new Robert Downey Jnr/ Jude Law version of Sherlock Holmes. Swancon will be looking at having a Boxing Day Screening of this movie... just to keep you interested :D (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 18th, 2009
9:56 am [ozzyols]	Next Movie Screening Hi Guys For your information... our next movie screening is as follows: TERMINATOR SALVATION Date: Thursday 4th June 2009 Time: 6.45pm Location: Belmont Reading Cinema Cost: $10 As usual, bookings need to be made by no later than 10pm Wednesday 3rd June 2009 email 2010screenings@parasolonline.com for bookings. Cheers Yoli These details will also be placed on the Swancon Mailing List and Facebook sites.  Look forward to seeing you there. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
12:00 pm [girliejones]	Swancon 2009 Spending survey Just a quick reminder about the Swancon survey for those who attended this year. We're hoping to capture the information whilst it's still fresh in everyone's minds. Click Here to take survey Thank you to those who have already taken it and provided so much useful information. (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
6:51 am [editormum]	Ditmar Voting Now Open Remember, even if you're not a member of THIS year's Natcon, you're still eligible to vote if you were a member of Swancon 2008, LAST year's Natcon! :) The Ditmar sub-committee is very pleased to release the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards ballot for 2009, and declare voting open. Only members of the 2008 Natcon (Swancon) and 2009 Natcon (Conjecture) are eligible to vote.        Postal ballots will be distributed by post in the near future. Voting may also take place directly via email to ditmars@conjecture2009.org, and an online voting form will be made available as soon as we can.        The Ditmar Rules can be found online at http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules        Voting is an optional preferential ballot in all categories. Information on this form of voting can be found athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optional_Preferential_Voting        Any correspondence on the Ditmars may be addressed to ditmars@conjecture2009.org        David Cake        Sub-committee Chair        This years Ditmar ballot is: Best Novel ---------- Fivefold, Nathan Burrage Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch, Simon Haynes Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan How to Ditch Your Fair, Justine Larbaliester Daughter of Moab, Kim Westwood Earth Ascendant, Sean Wiliams Best Novella ----------- Soft Viscosity, David Conyers Night Heron's Curse, Thoraiya Dyer Angel Rising, Dirk Flintheart Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood Painlessness, Kirstyn McDermott Best Short Story --------------- Pale Dark Soldier, Deb Biancotti This Is Not My Story, Dirk Flinthart The Goosle, Margo Lanagan Her Collection of Intimacy, Paul Haines Moments of Dying, Rob Hood Sammarynda Deep, Cat Sparks Ass-Hat Magic Spider, Scott Westerfeld Best Collected Work ------------------ Dreaming Again, edited Jack Dann Canterbury 2100, edited Dirk Flinthart 2012, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne Midnight Echo, edited by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, edited Angela Challis Creeping In Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood The Starry Rift, edited Jonathon Strahan Best Artwork ------------ Aurealis #40 cover, Adam Duncan The Last Realm, Book 1 - Dragonscarpe, Michael Dutkiewics gallery in  Black Box, Andrew McKiernan Creeping In Reptile Flesh cover, Cat Sparks Cover of 2012, Cat Sparks Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan Best Fan Writer -------------- Craig Bezant for Horrorscope Edwina Harvey  for Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet Rob Hood for Undead Backbrain Chnck McKenzie for Horrorscope Mark Smith-Briggs for Horrorscopy Brenton Tonlinson, Horrorscope Best Fan Artist -------------- Rachel Holkner, for Gumble Soft toy and other works Nancy Lorenz for body of work Andrew McKiernan for body of work Tansy Rayner Roberts for Daleks are a girl's best friend David Schembri for body of work Cat Sparks for Scary Food Cookbook Anna Tambor, Box of Noses and other works Best Fan Publication ------------------ Horrorscope, Brimstone Press Scary Food Cookbook, edited by Cat Sparks Asif! (Australian Speculative Fiction In Focus) Australian SF Bullsheet William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review ---------------------------------------------- Dark Suspense: The End of the Line by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #3) George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead by Robert Hood (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2) Bad Film Diaries - Sometimes the Brand Burns: Tim Burton and the Planet of the Apes, Grant Watson (in Borderlands #10) "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction," Journal of Australian Studies, Kim Wilkins Best Achievement ---------------- Angela Challis for Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine and Brimstone Press. Marty Young and the AHWA Committe for promoting horror through the Australian Horror Writers Association Talie Helene for her work as AHWA News Editor Steve Clark for Tasmaniac Productions Damien Broderick for fiction editing in Cosmos Magazine James Doig for preserving colonial Australian horror fiction and his anthologies Australian Gothic and Australian Nightmares. The Gunny Project: A tribute to Ian Gunn 1959-1998, Jocko and K'Rin, presented MSFC Best New Talent --------------- Peter M. Ball Felicity Dowker Jason Fischer Gary Kemble Amanda Pillar    (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
11:18 pm [girliejones]	Swancon Spending Survey Please fill out our survey to help us get a better idea of the spending habits at Swancon 2009 across the Swancon membership. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Xgh_2bsRz8dMbGXJEsYhcxVA_3d_3d All information will be kept confidential. The final, processed results will be made available to both the Swancon 35 and 36 committees. This information will help each committee negotiate better hotel deals for Swancon. Please disseminate this link and encourage anyone who attended Swancon 2009 to participate. (Comment on this)
10:09 pm [ozzyols]	Mixing it up! Poll #1396279 Non Genre Film - "Public Enemies" Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All If Swancon could offer a screening of the new Johnny Depp/Christian Bale movie "Public Enemies" about the life and times of 30's Gangster - John Dillinger, would you be interested in attending? View Answers Yes 24 (55.8%) No 8 (18.6%) Maybe 11 (25.6%) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
9:49 pm [ozzyols]	Star Trek Screening Post Game round up. Once again I would like to thank everyone who turned up this evening to the screening of Start Trek.  Tonight we had 134 attendees I will admit, I went into the film with a little hint of trepidation - but I was amazingly pleased with the end result... yes I know there will be some who will have something to complain about, but let's face it - you can please all the people all the time... and It's still illegal to hunt people! The casting was great and the humor was infectious.  Then I saw who wrote it... Alex Kurtzman and Rob Orci... and it didn't surprise me in the least. I look forward to seeing you all at our next screening on 4th June 2009 at 6.45 - Terminator Salvation. On a side onte.  I will be putting a poll out into Live Journal shortly.  One of the trailers at this evenings event was for the Johnny Depp/Christian Bale 30's Gangster movie "Public Enemies".  Depending on the scedule we are thinking of mixing it up a little with the films this year and not just have the traditional fair. We would be interested for people to vote. Cheers Yoli Marketing Coordinator. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
9:43 pm [ozzyols]	Booking Tickets for Screenings Following on from my previous post. In light of a couple of small teething issues that I had this evening as event coordinator, I'm just letting people know. I work for a government department, that, owing to internet security has very restricted access in relation to webmail applications and I only have one opportunity to check my mail in the library on the Thursday of a screening (as I found out today.) To this end, I am taking a leaf out of my co-committee members ex screening book and asking people abide by the following guidelines. All tickets need to be ordered by no later than 10pm the Wednesday PRECEDING the screening (excepting family events) If you have responded on facebook, and you are a LJ user, you don't need to respond twice - I will count FB as a request (unless you want more tickets) if you have a hotmail, gmail or yahoo email account, please ensure that your junkmail settings will allow emails from 2010screenings@parasolonline.com to come through to you so you can get your booking confirmation. I know it may seem a little annoying to have to get your numbers in before the screening, and LIMITED numbers of at door tickets will be available.  But if we don't have an idea of how many are coming, we do run the risk of overbooking the cinema, remembering that unless we sell out the cinema prior to the screening, they will sell tickets to the general public as well. I will be returning to the specially printed tickets for each screening. Hope to see a lot more of you over the next 12 months! Yoli (16 Comments |Comment on this)
9:29 pm [ozzyols]	Wolverine Screening - post script... Well... Let's just put it this way... having just jumped out of a VERY VERY cold shower, I think i am in a position to comment! Firstly thanks to everyone who turned up this evening.  We had 143 people in total which made for a great night. My apologies to anyone who emailed the screening list this afternoon and I didn't respond... an annoying thing called life and and IT department who won't let us check our webmail makes life interesting for me! I will post about a couple of changes to the screenings in a separate post. As for the film... well... I know what I want for christmas anyway!  (I think Deb Furness might object though). Personally I loved the film there was just enough comedy and action to make it flow, the casting choices were rather brilliant actually - Did love Liev Schreiber as Victor. Considering the mythos and the back story from the other three films, the way the blended it together really worked... I didn't come out feeling like there was a plot hole that you could drive a truck through at the end... I learned from my Dad the other day that the young Kid who plays little Logan in it was one of those Hollywood golden casting moments - he was apparently acting in a play in Bayswater (yes our Bayswater) and got spotted by a talent scout... See it can still happen Well to everyone who came, I hope you had fun... I look forward to see you next week for Star Trek... PS if you are going to see it... watch for an Australian TV icon who plays a rather pivotal role in the life of a Wolverine ;D Free Chubba Chup to the first person who can tell me what his 80's ABC TV Character was called :D (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
5:29 am [ozzyols]	Reminder: Wolverine Screening Hi Guys Just dropping you a quick line to remind people that the screening of WOLVERINE  is looming this week. Thursday 30th 6.45 Reading Cinemas Belmont $10.00 Tickets can still be ordered at 2010screenings@parasolonline.com Look forward to see you all there! Yoli - Marketing (2 Comments |Comment on this)