25 Mar, 2010
Get ready to party like it’s Easter 2011
Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty: it’s quite a mouthful and a lot of history. We’re so glad that we have the opportunity to host the fiftieth Australian Natcon at this year’s Swancon. Perth has hosted nine of them already, and we’re ready to make this one the [...]
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19 Mar, 2010
Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty will be launching on 4 April 2010. Be at Swancon 2010, or come back here later to find out more.
If you’re looking for Swancon 2010, then you need to click here, and check out the exciting program. We hope to see you there!
19 Mar, 2010
“Cross Section” was a publication produced for the 3rd Australian Natcon in 1954, which contained messages from international fans to members of the Natcon.
Donald A. Ford from the Cincinnati Fantasy Group wrote a piece in which he describes, amongst other things, the beginnings of the Indian Lake Convention:
This regional con is for the more hardened [...]
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Posted in Fandom, Natcon50 Project
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25 Feb, 2010
Call for Expressions of Interest
Natcon50 would like to invite expressions of interest for the exhibition ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ, to be held at Easter 2011 in Perth, Western Australia.
ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ will explore the way people have historically imagined our present. We are seeking aspiring and [...]
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Posted in Future Imperfect
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Also tagged art show, australian national science fiction convention, digital art, fantasy, future, natcon, natcon50, perth, speculative fiction, swancon, swancon36, western australian science fiction convention
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05 Feb, 2010
The Natcon50 Project
Australia will celebrate its 50th Natcon – more officially known as the Australian National Science Fiction Convention – at Easter 2011. First held in Sydney in 1952 as an event run by fans for fans, today it attracts hundreds of fans, writers, editors, booksellers, publishers, movie-makers and other science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts [...]
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Posted in Natcon50 Project
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Also tagged australian national science fiction convention, conventions, fandom, fantasy, future, history, natcon, natcon50, Natcon50 Project, perth, speculative fiction, swancon, swancon36, western australian science fiction convention
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