Here's my schedule in Australia pre-and during Swancon. I'll be visiting friends in Melbourne for a few days before I get to Canberra and touring a bit of the west coast with Kaaron Warren and her family after Swancon and then hanging out in Perth for a few days before flying home May 4th
Thursday 21 April-Canberra University (University Drive, Bruce)
Interview with short fiction editor Ellen Datlow
Place: Teaching Commons, Building 1, above the UC Refectory
Time: 12-30 to 1-30
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Midday - Guest luncheon (details for booking available to members soon)
7.00pm - Opening Ceremony
8.30pm - Writer/Editor/Reader Relationship Jonathan Strahan with Ellen Datlow, hosted by Cat Sparks
Friday 22 April
2.00pm - Kaffeeklatsche
3.00pm - Darkness Beyond Borders with Kaaron Warren, Kirstyn McDermott, Ellen Datlow and Paul Haines
Saturday 23 April
8.30am - Breakfast with the editors, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Jonathan Strahan
11:30 The mid-list crisis and the cult of celebrity authors" Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Kirstyn McDermott
2.00pm - Ellen Datlow Interviewed by Kaaron Warren
7.30pm - Masquerade
Sunday 24 April
3.00pm - Fairytales in Today’s World with Angela Slatter, Ellen Datlow, Jenny Blackford, Richard Harland, Amanda Pillar
7.30pm - Orbit Gollancz Natcon Fifty Awards Ceremony (I along with the other GOH, will be handing out the awards)
Monday 25 April
3.00pm - Clarion Call. Moderator: Kate Eltham. With Ellen Datlow, Robert Hoge, Cat Sparks, Justina Robson
4.00pm - Closing Ceremony
Thursday 21 April-Canberra University (University Drive, Bruce)
Interview with short fiction editor Ellen Datlow
Place: Teaching Commons, Building 1, above the UC Refectory
Time: 12-30 to 1-30
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Midday - Guest luncheon (details for booking available to members soon)
7.00pm - Opening Ceremony
8.30pm - Writer/Editor/Reader Relationship Jonathan Strahan with Ellen Datlow, hosted by Cat Sparks
Friday 22 April
2.00pm - Kaffeeklatsche
3.00pm - Darkness Beyond Borders with Kaaron Warren, Kirstyn McDermott, Ellen Datlow and Paul Haines
Saturday 23 April
8.30am - Breakfast with the editors, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Jonathan Strahan
11:30 The mid-list crisis and the cult of celebrity authors" Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Kirstyn McDermott
2.00pm - Ellen Datlow Interviewed by Kaaron Warren
7.30pm - Masquerade
Sunday 24 April
3.00pm - Fairytales in Today’s World with Angela Slatter, Ellen Datlow, Jenny Blackford, Richard Harland, Amanda Pillar
7.30pm - Orbit Gollancz Natcon Fifty Awards Ceremony (I along with the other GOH, will be handing out the awards)
Monday 25 April
3.00pm - Clarion Call. Moderator: Kate Eltham. With Ellen Datlow, Robert Hoge, Cat Sparks, Justina Robson
4.00pm - Closing Ceremony