Condensing from the aether 14-16 August, 2009
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Continuum 5 is pleased to present an official blog designed to bring you everything to get you in the mood for Galaxies by Gaslight; steampunk, vampires, Melbourne, literature, film and anything else we think you might dig. Add it to your reader today!
Continuum 5 is proud to announce Richard Mueck of the Fantasy Workshop as a special
guest of the convention.
Rich is an accomplished sculptor, artist and puppeteer who has worked on such diverse projects as Where the Wild Things Are, Star Wars III, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Shirl's Neighbourhood, and Pitch Black as well as a creator of a variety of fantasy creations.
The programming sub-committee of Continuum 5 (14th - 16th August, 2009) are very pleased to announce that they have been able to include a Readings Stream as part of the program.
If you have written a piece of fiction, that you'd like to read out at the convention, then get in contact with the programming sub-committee, as soon as possible, as we'd love to include you on our program.
There are 3 slots an hour with each slot lasting 15 mins.
If you're interested, then send an email to program@continuum.org.au and we'll do our best to try and include you in the program!
The Continuum Foundation is currently preparing to award the first Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian SF, fantasy and horror in 2008. Nominations are now open until 28 June 2009. Go here to read the current rules and category details. For information on how to submit works for nomination, please see here. The awards will be presented during Continuum 5: Galaxies by Gaslight.
For those of you who missed our exciting and entertaining trivia night (over 50 people made it, thank you all for you support!), a couple of announcements were made that might be of interest:
First, Continuum 6 will be running on the weekend of 26-28th Febuary, 2010. We're holding it early in the year to give people's pockets plenty of time to recover before Aussiecon 4. For the same reason, we will be trying to keep it relatively inexpensive to attend. Emma "Hespa" Mann has stepped up to chair. Expect guest announcements soon (unless we decide to keep them up our sleeves for announcing at C5)...
As if that wasn't enough, Continuum 7 will be running on the Queen's Birthday weekend (10-13th June) in 2011. Chair and guests to be announced.
Love Jules Verne? Hate Harry Potter? Got a thing for supercolliders?
Get if off your chest! Continuum 5 now taking submissions for discussion panels, presentations and similar. If you want to talk about it, we want to hear about it: program@continuum.org.au
Continuum is proud to announce the addition of Narrelle M. Harris to our guest line up. Narrelle is the Australian author of The Opposite of Life and her crime and fantasy novels have been nominated for the Ned Kelly Award and shortlisted for the George Turner Prize. Though born in Newcastle, Narrelle was on the move and has been a teacher of English as far afield as Egypt and Poland. Having seen the light and settled in Melbourne with her husband and her cat, Narrelle spends her time between work and writing.
Berths are available for booking now at special Continuum rates for the Galaxies by Gaslight tour. Please see the Accommodation page for more information.
Continuum 5: Galaxies by Gaslight is currently seeking artworks for the interior of the convention handbook (conbook). If you have anything to suit our 'steampunks in space' theme then please contact Emilly at publications@continuum.org.au.
Artworks should be in B&W for interior pages, although we are also seeking colour art work for the cover. Continuum is unable to offer monetary payment, but your art would be clearly labelled within the book and you will also recieve a credit and bio on our website.
Thank you to everyone who braved the wild weathers of Melbourne to make it to Relit on Saturday night. It was great to see so many familiar faces and new ones too! If you have any questions about the membership options discussed on the night please email membership@continuum.org.au.
Come along for an evening of socialising, free nibbles, and one or two special announcements in celebration of the upcoming Continuum 5 - Galaxies by Gaslight
Continuum Members past, present and future & other interested parties are all invited to attend.
| Date: | Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
| Time: | 6:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Location: | |
| Street: | 94-96 Bourke Street |
| City/Town: | Melbourne, Australia |
Continuum invites you to join us as we slip though the cracks between worlds to an otherplace where no star sets on Her Majesty's Empire – a state of mind circumscribed by fog and fob-watches, coal and corsets, steam and suffragettes; a place where magnetism meets mesmerism and typhoid vies with top-hats – come with us and explore the Galaxies by Gaslight.