Melbourne Speculative Fiction Convention Continuum 16: REBOOT (and NATCON 62) 17-19 May, 2024 at Hotel Jasper, Melbourne www.continuum.org.au Discord: https://discord.gg/WjfTNUghttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3kuuu3yf4pr2rHi everyone! DITMAR nominations have been extended and now close at 11:59pm Melbourne time (GMT+10), on Thursday 20th of June. You can nominate your favourite Aussie spec fic works from 2023 here: https://ditmars.sf.org.au/nominations/nominations.html Unofficial eligibility list here: https://scifi.fandom.com/wiki/2024_Ditmar_Award_Eligibility_List14 Jun 2024 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3kuuu3yf4pr2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ktaewm32ys2uOur second Guest of Honour for Continuum 17 is... Amie Kaufman! She is a NYT and internationally bestselling author, whose multi-award winning work is published in nearly thirty languages. Her latest book is The Isles of the Gods. www.trybooking.com/CRRAP24 May 2024 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktaewm32ys2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ktaeqg3mms2pOur first Guest of Honour for Continuum 17 is... Maria Lewis! She is a best-selling author, screenwriter, film curator and pop culture etymologist currently based in Australia and has built an international reputation as a storyteller across a diverse range of mediums. www.trybooking.com/CRRAP24 May 2024 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktaeqg3mms2phttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ktaele4wwc2uContinuum 16 may be over, but planning for Continuum 17 is well underway... Please come to Continuum 17: Horizons on Friday the 16th to Sunday the 18th of May, 2025 at the Jasper hotel (489 Elizabeth St, Melbourne). www.trybooking.com/CRRAP24 May 2024 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktaele4wwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3kt2wgmncco2c*sigh* Despite our best efforts to minimise concrud from Continuum 16, we unfortunately are aware of a number of attendees and committee members who have tested positive to Covid. If you attended Continuum this year, we strongly recommend you test yourself, and above all, look after yourself.22 May 2024 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3kt2wgmncco2chttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3kssrrv7kxk2iGuest of Honour Vanessa Len in conversation with Shelley Parker-Chen.19 May 2024 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3kssrrv7kxk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3kssih36tak27Reminder: the workshop Writing Across Formats by Leanbh Pearson will be happening at 11:00am this morning. To sign up, please put your name down on the signup sheet at the rego desk.19 May 2024 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3kssih36tak27https://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksrdj674vs27And of course, it wouldn't be a convention without at least one rendition of The Time Warp!18 May 2024 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksrdj674vs27https://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksrdfuykgs2qMore costume karaoke!18 May 2024 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksrdfuykgs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksr73k3f7k2rSo, costume karaoke is a thing!18 May 2024 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksr73k3f7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksqextggp22rGuest of Honour Cienan Muir in conversation with Kimmie Lovegrove.18 May 2024 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksqextggp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksqcltalz22cGuest of Honour Shannon Chakraborty and Devin Madson in conversation!18 May 2024 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksqcltalz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3kspy6d4o422wA note for 11:00 - “OK Boomer” is now in the McGuire room downstairs, while “Celebrating Romantasy” is in the Forsyth room upstairs.18 May 2024 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3kspy6d4o422whttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksoc57spfs2tReminder: masks are to be worn in all con spaces, except when eating, presenting, or other similar activities, or if you have a valid reason otherwise. Our concrud policy is here: https://continuum.org.au/code-of-conduct/concrud-policy/ #c16Reboot17 May 2024 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksoc57spfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksnwuszfbs2yTwo hours until the start of the long awaited Continuum 16: Reboot! (ARGH!) If you're planning on being active on the social media, use hashtag #c16Reboot so we can easily find all of the awesome! See you soon.17 May 2024 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksnwuszfbs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksmit4txhz2mLess than 24 hours until... Continuum! The Guests of Honour have all arrived, the panels are scheduled, the karaoke machine is paid for, the venue is mapped, and the con committee is all sleep deprived. We're ready, are you?16 May 2024 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksmit4txhz2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ksjlrobno32lComing to Continuum this weekend (eek!) and not sure what you should bring? Well, this is what's in the bag of one of our con committee! cont...15 May 2024 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksjlrobno32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ks2nc5h4ms2wAs part of Continuum 15 we got pins made... which didn't actually arrive in time for the convention. As a result we are selling them, one con and a few years later. They will be $15 each, or two for $25, and will be available from the rego desk. To preorder email info@continuum.org.au09 May 2024 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ks2nc5h4ms2whttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3ks2mmdfiwl2gInterested in checking out a little bit of what Continuum 16: Reboot has to offer? Friday only memberships are available for just $5, payable at the door! Come along to panels on Continuum 101 or the movie Barbie, a discussion on Your Worst Nightmare, or the Roundtable on writing smut, and more!09 May 2024 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ks2mmdfiwl2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3krvo7sefwj25As part of our book swap at Continuum 16: Reboot, we will be passing all donations on to the Indigenous Literacy Fund so they can gift culturally relevant books to remote First Nations communications. Want to help? You can: go.greatbookswap.org.au/continuum https://go.greatbookswap.org.au/continuum07 May 2024 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3krvo7sefwj25https://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3krvnw2s25s23Are you interested in seeing more of Continuum than you currently are? If so, you might be interested in joining us on Discord! discord.gg/WjfTNUg https://discord.gg/WjfTNUg07 May 2024 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3krvnw2s25s23https://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3krscl6ptih2pIn addition, Continuum 16 will have a book swap table! Got too many books that you don't know what to do with? Need more books to add to your library? At the book swap table you can bring a book, take a book, with a gold coin donation minimum, and all donations going to Indigenous Literacy Fund06 May 2024 05:13 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3krscl6ptih2phttps://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3krsbmzv2ck23Good news everybody! The Continuum 16: Reboot program is now (mostly) live! It lives, it lives! https://continuum.org.au/participate/continuum-16-reboot-program/ (There are a couple of gaps while we wait for confirmation from a small number of panellists, and other small bits of organisation to occur.)06 May 2024 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3krsbmzv2ck23https://bsky.app/profile/continuumcon.bsky.social/post/3krqisbrq2z25Continuum is less than 2 weeks away, and we have finalised our ConCrud policy. In short: Masks will be worn at all times, unless you have a valid reason. Masks will be provided free to all members, but you can wear your own. Details: https://continuum.org.au/code-of-conduct/concrud-policy/05 May 2024 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:ildnlep64mdpb5dleyipba5h/app.bsky.feed.post/3krqisbrq2z25