I am co-chairing the Australian National Science Fiction Convention in Canberra in 2013. I’m very excited about it and I wish it was all going to happen next week. Unfortunately there is a lot of organising to do between now and then. We have great guests, Nalo Hopkinson, Marc Gascoigne, Karen Miller, Kaaron Warren and Rose Mitchell is fan guest of honour.
The wordpress site is here
Currently we have cheap introductory memberships which end on 31 October and I’ve updated the venue information so members can start booking their rooms.
We are running three streams of programming, a steampunk themed high tea, a Regency gothic banquet, workshops, readings, mass book signing etc etc.
If you read this and you don’t know what a science fiction convention is, then please ask and I’m happy to explain. SF conventions should come with an addiction warning though.
Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing 
I don’t know what a science fiction convention is. Can you please explain?
Now you’re just teasing oh dancing queen. Why don’t you tell me who first lured you into the con scene?
Well, that would be – YOU!
Wow we’ve been friends for ages!