Monday

Stepping on Butterflies

Kathryn Andersen, Eliza Bentley, Russell Blackford, Paul Poulton, Dirk Strasser

Time travel! From twins at light speed to doctors in police boxes, a look at all the ways one might journey through the fourth dimension.

Dark YA

Sue Burstynski, Richard Harland, Ander Louis, Amanda Pillar

Children’s stories have always been dark — just look at the Brothers Grimm! (And their versions cleaned up traditional folk tales!) Putting dark YA lit in a wider context.

Games Room

Board and card games provided – or bring your own!

Watching the New Who

Kathryn Andersen, Liz Barr, Narrelle Harris, Ben McKenzie, John Richards

What’s it like to be a longtime Doctor Who fan comparing the original and new series? And what’s it like to have discovered the doctor through Eccleston and Tennant?

So You Want to Get Published

Paul Collins, George Ivanoff, Amie Kaufman, Jason Nahrung, Dirk Strasser

An introduction to getting short stories and novels published in the contemporary market.

Sanctuary

PRK, Dee Pirko, Darren Sanderson, Elaine Walker

Trace Canadian SF series Sanctuary from its beginning as a web distributed miniseries to its transformation into a more conventional tv series, to its eventual cancellation.

The Intergalactic Atlas Part III

Grant Watson

For the past two years, Grant Watson has tracked the production of British science fiction television from its foundations. In this instalment he looks at the programmes made in the 1980s.

Misappropriations

Jason Franks, Nalini Haynes, N. K. Jemisin, Stephanie Lai, David Witteveen

How should you approach the portrayal of cultures other than your own? What should be avoided? Who does it well?

Workshop: Juggling

David Cook

Want to learn to juggle or just improve your skills? Come pretend you’re in the circus!

Evolving Beyond Gender and Sexuality

Russell Blackford, Dorian Ellis, Kirstyn McDermott, Darren Sanderson

Can and should speculative fiction go further in exploring other experiences or conceptions of gender, sexuality, trans-sexuality or post-sexuality?

Rise of the Dystopia

Russell Blackford, Sue Burstynski, Tsana Dolichva, Jay Kristoff

Is Gene Roddenberry’s harmonious, technologically advanced future a thing of the past?

Tolkien vs Jackson

Kathryn Andersen, Richard Harland, David McDonald, Paul Poulton

From the animated Hobbit to the Peter Jackson and 48 frames per second, a discussion of films based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Feedback Panel

Hespa, Liz Barr, Stephanie Lai, Julia Svaganovic

How did you enjoy Continuum? What did we do well, and what can we do better? Come let us know!

Adventures in Book Reviewing

Liz Barr, Sue Burstynski, Michelle Goldsmith

Authors behaving badly, reviewer biases, the ethics of reviewing friends (or enemies!).

F*** Your Knight and the Horse He Rode In On

Richard Harland, N. K. Jemisin, Jason Nahrung, Jane Routley, Tor Roxburgh

Going beyond the Tolkienesque quest, the Hero’s Journey and the pseudo-medieval European setting.

Lost Girl: Choosing Not To Choose

m1k3y, Dee Pirko, Paul Poulton

A supernatural crime drama focusing on the monsters rather than the humans, Lost Girl has made a big impression over the last three years.

Closing Ceremony