Saturday

Reboots and Retcons

Lucy Baker, Nicole Canal, George Ivanoff, David McDonald

Some consider rebooting and retconning simply helpful ways of freshening up a mature comics, TV, or film series. Others consider them big frickin cheats. Discuss.

Kids: Build a Rocket

Danielle Madeley

With just cardboard and colours, we’re going to get this thing into space!

Speech Bubbles and Space Blasters

Matt Emery, Jason Franks, Emmet O’Cuana

SF in comics: the good, the bad, the utterly mind-blowing.

Workshop: Making Chainmail Jewelry

Kirstyn McDermott

Learn to make your own chainmail jewellery (prebooking required).

Presentation: Change and Decay

Grant Watson

In 1981 Doctor Who underwent the most radical shift in tone and style since the introduction of colour in 1970. An examination of the seven serials that comprise Doctor Who’s 18th season.

Continuum 101

Hespa, Nicole Canal, David McDonald, Brendan Podger

Kids: Kids Talk Back

Rachel Holkner

This is where the younger members can have their say. What are you reading? What are you watching? What’s the worst book you’ve ever read? What’s the best game you ever played?

Social Justice 101

Liz Barr, Connie Chen, Stephanie Lai, Julia Svaganovic

Social justice is increasingly discussed in speculative fiction fandom, but a lot of the discourse assumes you already know the basics. Come and find out what all the debates are about.

Meet and Greet

If you’re new to Continuum, or just feeling sociable, come along and meet some new people.

Game Demo: Ghost Stories

Adrian Melchiori

Cooperative board-gaming at its best. Your village in under seige from a seemingly endless stream of ghosts and ghouls – can you survive and protect it long enough to defeat Wu-Feng, the Lord of Nine Hells?

Guest of Honour Speech

N.K. Jemisin

Book Launch: Gamer’s Rebellion

George Ivanoff, Paul Collins

Author George Ivanoff and Guest of Honour Paul Collins launch George’s new YA novel, Gamer’s Rebellion, published by Paul’s company Ford Street Publishing.

Games Room

Board and card games provided – or bring your own!

The Heroines of YA

Sue Burstynski, Amanda Elliott, Richard Harland, Amanda Pillar, David Witteveen

Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen … Bella Swann? There are a lot of heroic women in YA these days. Who stands out? Do they have to be role models?

How Do You Find That Next Book?

PRK, Nicole Canal, Briony Davis, Aidan Doyle, Danny Fahey

How do modern readers find books? We used to go into a bookstore and browse, but bookstores are disappearing.

Author Signings

Paul Collins, N. K. Jemisin

Kids: Design a Super

Liz Barr

Australia needs its own superheroes! Help design and name a hero and heroine for the land down under!

Fighting Like A Girl

Lucy Baker, Nicole Canal, Jason Franks, Tor Roxburgh, Darren Sanderson

The last few years have brought us a new generation of female action heroines. Is the feisty female protagonist satisfying the contemporary feminist audience?

Podcast: The Writer and the Critic

N. K. Jemisin, Kirstyn McDermott, Ian Mond

The Writer and the Critic is a monthly podcast devoted mostly to speculative fiction books, reviews and the odd bit of idle gossip. Featuring Ian Mond, Kirstyn McDermott and Guest of Honour N. K. Jemisin.

Kids: Monster Sock Puppets

Stephanie Lai

Transform ordinary, every day socks into HIDEOUS MONSTERS! (Note: some socks may be pretty monstrous to start with.)

Melbourne’s YA Novellists

Sue Burstynski, Paul Collins, George Ivanoff, Amie Kaufman, Michael Pryor

Melbourne is overflowing with talent, but we’re especially blessed with lots of YA writers. Come and see them talk about their work, and how Melbourne influences their writing.

Kids: Zombie School

Nicole Canal, Amanda Elliott

Learn how to look like a zombie, how to walk like a zombie and generally how to feast on the brains of the living in style.

Costume Parade

Judged by our Guests of Honour

Break-out Room

Maskobalo