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Belle
@bellemcwhat.bsky.social
Reformed Continuum chair. C17 programmer. Reader.
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SO there's a draft program on the @continuumcon.bsky.social page which means I can share that I will be having a launch for the journal on the Friday of Continuum! Probably at 7.30pm! I WILL BE BAKING.

Image: the invite that I'll be handing out ON PAPER on the Friday itself...
May 6, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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Good news everybody! The Continuum 16: Reboot program is now (mostly) live! It lives, it lives!

continuum.org.au/participate/...

(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.)
Continuum 16: Reboot Program – Continuum 16: Reboot
continuum.org.au
May 6, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Voila, one panel suggestion form!
March 12, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Friends, I have just seen the very initial draft of @continuumcon.bsky.social panels, and I am sad these blurbs are never going to see the light of day, because they are works of art.
March 12, 2024 at 8:04 AM
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at very long last i will finally head over to Australia in March to do some book events. Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane over three days. all ticket links are in my bio, and recommendations for how to make the most of my brief time in AUS very welcome!
December 6, 2023 at 2:44 AM
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it's here!
it's queer!
it's the 2023 Queer Adult SFF list!
just in time for your gift-giving needs
please re-post, share, etc!
2023 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to my ongoing and somewhat-regularly updated list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books published in 2023! If you haven't been around for my previous lists, this list and the ones b...
kadoore.com
November 27, 2023 at 9:50 PM
I am so excited that @continuumcon.bsky.social is running again next year. It has taken such a long time to feel like it would be safe to run, AND THEN have the spoons to make it happen. Sometimes I wasn't sure it ever would. But we made it, and I cannot wait to see everyone again next year.
November 26, 2023 at 12:52 AM
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Guest of Honour 3 is Cienan Muir.

In his own words: "My name is Cienan Muir, a Yorta Yorta & Ngarrindjeri man, so my family is spread all along the Murray river, all along to the Coorong in South Australia. I grew up in country Victoria and Northcote in Melbourne. I love my comicbooks and coffee!"
November 25, 2023 at 11:13 AM
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Guest of Honour 2 is Vanessa Len.

An internationally bestselling Australian author and educational editor, her first novel, Only a Monster, won the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel, and has been translated into nine languages. The sequel, Never a Hero, is out now.

www.vanessalen.com
November 25, 2023 at 11:12 AM
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Guest of Honour 1 is Shannon Chakraborty!

Critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Daevabad Trilogy and The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages, nominated for the Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards.
November 25, 2023 at 11:10 AM
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It is with great pleasure we announce the return of Continuum!

After an unavoidable hiatus, we return Friday 17 to Sunday 19 May 2024 at the Jasper Hotel, 251 Elizabeth St, Melbourne.

Memberships are available now at the website: continuum.org.au
November 25, 2023 at 11:02 AM
Every time Instagram advertises this to me, I think of @jodimca.bsky.social
November 18, 2023 at 12:17 AM
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Reminder to Melburnians and other locals - come celebrate the Aussie launch of SHADOW BARON with me next week! (RSVP essential or there may not be enough bubbles for everyone...)
Melbunnies: are you excited about SHADOW BARON?
(Me too! 🥳🎉🥂)

Come celebrate the Australian launch with me - a week early! We're having a party at Dymocks on Collins, on Wednesday 22nd November. Event is FREE, but RSVP is essential please: www.trybooking.com/CMYLJ
Davinia Evans Shadow Baron Book Launch
Celebrate the launch of Shadow Baron with author, Davinia Evans!
www.trybooking.com
November 17, 2023 at 2:41 AM
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Hmm... I don't suppose you're doing anything the weekend of the 17th to the 19th of May next year? Oh! Why am I asking?

Err... no real reason, just curious. Don't worry about the change of picture, it's nothing really...
November 14, 2023 at 7:15 AM
I just opened the calculator to set an alarm. How's your day going?
November 14, 2023 at 10:50 AM
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Magic and mayhem collide in SHADOW BARON, hitting shelves near you from November 14th!

(Further unboxing shenanigans. But seriously, it's so pretty! 🤩)
October 18, 2023 at 10:21 AM
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I’m doing a fundraiser for Purrs of Point Cook (the cat rescue I got Maze and Pan from!) Send me a donation receipt of any amount and I’ll crit a short story up to $6k! ✨✨✨

www.purrsofpointcook.com.au/donate
October 12, 2023 at 9:22 AM
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Hey, peeps (you are still peeps to me):

The seven volume epic fantasy CROWN OF STARS is not only complete in print & ebook. It is now complete in audio, narrated by the most excellent Shiromi Arserio. No more excuses for waiting!

Here are the audio deets:

tantor.com/series/crown...
October 12, 2023 at 8:46 PM
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Continuum is back and we're staring with...

Monthly boardgames are starting up again, with the first one on Saturday the 21st of October, 12pm to 6pm, at the Lion Hotel, Level 3, Melbourne Central.

Come along, play some games, and catch up with fellow genre fanciers!
October 5, 2023 at 6:12 AM