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Welcome to the VCON 39 Programming Schedule.

Every year, VCON’s crack Programming team assembles three days jam-packed with the best in panels, workshops, and events to keep you in geek nirvana. We hope that you are as excited by the panels, discussions, workshops and presentations we have on offer this year as we are!

NOTE: This schedule is still subject to change. Please check back regularly. :-)

13:00 PDT

Managing Artist's Block - Battling the Demon Within 06. Green Timber 3Melissa Duncan

15:00 PDT

Cordelia and Honor, Torin and Jane: Our Fighting Women 02. Tynehead Ballroom 2Clint Budd • Barbara Scutt • Michael Walsh • Susan Walsh

16:00 PDT

Lykopis Archery School: Is Arrow Real Archery? Why Yes! 06. Green Timber 3Patricia Gonsalves

18:00 PDT

What is New Adult Fiction? 05. Green Timber 2Randy McCharles • Ann Aguirre • Linda DeMeulemeester • Eileen Kernaghan • Lynda Williams

19:00 PDT

Props and Costumes 06. Green Timber 3Martin Hunger Selling Your Nonfiction to Subsidize Your Fiction? 04. Green Timber 1Sandra Wickham • Mark Anthony Brennan • Melanie Dixon • Claire Eamer • Chadwick Ginther

22:00 PDT

Consenting Adults: What does CONSENT really mean? 06. Green Timber 3Naia Archer • Willie Hefner • Mel Mariposa

23:00 PDT

50 Shades of Not Quite Right 06. Green Timber 3Sara Blaze • Willie Hefner

00:00 PDT

Kink in Vancouver? Hell Yeah! Meet Metro Vancouver Kink! 06. Green Timber 3Sara Blaze

10:00 PDT

Gaming and the Novel: the World of Calidar 01. Tynehead Ballroom 1Bruce Heard Everybody's a Critic 05. Green Timber 2Tod McCoy • Marty Chan • Danika Dinsmore • Catherine Girczyc • Julie McGalliard • Lynda Williams Workshops, Retreats, Conventions, Oh My! 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Sandra Wickham • Keffy Kehrli • Eileen Kernaghan • Randy McCharles • Fairwood Press

11:00 PDT

Cyberspace Security in Fiction and Reality 06. Green Timber 3Clint Budd • Banjo Benjamin • Karl Johanson Writing About Fighting Series: Middle Ages and Renaissance 05. Green Timber 2Devon Boorman • Vincent Morgan

12:00 PDT

How Did THAT Get On My Book Cover? 04. Green Timber 1Rose Wilson • David Mattingly • David Weber Future of Gaming 06. Green Timber 3Kristi Charish • Lisa Gemino • Jeremy Reimer • Lisa Smedman Selling Your Short Fiction 05. Green Timber 2Tod McCoy • Geoff Cole • Susan Forest • Brian Hades • Vincent Morgan

13:00 PDT

Putting the Science in Science Fiction 05. Green Timber 2Rhea Rose • Kristi Charish • Bennett Coles • Janet Deaver-Pack • Karl Johanson • Silvia Moreno-Garcia Reality Stranger Than Science Fiction 06. Green Timber 3Chris Sturges

14:00 PDT

Game Master Tricks 06. Green Timber 3Chadwick Ginther • Bruce Heard • Tarol Hunt • Paula Johanson • Jeremy Reimer Perspectives on Self-Publishing and Hybrid Publishing 05. Green Timber 2Bennett Coles • Katrina Archer • Linda DeMeulemeester • Jane Ann McLachlan • Kristene Perron

15:00 PDT

Writing About Fighting: After the Battle 05. Green Timber 2Bennett Coles • Ron Friedman • Tarol Hunt • Kristene Perron • Rick Sutcliffe • David Weber

16:00 PDT

Geek Events in Vancouver 06. Green Timber 3Daniel Chai • Eric Fell • Keegan Flick-Parker • Fairlith Harvey • Chris Nyarady Greater Vancouver Interactive Art Society, Vancouver's Event in the Desert, sort of... 05. Green Timber 2Markus Andersson • Arthur Goldsmith The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association 01. Tynehead Ballroom 1Captain JG Timothy Monk SCA: Barony of Lions Gate Demo and Discussion 04. Green Timber 1

17:00 PDT

Extra Life: Cause and Effect 06. Green Timber 3Michelle Huang • Hannah Schofield • Christa Thomas NSHG Films: ZERO budget filmmaking: YES! it CAN be done! 05. Green Timber 2Doug Fergusson • Steve Fergusson

18:00 PDT

The Role of Religion and Atheism in Speculative Fiction 05. Green Timber 2Rick Sutcliffe • Colleen Anderson • Christel Bodenbender • Mark Anthony Brennan • Geoff Cole • Kevin Harkness Times Past Entertainment (Steampunk, Renfaire) 06. Green Timber 3Christina Carr • Martin Hunger

19:00 PDT

It Came From Vancouver: Hollywood North as Sci-Fi Central 04. Green Timber 1Michael Walsh • Frank Garcia • Stan Hyde • Micha Reid Time Traveller Luggage 05. Green Timber 2Stephanie Johanson • Geoff Cole • Graham Darling • Melanie Dixon • Claire Eamer • Karl Johanson

20:00 PDT

Writing Human Characters Whether or Not THey're Actually Human 05. Green Timber 2Jane Ann McLachlan • Ann Aguirre • Celu Amberstone • Tarol Hunt • Will McDermott • Lynda Williams Alien Languages – Beyond Human Limits? 06. Green Timber 3Guy Immega

10:00 PDT

David Weber: Honorverse Presentation 01. Tynehead Ballroom 1David Weber The Business of Art 06. Green Timber 3TobyAnne Stanley • Cary Condor • Melissa Duncan • Danielle Stephens Small Press versus Big House Publishing versus Self Publishing 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Tod McCoy • S.M. Beiko • Brian Hades • Ian Alexander Martin • Fairwood Press • Mark Teppo

11:00 PDT

Diversity in Science Fiction and Fantasy 05. Green Timber 2Ann Aguirre • Celu Amberstone • Theresa S Bazelli • Christel Bodenbender • Keffy Kehrli • Lorna Suzuki Four-Colour Flickers: How Comic Books Took Over the Film Business 06. Green Timber 3Michael Walsh • Don DeBrandt • Pauline Walsh Getting Started and Reaching the Finish Line 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Mark Teppo • S.M. Beiko • Brenda Carre • Will McDermott • Kristene Perron

12:00 PDT

Living Productively With A Creative Personality - Your Own and/or Someone Else's 06. Green Timber 3Cathleen Cogswell • Donald Duncan • Melissa Duncan • Lynne Fahnestalk • Steve Fahnestalk • David Mattingly Everything You Wanted To Know About Queer Identities (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) 04. Green Timber 1Anne Honeycutt-Joseph • Justin Saint Mapping and Fiction Writing 05. Green Timber 2Brenda Carre • Christel Bodenbender • Catherine Girczyc • Bruce Heard • Julie McGalliard • Vincent Morgan Writing About Fighting Series: Hand to Hand and Weapons Combat 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Sandra Wickham • Devon Boorman • Sebastien de Castell • Ron Friedman • Lisa Gemino • Kristene Perron

13:00 PDT

Best Writing Advice I Ever Received: Session Two 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Catherine Girczyc • Keffy Kehrli • Will McDermott • Spider Robinson • Rhea Rose • Lorna Suzuki • David Weber Writing Speculative Poetry 05. Green Timber 2Lynda Williams • Colleen Anderson • Mary E. Choo • Eileen Kernaghan • Marcie Tentchoff Joss Whedon Panel 02. Tynehead Ballroom 2Michael Walsh • Don DeBrandt • Stan Hyde • Julie McGalliard • Pauline Walsh • Susan Walsh

13:30 PDT

Justify the Science Flaw 01. Tynehead Ballroom 1Karl Johanson • Kristi Charish • Claire Eamer • Tarol Hunt • Paula Johanson • Silvia Moreno-Garcia

14:00 PDT

World Building: Writing Across Time and Cuture 05. Green Timber 2Bruce Heard • Ann Aguirre • Brenda Carre • Keffy Kehrli • Will McDermott • Lynda Williams

15:00 PDT

Are Fantasy and Sci Fi Inherently Violent Genres? 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Kristi Charish • Sebastien de Castell • Kevin Harkness • Karl Johanson • Stephanie Johanson • David Weber Is YA Science Fiction/Fantasy Falling Out of Favour? 05. Green Timber 2Linda DeMeulemeester • Aviva Bel'Harold • Randy McCharles • Lorna Suzuki • Lisa Voisin Women and Gaming 06. Green Timber 3Kristi Charish • Lisa Gemino • Marcie Tentchoff

16:00 PDT

Finding Inspiration 03. Tynehead Ballroom 3Randy McCharles • Mary E. Choo • Janet Deaver-Pack • Catherine Girczyc • Ian Alexander Martin • Mark Teppo Is There Enough Kid In Kidlit? 05. Green Timber 2Linda DeMeulemeester • Kevin Harkness • Jennifer Lott • Lorna Suzuki • Marcie Tentchoff • Lisa Voisin Cosplay 101 06. Green Timber 3Bob Brock Smylie • Luciano Uccedo