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After carefully assessing the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have very regretfully taken the decision to postpone the convention until 2022.
As you will appreciate, the current situation is too uncertain for us to plan and organise the convention with the confidence that it would be allowed to go ahead, that conventioneers would be able to get to Sydney and that it would still be financially viable. Our hope is that if we delay the convention, both the convention team …
I am sure that many of you will have heard that Good Omens television series recently won the Hugo award for best dramatic presentation (long form) at the CoNZealand WorldCon - against some serious opposition too1
Neil Gaiman gave a short acceptance speech in which he paid tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett, who he felt was there in his imagination, looking over his shoulder during the production and telling …
We are hoping that many of you will be encouraged to get into the spirit of the convention by coming in costume as a favourite character from the Discworld. Whether it be a humble witch, a cowardly wizard, an invading barbarian, a guard from the Watch or an honest citizen of Ankh-Morpork1, all are welcome.
The committee will once again be organising a Maskerade, where you can show …
Those of you with a well organised calendar1 will have realised that it is just one year until the doors open to our next entertaining and educational Discworld Convention on July 2nd, 2021. While a year may seem a very long time in these uncertain days of social distancing and lockdowns, the committee is already very busy2 organising three days of much-needed fun and levity inspired by …
Greetings to all our friends and followers, and we hope that you are all well in these days of lockdowns and social distancing. Please take care and look after yourselves (and maybe pull out a favourite Discworld book to while away the hours).
At the moment we are continuing to plan the convention on the basis that we will be able to go ahead in July 2021. We want to be able to deliver 3 amazing …