Come to Supernova!!!!
On Saturday and Sunday, Tracey O'Hara, Erica Hayes and I will be spreading the word about urban fantasy and paranormal romance in Australia at Supernova Sydney!
What is Supernova? It's a convention with panels about aspects of science fiction, fantasy and horror in various genres (television, movies, anime, manga and fiction). There's a MASSIVE exhibition space to check out some of the latest from around the world, and an artist's alley where you can see folks at work (that's where we'll be). Here's the website: http://www.supanova.com.au/
Then there's the superstars. Attending Supernova in Sydney are the cast of I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman and Bill Daily); Tom Felton aka Draco Malfoy; James Masters; Gareth David-Lloyd from Torchwood; Sean Maher from Firefly.
On the literary side, there's Kevin J Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Marianne de Pierres, Jennifer Fallon, Alison Goodman, Kate Forsyth and Rowena Cory Daniells.
People that I don't know but you might include Amy Acker, Julie White, Richard Norton, Danielle Harris, Corin Nemic, David Nykl, Dan Green, Tiffany Grant, Yuko Miyamura, Neil Kaplan, Matt Greenfield, David Finch, Dave Johnson, Billy Tan, Paul Jenkins, Ben Templesmith, Justin Randall, Tom Taylor, Douglas Holgate, Christopher Sequeira, Nicola Scott, Stuart McKenny, Jon Sommariva and Jeffrey 'Chamba' Cruz.
It's all happening at The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park (in the showground).
Cost is an interesting question – you can pre-purchase a pass to Saturday and Sunday (and the preview Friday night) for $39.50 or buy at the door for $50. For a day pass (Saturday or Sunday only) it's $23.80 pre-paid or $25 at the door. These tickets get you entry to the exhibition space and seats at non-exclusive panel sessions.
Then there's special events that you can buy tickets for eg James Masters' concert on Saturday night. Details here: http://www.supanova.com.au/tickets/
But note – I'm not sure that the day tickets guarantee that you'll meet the superstars. Some will wander the floor and are happy to be photographed and asked for autographs (particularly the literary guys) but for others, in order to have face to face time, you're going to have to pay extra. Unfortunately, I can't find the information on the website for how much that's going to cost.
I'm really excited – I've been wanting to go to Supernova for AGES. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing everyone dressed up in costumes – there's not enough of that at regular sci fi conventions [image error]
Tracey, Erica and I hope we can spread the word about the awesome urban fantasy and paranormal romance authors we have here in Australia and hopefully drive some booksales for everyone [image error]
Hope to see you there!
