Name: Kate Williams

Confirmed panels

Title Proposed Time Proposed Room
Left Behind the Bush Sunday 9:00 AM Oshaneshii
Project Runway Sunday 5:00 PM Oshaneshii
Shakespeare themes in SF Sunday 10:30 PM Oshaneshii
Paranormal romances: Vampires, Werewolves and Warlocks, Oh my Sunday 11:30 PM Oshaneshii

Title: Left Behind the Bush

Status: confirmed

Proposed by:

Description:

Join our incredulous panelists as they wade through sparkly abstinence-only education (Twilight), exclaim eschatology gone Right (Left Behind), the War on <strike>Terror</strike> Terrible Writing (Marvel's Civil War/Heroes) and the oddly prescient (Iron Man/The Dark Knight)

Room Notes:

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Confirmed panellists: Stephen Griffiths, Kate Williams, Nick Evans

One additional panellist has been suggested.

Room: Oshaneshii

Time: Sunday 9:00 AM

Title: Project Runway

Status: confirmed

Proposed by: valeskah1

Description:

Project Runway - Swancon edition: Work in teams to transform mundane and boring everyday items into fabulous couture of the 25th century to send down the runway! BYO scissors.

Participate at your own risk!

Room Notes:

Tags: Format: Workshop

Confirmed panellists: Bec Handcock, Kate Williams, Liz Grzyb, Robert N Stephenson

One additional panellist has been suggested.

Room: Oshaneshii

Time: Sunday 5:00 PM

Title: Shakespeare themes in SF

Status: confirmed

Proposed by:

Description:

The Bard has had influence over a lot more than just drama. Kate and Liz discuss Shakespearean ideas and how they have found their way into the SF world. Is this a light sabre I see before me, the handle toward my hand? A force, a force, my kingdom for a force!

Room Notes:

Tags: Books & Literature, Science fiction

Confirmed panellists: Kate Williams, Liz Grzyb

No additional panellists have been suggested.

Room: Oshaneshii

Time: Sunday 10:30 PM

Title: Paranormal romances: Vampires, Werewolves and Warlocks, Oh my

Status: confirmed

Proposed by: valeskah1

Description:

This genre has taken off in the last few years and swamped the romance section. From Anita Blake and her unnatural lovers, to Betsey, the high-maintenance monarch of the undead. How have representations of heroines and hero's changed?

Adult themes.

Room Notes:

Tags: Fantasy, Books & Literature

Confirmed panellists: Kate Williams, Liz Grzyb, Sarah Parker

One additional panellist has been suggested.

Room: Oshaneshii

Time: Sunday 11:30 PM

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