FanHistory Project Zoom Sessions

Next FanHistory Zoom Session

Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon - Part 1, 1936 to 1960, with Leigh Edmonds and Perry Middlemiss

Date: December 4 (US)/December 5 (Australia), 2021
7PM Dec 4 EST, 4PM Dec 4 PST, 11AM Dec 5 Melbourne AU

From the 1930s to the 1950s sf fandom in Australia was active and buoyant. Centred mainly around the city of Sydney their activities included fanzine production, club meetings and feuding. Yet by the beginning of the 1960s it had nearly all withered away. How did this vibrant community survive the Second World War and yet somehow fail to make it through peacetime? This, and many other questions, will be addressed by Dr Leigh Edmonds, sf fan and professional historian, in his FANAC talk titled "Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon - Part 1, 1936 to 1960.

To RSVP, or find out more about the series, please send a note to fanac@fanac.org.

Tentative Schedule for Future sessions

• December 4 (US) and December 5 (Australia), 2021 - 7PM Dec 4 EST, 4PM Dec 4 PST, 11AM Dec 5 Melbourne AU
  Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon - Part 1, 1936 to 1960, with Leigh Edmonds and Perry Middlemiss
• January 2022 - TBD

Past Sessions

• An Anecdotal History of Southern Fandom, with Guy Lillian III, Bill Plott, Toni Weisskopf and moderator Janice Gelb - February 2021
• The Benford Twins, Fandom and the Larger Universe - Jim and Greg Benford - March 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Juanita Coulson - on fandom, filkdom, fanzines, Star Trek and sundry aspects of her life in fandom - September 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Erle Korshak - A Fan History Zoom Session with Joe Siclari and Stephen Korshak - April 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• A Tour of Fannish Holborn (London) by Rob Hansen - December 2020
• Early Star Trek Fandom with Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam - April 2021
• St. Fantony, BSFA, Brumcon and more - British Fan history with Keith Freeman and Rob Hansen - October 2021
• Bjo and John Trimble Interview with Joe Siclari - May 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Ted White, an Interview by John D. Berry - January 2021. The video of the interview is in 4 parts. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Parts 2-4.

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