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World Fantasy Award 2026 — artist! Much love and congratulations to fellow artists and inspirations Galen Dara, Daniele Serra, Rachel Smythe and Charles Vess

5 reasons a writer should move to Brisbane! lithub.com/5-reasons-a-... #Aussiecon5

Congrats to all the World Fantasy Award winners... and particularly Brisbane local, and Aussiecon5 guest, Kathleen Jennings! ( @tanaudel.bsky.social) locusmag.com/2026/10/worl... #wfc2026

Congrats to all the World Fantasy Award winners... and particularly Brisbane local, and Aussiecon5 guest, Kathleen Jennings! ( @tanaudel.bsky.social) locusmag.com/2026/10/worl... #wfc2026

Did you know that Australian Magpies are a very different bird to the European Magpie? The Australian Magpie is a songbird, and a member of the Artamidae, in its very own genus Gymnorhina and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). #Aussiecon5 #Birdwatching

Who let the ducks out? #BrisbaneIn2028 #Aussiecon5

Trek-Con 5.0 is this Saturday 24 October in #Melbourne! Austrek fan club's 50th Anniversary 1-day event includes presentations, cosplay, dealers, & an auction. 10am-6pm West Wing Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street Northcote, VIC $25 advance $30 @ door austrek1976@hotmail.com

If you have a facebook account, follow Australian Indigenous Astrononomy:

#TinyKoala found some Swiss cheese while on holiday in Vancouver, Canada. But what's that in the background? It looks like a human head covered in organic matter... Do the witches of Fort Salem know what's going on? @aussiecon5.bsky.social #Worldcon2028

News from #Aussiecon5 Guest of Honour Kathleen Jennings.

We did it! Onward and Upward to #Aussiecon5!

We are -->this<-- close to achieving 1,000 Followers on Bluesky and Facebook! Help us get there by Following and Sharing! Our Facebook account is: www.facebook.com/Aussiecon.Five #Worldcon #Aussiecon5 #Brisbanein28 #HugoAwards

A busy week for the team: another meeting to discuss finance, venue plans and roles. And I'm gearing up for a tiny convention in Perth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @pictcon.bsky.social 150 people, a one prog track & a workshop. It's local conventions that converge to make #Worldcon! #Aussiecon5 What's your local convention?

We are -->this<-- close to achieving 1,000 Followers on Bluesky and Facebook! Help us get there by Following and Sharing! Our Facebook account is: www.facebook.com/Aussiecon.Five #Worldcon #Aussiecon5 #Brisbanein28 #HugoAwards

Workbooks for Saturday at @bookbindersmuseum ! bookbindersmuseum.org/event/worksh...

Remember: if you don't tell Worldcon that you're interested in participating in programming, it's much less likely to happen!

Massive congrats to all winners of the British Fantasy Awards... and particularly Aussie @kellinthewoods.bsky.social, winning The Robert Holdstock Award (Best Fantasy Novel), for Upon a Starlit Tide! britishfantasysociety.org/who-won-the-...

I'm at Galactiic Journey again, bemoaning the state of West German cinema in the early 1970s and reviewing a very silly movie entitled "When My Sweetheart Gets Loud" galacticjourney.org/october-10-1...

Who's going to @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social? Who therefore wants to fill in the (preliminary) Programming Participation Questionnaire?? Here it is! Go forth! montreal2027.ca/en/programmi...

Massive congrats to all winners of the British Fantasy Awards... and particularly Aussie @kellinthewoods.bsky.social, winning The Robert Holdstock Award (Best Fantasy Novel), for Upon a Starlit Tide! britishfantasysociety.org/who-won-the-...

Some sad news for #WorldSpaceWeek. Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for the Apollo programme, has died.

Katherine Bennell-Pegg, director of space technology at the Australian Space Agency, is the first astronaut to be qualified under the Australian flag. She earned dual Master's Degrees in Science for Space Technology & for Astronautics and Space Engineering. #Aussiecon5 #WorldSpaceWeek w.wiki/X8WH

One of the ways that space exploration advances is through increased ability to track what is happening. Australian research scientist David Warren conceived a device that would record not only the instrument readings, but also the voices in the cockpit. #Aussiecon5 #WorldSpaceWeek

Congratulations to Dr Sean Richards who graduated in September with a PhD in Physics from the University of Auckland. Richards described graduating in astrophysics as continuing a path set by "our ancestors" who used the stars to navigate the Pacific Ocean. #WorldSpaceWeek #Aussiecon5

It's #WorldSpaceWeek. The Island Lagoon Tracking station at Woomer was the first deep space station to be established outside the USA. With a 26 metre antenna it was active from 1960 until 22nd December 1972. You can find lots more details here. #Aussiecon5

It's World Space Week! So over this week I'll be posting Australian Space Exploration milestones. #Aussiecon5 www.worldspaceweek.org

Melee (our Treasurer) having a moment with Dominar Rygel from Farscape, at the Jim Henson exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. Farscape was filmed in Australia, with a mostly Australian cast and crew. #Aussiecon5

Today we have a representative online at @octocon.bsky.social if you are an online attendee, @effjayem.bsky.social is hosting the social space from 12:30pm to 2pm. #Aussiecon5

Our newsletter, Progress Report #0, has just gone out! If you have signed up and didn't receive it, let us know. Memberships are available now! Join our Team and help to put on the 2028 Worldcon in Brisbane, Australia! mailchi.mp/38ee5def57de... #Worldcon #Brisbanein28 #HugoAwards

Since it came up in conversation recently, here is my "Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale". I really want to do a little illustrated book of this one day. reactormag.com/some-ways-to...

Worldcons strive to be inclusive and accessible. Accessibility is shaped by the venues we use, the ways we use them and the things our members tell us they need. Our host city, Brisbane, is implementing A City for Everyone: Inclusive Brisbane Plan, 2019-2029 It's a downloadable pdf. #Aussiecon5

The Pitt Rivers museum is a museum of Anthropology in the U.K. "digital heritage researcher Chanel Coromandel, master weaver Hamuera Manihera & cultural interpretation expert Paora Tibble have been selected as the inaugural Te Māori Fellows at Pitt Rivers Museum, " www.facebook.com/share/p/1GBL...

Today while doom scrolling we discovered Steve the Spider (One Man Band) from Itty Bitty Beats of New Zealand. youtu.be/NDH3EuhVNGg?...

On two new stories, and their origins: tanaudel.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/t...

Some upcoming events!

Made me laugh this morning. From @punkeydoodles8.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/r/1LwE...

Last week Friends of Tiny Koala visited the Baltimore Science Fiction Society building to observe club annual elections. Some remain at the building, while others have found forever homes with club members. @balticon.bsky.social #Aussiecon5

"Stay on th Path" — available as a print, and other things... www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3731...

Thanks, all, for your patience: the certificate error on redirection of the brisbane28.org URL to the new aussiecon.org URL has now been resolved. If you experience any future issues, please do let us know with a comment here or by contacting socialmedia@brisbane28.org. 🐨

Secretly, it turns out that the best breakfast culture on Earth is Australia’s. Best of Western and East Asian dishes (poached eggs & prosciutto or seafood congee at the same caffè!), light & hardy dishes in case people are ravenous from early morning water sports, + mountains of avocado & mango!

Thanks, all, for your patience: the certificate error on redirection of the brisbane28.org URL to the new aussiecon.org URL has now been resolved. If you experience any future issues, please do let us know with a comment here or by contacting socialmedia@brisbane28.org. 🐨

News from @aussiecon5.bsky.social guest of honour Kathleen Jennings.

Last chance to come join the magic of GeekGirlCon at Rose City Comic Con! We’re at Ginko-03 just waiting to geek out with you! 😘 #Comiccon #GeekGirlCon #RoseCityCC

@octothorpecast.bsky.social Friends of #Aussiecon5 Will be at @octocon.bsky.social in October.