<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shattersnipe: malcontent &amp; rainbows]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[fozmeadows]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/author/fozmeadows/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Festival Conventions]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>So, as you may or may not be aware, the Melbourne Writers Festival starts this weekend. The keynote address, delivered by Joss Whedon, is on tomorrow night. The fact that I&#8217;m attending is an ongoing source of glee &#8211; as is the fact that, courtesy of the Book Show on Radio National, I have a media pass to ten events over the weekend, which I&#8217;ll be blogging about in due course. Not here, though &#8211; I&#8217;ll be over at the <a href="http://blogs.radionational.net.au/bookshow/">Book Show Blog</a> itself, playing in the big girl sandpit and trying to keep my bubblegum outta my pigtails.</p>
<p>Did I mention that <a href="http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/">Worldcon</a> is also on between 2 and 6 September? And that I&#8217;m going? And that I&#8217;m blogging about it for the Book Show, too? And that I&#8217;m going to be on actual panels with actual awesome authors (see above re: big girl sandpit) and basically Getting My Geek On? For <em>five whole days</em>?</p>
<p>Dude.</p>
<p>Awesomeness is<em> imminent</em>.</p>
<p>Very soon, I&#8217;ll be posting my Worldcon schedule and linking to my Book Show blogs. But until then: SQUEE!</p>
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