Nine Worlds 2014

Nine Worlds is this weekend! I am the track organiser for the Race and Culture track alongside Zen Cho. It should be great fun.

Here are the panels I’m either on or moderating:

Positive Practice: Awesome portrayals of people with mental illnesses
(Friday, 3.15 – 4.30pm, Connaught B)
Those of us with mental illnesses aren’t just collections of symptoms — we’re at this con, we’re in these panels, we’re wearing awesome cosplay we spent the last three months cobbling together from scrap metal and geekery. This panel aims to (critically) celebrate fiction that knows this. We want to talk about the stories that don’t just get the illness right, but get the person right, too — especially those that strike a hopeful note about life containing, but not defined by, mental ill health.

Voices From Other Worlds
(Friday 5.00 – 6.15pm, Connaught B)
Readings from authors of colour on the theme of race and culture. Taran Matharu, Zen Cho and Adam Lowe will be reading excepts from their work, and I will be moderating.

This Will Always Be Your Home: Race, Culture, and Fannish Life
(Saturday 1.30-2.45pm, Connaught B)
Western media fandom, from zines to Tumblr, has been something special to so many people: a community and a home. We live here too – so what does it mean to be a fan of colour?

Generally, if you know me, come and say hi! I will be delighted. For recognition purposes, I am short, South Asian, wear hipster glasses and (for one weekend only!) have pointy ears. (Lazy Vulcan cosplay – the cosplay is lazy, not the Vulcans.) I plan to be around from at least Friday morning to Sunday night; not sure about Thursday evening just yet.

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