2015 GenreCon Registration is now live. To book your tickets, head over the Australian Writers Marketplace store where there are options to pick up Weekend Registrations, book Banquet Tickets, and secure your place at the opening night reception.
2015 Registration opens Sunday
Eager to get your ticket to this year’s GenreCon? Registration for the 2015 event opens this Sunday at 12:00 PM Queensland Time (that’s 1:00 PM for you folks East Coast folks on daylight savings). We’ll be offering a special, early-bird rate of $220 for the first fifty conference registrations, after which the price will increase … Continue reading »
Save the Date: GenreCon 2015
The Australian Writer’s Marketplace will host GenreCon 2015 in the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, October 30 – November 1, 2015. GenreCon provides an opportunity for writers, editors, agents and other genre fiction professionals to come together for three days of networking, seminars, workshops, and more. If you’re interested in coming along you’ll want to … Continue reading »
GenreCon – Friday Events for the Early Arrivals
If you’re still thinking about coming to the conference, you’re running out of time. We’re down to just two weekend passes at the time that I’m posting this, and there’s only a handful of spaces left at both the Friday Night Opening Night Reception and the Cutlasses and Kimono’s Banquet. At the rate tickets have … Continue reading »
Three Big Announcements for the 2013 GenreCon
Pitching Now Open The GenreCon Pitching Program is your chance to sit down with an editor or agent to talk about your completed manuscript. We’ve got editors and agents representing a diverse range of genres accepting pitches across Saturday and Sunday of the conference. Applications for pitching spots will be open until 5:00 PM, October … Continue reading »
2013 GenreCon Program is Live
We’re excited by this one, so we’re going to say it loud: The GenreCon Program is live! Details for this year’s program of industry workshops, discussion panels, and feature events are now live on our website. We’re covering everything from the craft of writing, selling your work, building your career, and researching the little details that keep … Continue reading »
Latest News: Anne Gracie! Discount Room Rates!
Some important news: Rydges South Brisbane have agreed to offer a special rate $229 a night on Superior Twin share rooms for GenreCon Attendees during the conference. Details on the special rate are included at the end of this update, but there’s been a steady stream of questions about accommodation of late, so we wanted … Continue reading »
Welcome Kate Cuthbert and a Registration Update
It’s been two weeks since GenreCon 2013 opened for registration and the response from Australia’s genre writers has been…well, fantastic. Every time we check in on the conversation taking place on the #GCoz twitter tag or add another name to the list of attending attending members, we get a little bit more excited about kicking things … Continue reading »
GenreCon 2013 is Go!
For those of you who missed last year’s show, here’s the official pitch: the AWM GenreCon is a three-day conference for Australian writers and professionals working within the fields of romance, mystery, science fiction, crime, fantasy, horror, thrillers, and more. One part party, one part celebration, one part professional development – GenreCon is the place to be if … Continue reading »