Important Hotel Wifi Information
There are two wifi networks. One for your room: that’s the ATTwifi, and you’ll get the password from the desk clerk. Charge it to your […]
Month: March 2012
Mary Shelley in the News
The New York Public Library is hosting an exhibition about Mary Shelley and her circle. For the first time ever, selections from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein […]
SCHEDULE: Reading #1 Cancelled
We’re sorry to announce that the Friday 3PM reading by Carol Dorf and Erin Hoffman has been canceled.
SPOTLIGHT: Filking
This year we have something new to do on Friday and Saturday nights: Filk-singing, a traditional fannish musical activity, usually done in groups. It’s like […]
The Fannish Body: Anthropological Interview Subjects Wanted
Our friend Hanne Blank passed along this research request: An anthropologist friend of mine is currently starting up a project in which she is examining […]
Registration Hours
Because you need to know. Thursday 7-8pm Friday 11am-9pm Saturday 9am-2pm Sunday 10-noon
What Should I Wear? And Other Tips for Packing
What’s the Weather Like? Walnut Creek is inland from San Francisco, so it usually has more extreme weather. Current predictions for FOGcon weekend are for […]
Hit Refresh at the FOGcon Social Media Meetup!
Friday at suppertime (6PM to 8PM) let’s put some faces to the pixels. Whether you use Facebook or Twitter exclusively or maintain an independent blog […]
Pitch In! Help FOGcon Be Awesome!
Hey, y’all! I’m currently going through the list of you beautiful people who have already volunteered to help out for a shift or two at […]
Official Announcement: Shelley Jackson, Virtual Honored Guest
FOGcon regrets to announce that one of our Honored Guests, Shelley Jackson, cannot attend FOGcon. Although Shelley won’t be with us in person, she is breaking new ground as our first virtual Honored Guest. We will have a reading of one of her new stories. In addition, she has sent us her Skin, a short film that is not quite a documentary, about the Skin project. Nalo Hopkinson will be present at FOGcon and doing her reading and panels live and in person.