There are plenty of opportunities to meet the Guests of Honour during the weekend. Every Guest of Honour gives a speech, they form the jury at the Finncon Masquerade, and participate e.g. in panels. Each Author Guest of Honour also has her own signing and Q&A session, and one can sit down with them and have a relaxed coffee at a Kaffeeklatsch at café Galilei.
Make sure to register for a Kaffeeklatsch in advance at the Info Desk at the Con! The maximum number of participants at a Kaffeeklatsch is 10 persons.
Send questions for Guests of Honour Q&A sessions:
Questions for Lauren Beukes (in English) should be sent to qabeukes@johanjonsson.net
Questions for Maria Turtschaninoff (in English, Swedish or Finnish) should be sent to QA-turtschaninoff@2018.finncon.org
GoH programme
Lauren Beukes
Fri 4-5 pm XVII (XVII, Quantum) On Writing
The traditional panel with the Guests of Honour concentrates on writing from a professional viewpoint. Shimo Suntila (Chair), Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff and Merja Polvinen.
Sat 11-11.45 am (IX-X, Natura) Guest of Honour Speech
Sat 1-1.45 pm (Galilei, Agora) Kaffeeklatsch
Sat 2-2.45 pm (X, Natura) Q&A
Sat 3.15-3.45 pm (Quantum, floor 2) Signing
Sat 4-5 pm (IX-X, Natura) Naamiaiset / Masquerade
Sun 11-11.45 am (Miittitila, Natura) Reading
Guest of Honour Lauren Beukes reads her works in front of a small audience.
Sun 1-1.45 pm (IX, Natura) First contact with local life
In speculative fiction a distant village or forlorn city block may seem as exotic as life on Mars. How do writers mix the global tropes and local topics? Do aliens speak in dialect? Markku Soikkeli, Jenny Kangasvuo, Tero Aalto, Marko Hautala, and Lauren Beukes.
Sun 3-3.45 pm (IX, Natura) Left Hand of Darkness, and beyond
How have the themes of gender and sexuality and their relation to language been dealt with in science fiction and fantasy? A panel by Tero Aalto, Kelvin Jackson, Aleksandr Ilikbaev, Sara Norja, and Lauren Beukes.
Sun 4-4.45 pm (IX-X, Natura) Future Women
How do we want women depicted in future SF/F? What pitfalls are best avoided? A closing panel by Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff, and Merja Polvinen.
Maria Turtschaninoff
Fri 4-5 pm XVII (XVII, Quantum) On Writing
The traditional panel with the Guests of Honour concentrates on writing from a professional viewpoint. Shimo Suntila (Chair), Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff and Merja Polvinen.
Sat 12-12.45 pm (X, Natura) Kyselytunti / frågestund / Q&A
Maria Turtschaninoffin kolmekielinen kyselytunti, haastattelijana Ben Roimola. Trespråkig frågestund med Maria Turtschaninoff, som frågevärd fungerar Ben Roimola. Maria Turtschaninoff Q&A, host Ben Roimola. The questions will be answered in Finnish, Swedish or English.
Sat 1-1.45 pm (XIV, Natura) Elääkö kirjoittamisella?
Millaisista puroista kirjailijan elanto koostuu? Työstään ovat kertomassa Maria Turtschaninoff, Jani Saxell, Helena Waris ja J. Pekka Mäkelä. Kassakoneen käyttäjänä toimii Saara Henriksson.
Sat 4-5 pm (IX-X, Natura) Naamiaiset / Masquerade
Sun 11-11.45 pm (IX-X, Natura) Kunniavieraspuhe
Sun 12-12.45 pm (XXII, Natura) Fantastisk podd
Författarpanelen spelar in podcasten Fantastisk podd inför publik. Maria Turtschaninoff, Mia Franck, Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo och Jenny Wiik.
Sun 2-2.45 pm (Galilei, Agora) Kaffeeklatsch
Sun 3-3.30 pm (Quantum, våning 2) Signing
Sun 4-4.45 pm (IX-X, Natura) Future Women
How do we want women depicted in future SF/F? What pitfalls are best avoided? A closing panel by Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff, and Merja Polvinen.
Merja Polvinen
Fri 4-5 pm XVII (XVII, Quantum) On Writing
The traditional panel with the Guests of Honour concentrates on writing from a professional viewpoint. Shimo Suntila (Chair), Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff and Merja Polvinen.
Sat 11.-11.45 am Auditorio (Quantum, floor -1)
Keynote Speech: Weirdness and Rigour: Encounters between SF and the Academia
Sat 2-2.45 pm (XVII, Quantum) Minne menet, genre?
Mikä on sf/f-genren nykytila ja mihin se on kenties menossa? Mitkä ovat isot trendit, mita annettavaa lajilla on nykymaailmalle? Miten se on reagoinut siihen? Jyrki Korpua (pj.), Sara Norja, Sarianna Silvonen, Ella Peltonen ja Merja Polvinen.
Sat 4-5 pm (IX-X, Natura) Naamiaiset / Masquerade
Sun 4-4.45 pm (IX-X, Natura) Future Women
How do we want women depicted in future SF/F? What pitfalls are best avoided? A closing panel by Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff, and Merja Polvinen.
