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John is an entryist from the Mark Neglection League, Alison is podcasting from a Secret Remote Location, and Liz would like to see the cats. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment: Claire “Correct” Brialey, Lilian “Time-Traveller” Edwards, “Crazy” Dave Mansfield, Helena “Not Andrew or Mark” McCallum, Mark “Neglection League” Plummer Alison is preparing for her virtual GUFF trip 11

John is bad at emails, Liz is bad at Twitter, and Alison is going to be quieter this week. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! We are really sorry to the following people who we inadvertently ignored for ages: Andrew January Andrew Hogg Mark Olson Mark Plummer Black Lives Matter follow-up: 50 Brilliant Speculative Works by Black Authors #BlackInTheIvory N. K. Jemisin asking for black SF authors to

Black lives matter. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Black Lives Matter: Black UK racial justice organisations Anti-racism resources FIYAH Magazine The 2017 #BlackSpecFic Report The 2018 FIYAH Black SFF Writer Survey Report Virtual conventions: Balticon: A mixture of Zoom and Discord with Twitch and YouTube España Sheriff attended Balticon CoNZealand: The platform announcement: Using a similar

John has seen it all, Alison hasn’t seen Us, and Liz hasn’t seen Star Wars. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment España went to WiFi SciFi Two Chairs Talking A podcast from two Australian ex-Worldcon chairs about SF Let us know about any other fannish podcasts! BSFA Awards Vector Readings Discord Hugo Award finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Michael Sheen

John needs validation, Alison hatches a scheme, and Liz is definitely never going to run a Worldcon. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! The tiles that Alison helped make CoNZealand They have announced they will hold Worldcon virtually They have a streaming partner Memberships are $300 (NZ): approximately £150 The SFWA Nebula Conference 2020 is also being held virtually Registration is $150 (US):

John got drunk, Alison threw a party, and Liz was awake early. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! ConFusion 2021 is the next Eastercon We were right about the Guests of Honour: Dan Abnett Nik Vincent Dave Lally The provisional bid for 2022 is to be launched at Novacon Fan fundery: Alison won GUFF Anna Raftery’s trip report is being streamed on Zoom and will be available afterwards The next