{"id":15,"date":"2025-11-12T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:18:47","slug":"history-of-the-convention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/history-of-the-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PictCon1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

8th November 2025, Salutation Hotel, Perth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest of Honour:<\/strong> Francesca Barbini<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-chairs:<\/strong> Farah Mendlesohn and Michelle Drayton-Harrold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gophers:<\/strong> Ralph Drayton Harrold and Gray Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programme<\/strong> as delivered on the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome:<\/strong> Michelle Drayton-Harrold (aka Cuddles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SF in Scotland:<\/strong> Natalie Jayne Clarke (M), Ricardo Pinto. Vince Docherty, Nick Hubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop:<\/strong> Reading Aloud: E.M. Faulds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest of Honour Interview:<\/strong> Frances Barbini, interviewed by Meg MacDonald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Space Port Scotland:<\/strong> Gray Mitchell (M), Ken MacLeod, EM Reed, Adam Oyabanji, Elaine Gallagher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop:<\/strong> Writing Immersive Fight Scenes, Josh Hulton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scotland\u2019s Rich Cryptology:<\/strong> E.M. Faulds (M); Jane Carnall, Ry Herman, MK Hardy, Rafael Torrubia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop:<\/strong> Co-Writing: Ruth Aylett, Greg Michaelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthologies:<\/strong> Neil Williamson (M), Francesca Barbini, E.M. Faulds, Joanna Corrance, Noel Chidwick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17:45<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking the Streets – landscape and the fantastic:<\/strong> Kevin McVeigh (M), Tendai Huchu, JJ Marr, Lisa Tuttle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(This panel was a last minute replacement and we thank in particular all the participants who agreed to take part).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RPG: <\/strong>The Game:  a collaborative, rules-lights RPG for beginners and veterans, Alexa MacBett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(if you spot any mistakes, please let us know at “pictcon” [at] “pictcon” [dot] “com”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th October 2025<\/strong><\/td>PictCon1<\/strong><\/td>PictCon1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Eventbrite Gross<\/strong><\/td> \u00a3    3,042.26<\/strong><\/td> In<\/strong><\/td> Out<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Eventbrite took 11.1%<\/td> \u00a3        337.36<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>\u00a0\u00a3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,704.90<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
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<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Eventbright ticketing<\/td> \u00a3    2,704.90<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Other ticketing via machine which also garnishes<\/td> \u00a3           59.43<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Donation (Ken MacLeod)<\/td> \u00a3           20.00<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Deposit to return to Farah<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Remaining cost<\/td><\/td> \u00a3        750.00<\/td><\/tr>
GoH hotel<\/td><\/td><\/td> \u00a3        167.00<\/td><\/tr>
Francesca’s travel<\/td><\/td> \u00a3           37.80<\/td><\/tr>
GoH Honorarium<\/td><\/td> \u00a3           50.00<\/td><\/tr>
Francesca and Rob’s dinner<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
leaflets to take to conventions<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
bookshop posters<\/td> use instaprint<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
stamps<\/td> 32  x 2nd class<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Eastercon postcards<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Final local posters (10) + P&P<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Single Hole punch<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Badges<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Restaurant tip<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Hotel tip<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Refund to Farah<\/strong><\/td><\/td> \u00a3       687.35<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td> \u00a3    2,784.33<\/td> \u00a3    1,692.15<\/td><\/tr>
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Surplus<\/td> <\/td> <\/td>\u00a31,092.18<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PictCon1 8th November 2025, Salutation Hotel, Perth Guest of Honour: Francesca Barbini Co-chairs: Farah Mendlesohn and Michelle Drayton-Harrold Gophers: Ralph Drayton Harrold and Gray Wilson Programme as delivered on the day: 10:00 Welcome: Michelle Drayton-Harrold (aka Cuddles) SF in Scotland: Natalie Jayne Clarke (M), Ricardo Pinto. Vince Docherty, Nick Hubble. Workshop: Reading Aloud: E.M. Faulds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictcon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}