Murray MacLachlan notes:
For March’s meeting our face to face meeting will be in the Creative Hub room at Kensington Town Hall.
The meeting however will be a Zoom meeting, led from the Canberra wing of the Nova Mob – thanks Gillian! – and including a guest speaker from Hamburg or London.
Speakers for April and May also are known, both are Nova Mob members which is great to see the Mob tradition continuing.
Next 3 meetings
5 March – “Germans meet Australian Gothic” – Fifty years after “Picnic at Hanging Rock” and the translation into German of Australian Gothic. Gillian Polack/translation project manager or representative/ Mob discussion.
2 April – Alexandra Pierce on First Contact – Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Shroud” and other great SF novels
7 May – Perry Middlemiss – “The Novels of Robbie Arnott”
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Nova Mob meeting 5 March 2025 – Germans meet Australian Gothic
Did you know there’s a project under way to translate Australian Gothic novels and stories and novels into German?
Also that it’s fifty years since the film of Joan Lindsay’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” was released?
A first step would be to define Australian Gothic. I’m sure the borders are porous but that there are core works. Is Lindsay’s one of them? Also the German understanding of Australian Gothic differs from the Australian version. There is nuance!
From Canberra, Gillian will be interviewing the translation program manager or their representative, prior to Mob general discussion of Picnic at Hanging Rock and other Australian Gothic.
German may be spoken from time to time.
Nova Mob 5 March “Germans meet Australian Gothic”
Face to face
You are invited to an in-person Nova Mob meeting on Wednesday, 5 March 2025
8.00pm – 9.00 Melbourne time, 7:30-8:30pm Adelaide, first floor Creative Hub room.
Zoom meeting closes about 9.20pm or so.
Kensington Town Hall 30 – 34 Bellair St
Kensington Melbourne VIC 3031
By Zoom – simulcast
Zoom session opened from the Kensington Town Hall.
You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
8.00pm – 9.30 pm Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney time
7.30pm – 9.00pm Adelaide time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4177583193?pwd=VjdPL1BhSTBNclN2YnRsejN3Y1hlUT09
Passcode: nova
Meeting ID: 417 758 3193
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Pre-Mob dining – at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
Last time for the pre-refurbishment pre-Mob pub meal in Newmarket
The Quiet Man, 271 Racecourse Road, Kensington, VIC 3031.
On the corner of Rankins Rd and Racecourse Rd. Enjoy it, the pub is closing for a swift refurbishment. The new owners perhaps have decided the Mexican tiled floors don’t go with the Irish pub fittings and fixtures.
Table for 8 booked under the name of the Nova Mob Book Discussion group also Murray, 6.00pm for 6.30, through to 8.00pm.
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Melbourne Fannish Drinks
Melbourne SF pub meetup. Second Wednesday of every month
Next meetup: Wednesday 12 March.
It’s an open invitation to all. The Nixon Hotel, 757 Bourke St, Docklands.
Time: 6pm+. Westwards towards the waters from the north end of Southern Cross Station.
Nearest train station: Southern Cross (exit the Bourke Street end and turn left)
There is a lift outside to the right of the Channel 9 building at concourse level, which takes you down to Bourke St level. Convenor: Perry Middlemiss
No RSVP required.
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Nova Mob About and Contact Us
Nova Mob on social media: We’re on Mastodon. Click the invite to follow
Friends, out-of-town guests, and new arrivals – you are always welcome and have an open invitation to the Mob’s face-to-face and Zoom meetings.
First time arrivals – free. Otherwise a $5 donation for expenses please.
Face-to-face meetings are at the Kensington Town Hall:
Face to face, the Kensington Town Hall has ample parking and excellent disability access. Newmarket Railway Station is 15 minutes travel from Flinders St Station on the Craigieburn line. By tram it’s via the Route 57 and by bus it’s the #83. Other bus routes via Metlink Journey Planner.
Please don’t attend if you have symptoms that could be COVID 19 or similar. Our COVID-safe Plan continues to apply and we remain mask-friendly for those who wear them.
Murray MacLachlan
Convenor
The Adelaide Fan Review 