Jukka Halme har på¨Åcon-listan pubbat det preliminäöra programmet för Åcon 5 (17-20/5, aconfive.wordpress.com). Så här lyder det: I present you here the inaugural programming schedule which still needs some tweaking, but for the most part it will look like as follows: THURSDAY Opening takes place around 6PM, followed by some important announcements and such. After the ceremonies, we'll have SQUEE - The Cuddlepunk Manifesto and finish up the evening with traditional workshop, Make Your Own "Do Not Disturb" -sign. As always, we're keeping Thursday as relaxed as possible. FRIDAY We'll start lightly, with Book Recommendations around Noon. As mentioned before, let's keep the recommendations to books published in the 21st century SF, fantasy, horror, paramance, slipstream, new weird, whatever strikes your fancy and you're enthused to talk about it. 2PM Sherlock Holmes - Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf and Sari Polvinen will take this baby out and see what it's made of. The original SH, new interpretations, whatnot. 3PM GoH interview - Cat Valente talks with Nene Ormes 4PM adVANCEd discussion - Linnéa Anglemark and Mika Loponen, supported by Tommy Persson 5PM Cool-TV - Eemeli Aro explains 6PM Break 7PM Knittertainment - A veritable yarnstorming to the world of Yarnia by the Knitwits Anonymous 8PM TBA 9PM Post-Modern Fantasy - Karin Tidbeck, Markku Soikkeli, Cat Valente, Cheryl Morgan and Merja Polvinen 10PM Never mind the Buzzaldrins - Examining the general ignorance of the attendees with jukkahoo 11PM Book of the Night - Roundtable discussion about The Female Man by Joanna Russ SATURDAY Noon opens with the London 2014 Tea Party, hosted by Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf. Freshen up with the latest news of the bid. 2PM GoH Speech/Reading - Cat Valente has the floor 3PM That Difficult 2nd Book - Anne Leinonen, Nene Ormes, Saara Henriksson and Vesa Sisättö talk about that elusive masterpiece, The Follow-Up! 4PM Serious Shit - Merja Polvinen and Mika Loponen Talk Academic Stuff! 5PM Kick-Ass Chicks - Cheryl Morgan, Marianna Leikomaa, Karin Tidbeck and Karin Waller 6PM Break 8PM Folklore in Fantasy - Karin Tidbeck, Cat Valente, Karin Waller, Anne Leinonen and Markku Soikkeli 9PM Who Should've Won? - Tommy Persson, Marianna Leikomaa and Jukka Halme 10PM Just a Speculative Fiction Minute! - Combining two game shows should be twice as fun! SUNDAY We'll have a good and thorough Sweet 'n' Sour Gripe Session around Noon. Let us know what went well and what not. --Ahrvid -- ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx / Be an @SFJournalen Twitter Follower for all the latest news in short form! / Gå med i SKRIVA - för författande, sf, fantasy, kultur (skriva-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, subj: subscribe) / Om Ahrvids novellsamling Mord på månen: http://www.zenzat.se/zzfaktasi.html C Fuglesang: "stor förnöjelse...jättebra historier i mycket sannolik framtidsmiljö"! Nu som ljudbok: http://elib.se/ebook_detail.asp?id_type=ISBN&id?86081462 / Läs även AE i nya Vildsint Skymningslandet, årets mest spännande antologi - finns bl a på SF-Bokhandeln! / YXSKAFTBUD, GE VÅR WCZONMÖ IQ-HJÄLP! (DN NoN 00.02.07) ----- SKRIVA - sf, fantasy och skräck * Äldsta svenska skrivarlistan grundad 1997 * Info http://www.skriva.bravewriting.com eller skriva- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx för listkommandon (ex subject: subscribe).