Con or Bust

Con or Bust is a fundraising auction that provides financial support to people of colour who want to attend SFF cons in the US. In the past they have sent a number of POC fans to Wiscon; this year they are aiming to support people who want to go to any US SFF con. You can find out more here.

We talk a lot about wanting to see more POC at cons, without necessarily realising that one big hurdle is the cost of attending. Many POC fans live outside the US; others lack the means to travel within the US. Con or Bust endeavours to help some of these fans attend cons, whether they want to participate in panels or in the conversations all over the con. It has helped Amal El-Mohtar, Jaymee Goh, Deepa D and others attend Wiscon so that their voices could be heard. Click on the links to read what Jaymee and Deepa have to say about the importance of this.

I haven’t had time to offer something personal in the auction, but I’m offering a few used books and one un-opened audio CD.

Moxyland by Lauren Beukes – starting bid $7 – bid here!

Conjunctions 52: Betwixt the Between – starting bid $7 – bid here!

Paper: The Dreams of a Scribe by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani – starting bid $5 – bid here!

Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie – starting bid $5 – bid here!

Saffron And Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand – starting bid $5 – bid here!

Postscripts, Winter 2007 – starting bid $5 – bid here!

Audio CD of Philip K Dick’s ‘The Adjustment Team’ – starting bid $10 – bid here!

I will cover the cost of shipping internationally on all of these.

Please consider bidding on these, or on any of the amazing offers in the auction (such as Nicole Kornher-Stace’s books or caramels, a wardrobe refresher from Ekaterina Sedia, mythic prints by Terri Windling, a movie review from Genevieve Valentine, Martha Wells’ latest books, an ARC of the VanderMeers’ massive The Weird anthology, a signed copy of Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon, a copy of Hellebore and Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic, a copy of Catherynne M Valente’s Deathless).