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sffanz_feedThe finalists of the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for 2026, recognizing works from the 2025 year, are available on this link to the SFFANZ main site.
The voting form will be available soon.
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dw_maintenanceHappy Wednesday!
I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!
Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!
Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.
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Kiwi Moot Conference to take place in Wellington, New Zealand in February 2027
Signum University, along with members of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Tolkien fan community, invites you to join us for our first Kiwi Moot.
Kiwi Moot, a three-day conference which will take place in Wellington, New Zealand from Saturday 6 February to Monday 8 February, 2027. The conference is planned to feature workshops, discussions, presentations, performances, and academic papers.
Tickets can now be booked through the Moot registration page for in-person and online attendance for the Kiwi Moot conference
https://signumuniversity.org/event/kiwimoot2027/
Our conference theme is Stars and Signs, and we are open for submissions for workshops, discussions, presentations, performances, and academic papers. Please consider whether you wish to contribute – no prior experience is necessary and this will be a warm and welcoming community experience
More information on the page above and the Tolkien New Zealand conference page:
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