SwanCon is a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia.
It will normally have guests attending including at least one international author, and international guests have included Robert Silverberg, Bob Shaw, Anne McAffrey, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Brandon Sanderson, Charles Stross, and David Zindell.
Australian guests have included John Birmingham, Marianne de Pierres, Kim Wilkins and Kate Forsyth.
[2][6][7] SwanCon first hosted the Australian National Science Fiction Convention in 1980, and has done so relatively regularly since.
[8] In 2011, SwanCon hosted the 50th Australian National Science Fiction Convention, including guests Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson and Sean Williams.