Hello future Conventioneers,
The most important update is of course that since October 14 the tickets and t-shirts can be ordered through our website! http://www.bcconvention2010.nl

Furthermore we are obviously very busy with the preparations, and it's all starting to get exciting. The contract with the venue will be signed next week, we are busy thinking of and collecting nice thingies to go in the goodie bags, for the tombola and the raffle (contributions still most welcome!) and we are also seriously thinking about the lunch on Saturday.

We managed to find a few sponsors for some of the things we need and we're very happy about that! Please sneak a peek at the thanks page: http://www.bcconvention2010.nl/11-Thank_You.html
The flying Dutchman and New Amsterdam (publishers) are donating some books which we can raffle off, cheese for the lunch comes from Cheese Farm Clara Maria, and TTY Internet Solutions provides our Internet site... great stuff, and we thank them all most cordially!

The programme for Saturday is taking its final shape: we have confirmation from Rob Ruggenberg, an author who writes historical children's books, and some of his work has been translated to English. See his website http://www.ruggenberg.nl.
Another author gave us the yes-word a long time ago, her name is Karin Spaink, see http://www.spaink.net. She will be speaking to us concerning the ins and outs of internetcommunities.
Furthermore we have storytellers Sahand Sahebdivani and Rik (surname not yet known, sorry) who will tell us splendid tales from the east. And finally there will be a writer from the Middle East, who has been living in the Netherlands for years, and will speak of his experiences with writing in another culture, and being an author in and between two languages.

Contributions continue to trickle in. The Internet site has been updated extensively, and much information has been added. Please take the time to look around, a lot has changed. A list of restaurants and hotels in the surroundings is in the making.

That's about it for now. At the time of writing this, 72 people have registered as attendees. Get your ticket while they last!