Last month, Adri Joy joined me to discuss CoNZealand Fringe—a programming offshoot of CoNZealand that centred fan voices and provided an alternative to official convention programming."With the idea spearheaded by Claire Rousseau, the first Booktuber—that’s the community of book reviewers and fans on YouTube—to make it to the Best Fancast ballot for her (excellent) channel," said Joy, "it was an obvious choice for CoNZealand Fringe to be hosted on BookTube, with 11 different channels hosting various Fringe streams and panels dedicated to BookTube itself and to popular BookTube video topics. Our panels were built from the premise that fans of colour, queer fans, fans with disabilities and other marginalised folks have vital things to say about every fandom topic, and given the genesis of the Fringe concept, ensuring a diversity of expertise was a fundamental part of our responsibilities." Now, I've caught up with Iori Kusano and Vida Cruz to discuss the origins of BonFiyah—a fan-run program that went from fringe project inspired by CoNZealand Fringe to an official offshoot of FIYAH Magazine's FIYAHCON convention.Enjoy!~ Aidan