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2022
- 14 June - 2 October 2022 • Bryan Talbot's Luther Arkwright (exhibition), Cartoon Museum, London
- Until 28 August 2022 • Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics (exhibition), London
- 6 October 2022 - 4 May 2023 • Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination (exhibition), Science Museum, London
- Until 8 January 2023 Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature (exhibition), V&A, London
- 19-22 May 2022 • Sci-Fi London (film), London
- 21-22 May 2022 • HorrorCon, Rotherham [postponed from 15-16 May 2021; 18-19 September 2021]
- 23 May 2022 • Tolkien Lecture (Rebecca F. Kuang)
- 26-29 May • ChillerCon UK, Scarborough [was StokerCon UK, first postponed from 16-19 April to 6-9 August 2020, again to 28-31 January 2021, again to 10-13 March 2022, and again]
- 27-29 May 2022 • Satellite 7 (home), Glasgow [postponed from 22-24 May 2020; 19-21 February 2021; 21-23 May 2021]
- 28-29 May 2022 • EM-Con, Nottingham
- 28-29 May 2022 • Lawless (UK comics), Bristol
- Hybrid 3-5 June 2022 • CYMERA: Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing, Edinburgh
- Online 25 June 2022 • British Fantasy Society: 50 Years of Fantasy and Horror
- Cancelled • 25 June 2022 • Orion@40 (local group anniversary), Southend-on-Sea
- 25-26 June 2022 • Steampunk Weekend, Grantham
- Hybrid 3 July 2022 • Tolkien Society Seminar, Leeds
- Sold out 10 July 2022 • Forever Avon (Blake's 7; formerly Maximum Power), Steventon, Oxfordshire
- 13-17 July 2022 • Once and Future Fantasies (conference), Glasgow
- 15-17 July 2022 • Lavecon (sf/fantasy/gaming; home), Milton Keynes
- 5-8 August 2022 • Continuum (RPG), Oadby
- 5-7 August 2022 • TitanCon, Belfast
- 23-28 August 2022 • Barbican Outdoor Cinema, London
- 25-29 August 2022 • Frightfest (film), London
- 26-29 August 2022 • The Asylum (steampunk), Lincoln
- 28-29 August 2022 • Stars of Time (film/comics), Weston-super-Mare
- 1-5 September 2022 • Chicon 8 (Worldcon), Chicago, IL, USA
- Hybrid 1-4 September 2022 • Oxonmoot (home; Tolkien Society) , Oxford
- 3 September 2022 • Whooverville (Doctor Who; home), Derby
- 6-7 September 2022 • The Past as Nightmare (conference), Reading
- 10 September 2022 • International Comic Expo (ICE), Birmingham
- 16-18 September 2022 • FantasyCon 2022, Heathrow, London
- 24-25 September 2022 • Nor-Con (tv/film/comics), Norfolk
- 30 September - 2 October 2022 • Destination Star Trek, London
- 6-9 October 2022 • Grimmfest (film; home)
- 14-16 October 2022 • The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal
- 15-16 October 2022 • Octocon, Croke Park, Dublin
- 20-23 October 2022 • Celluloid Screams (horror film festival), Sheffield
- 22-23 October 2022 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 27-31 October 2022 • Edinburgh Horror Festival, Edinburgh
- 28-29 October 2022 • 15th Starfleet/Klingon Banquet, Peterborough
- 28-30 October 2022 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- 29 October 2022 • BristolCon, Bristol
- 11-14 November 2022 • Camp SFW (was Sci-Fi Weekender), Great Yarmouth
- 11-13 November 2022 • Novacon 51, venue TBC
- 12-13 November 2022 • Thought Bubble Comic Con (comics), Harrogate [part of 7-13 November comics festival]
- 3 December 2022 • Dragonmeet (gaming), London
- 3-4 December 2022 • For the Love of Sci-Fi (comics), Manchester
2023
- Online 1-28 February 2023 • Women in Horror Recognition Month, global
- 17-19 February 2023 • Sci-Fi Ball (media), Southampton
- 24-26 February 2023 • Redemption (multimedia sf), Sheffield
- 10-12 March 2023 • MinamiCon 28 (anime), Southampton
- 18 March 2023 • Bedford Who Charity Con, Bedford
- Online 25 March 2023 • Tolkien Reading Day, repeats every year
- Hybrid 7-10 April 2023 • Conversation (Eastercon), venue TBA
- 8-11 June 2023 • Konflikt (Eurocon), Uppsala, Sweden.
- 16-20 August 2023 • Worldcon 2023 (Worldcon), Chengdu, China
- 20-23 October 2023 • Irish Discworld Convention, Cork, Ireland
2024
- 29 March - 1 April 2024 • Levitation (Eastercon), Telford
- August 2024 • Erasmuscon (Eurocon), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Future Convention Bids
- 8-12 August 2024 • UK in 2024 (Worldcon), Glasgow
- 2025 • Brisbane (Australia) in 2025 (Worldcon)
- 2025 • Finland in 2025 (Eurocon) reported in File 770
- 2025 • Seattle (WA, USA) in 2025 (Worldcon)
- 2026 • Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) in 2026 (Worldcon)
- August 2026 • Los Angeles (CA, USA) in 2026 (Worldcon)
- 2026 • Nice (France) in 2026 (Worldcon)
- 2026 • Orlando (FL, USA) in 2026 (Worldcon)
- 2027 • Tel Aviv (Israel) in 2027 (Worldcon)
General/Other
- Eastercons (UK); more
- Eurocons (European SF Society)
- League of the Non-Aligned Convention Diary
- Shoreline of Infinity Event Horizon (Scotland)
- Tolkien Events
- UK Convention Badges at eFanzines
- UK Filk Events
- UK/Irish Gaming Cons
- UK/Irish RPG Cons
- Worldcons
- Anime League
- Doctor Who Exhibitions (UK)
- Massive Events
- Showmasters (Film & Comic Con, Collectormania)
- Starfury
Infinitely Improbable
Free ebooks at the TAFF site. Recent releases include Bixelstrasse: The SF Fan Community of 1940s Los Angeles and The Harrison Saga by "Harry Hurstmonceaux and Cyril Faversham", both compiled and with commentary by Rob Hansen.
Ansible Editions: latest titles are Puff Love by John Sladek, The Jonbar Point by Brian Aldiss and Beachcombing and Other Oddments by David Langford. Also, by popular demand, there's now a paperback edition of Bixelstrasse above. With added back-cover map!
May 2022
- Sturgeon Award finalists
- Locus Awards finalists
- The Sequel of Argon
- Science Museum/Hodder & Stoughton sf debut prize
April 2022
- 2022 TAFF Result; TAFFish 2 with voting stats
- SF² Concatenation Summer 2022 Newscast
- Levitation: Eastercon 2024 winning bid
- Conversation: Eastercon 2023 winning bid
- Eastercon newsletters
- Eastercon fan funds "silent auction" catalogue
- Reclamation (Eastercon) Programme Guide
- ESFS Awards
- Hugo finalists
March 2022
- Eastercon 2023 bids: Conversation and Persistence
- ESFS Awards shortlists
- FAAn Awards results
- Book bonanza in Scotland
- Nebula Awards finalists
February 2022
- Christopher Priest and Paul Kincaid on reviewing
- BSFA Awards finalists
- Bram Stoker Awards finalists
- Chesley Awards 2021 winners
- Locus Recommended Reading List for 2021
January 2022
- BSFA Awards longlists
- Bram Stoker Awards preliminary ballot
- SF² Concatenation Spring 2022 Newscast
- Fanzine Activity Achievement awards: voting is now open
- Cheryl Morgan on DisCon III
- How out-of-copyright in the USA is Winnie-the-Pooh?
December 2021
- Cloud Chamber 165 (an unconvincing Christmas card substitute)
- Statement and Apology on DisCon III Sponsorship
- Hugo winners; statistics; nominations
- Chengdu wins 2023 Worldcon
- Worldcon Business Meeting shenanigans
- DisCon III daily newsletters
- 2022 TAFF voting opens; official flyer: see ballot with candidates' platforms; online voting form
- 2022 TAFF race announced; official flyer
- London Christmas pub meeting goes virtual
- DisCon III Schedule (online items flagged)
November 2021
- Ditmar Awards winners
- Novacon 51 alert: membership cost rises on 19 November
- Public service announcement for authors and rights holders; late-November update!
- Moffatt TAFF report offer
October 2021
- Chesley Awards shortlists
- Mythopoeic Awards
- 2022 TAFF race announced
- Anna Raftery's TAFF report: Cuttlefish and Cake
- SF Encyclopedia on the move; PDF press release
- Richard Glyn Jones remembers Langdon Jones
September 2021
- Genre comics, pulps etc. stolen from Florida State University collection
- SF² Concatenation Autumn 2021 Newscast
- RIP Judith Hanna
- "We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein"
- UK National Film and Sci-fi Museum
- Sidewise Awards: 2019 and 2020 shortlists
August 2021
July 2021
- British Fantasy Awards shortlists
- World Fantasy Awards shortlists and life achievement winners
- Windows of Fantasy: The Significance of Science Fiction and Fantasy Film and Television Posters (with online survey)
- ESFS Awards at Eurocon 2021
- Eurocon 2023
- Sturgeon Award shortlist
- London First Thursday meetings: in-person again from September?
- Shirley Jackson Awards shortlist
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