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2022
- Until 29 January 2022 • War of the Worlds ("immersive experience"), London
- Until 20 February 2022 • Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema (exhibition), Edinburgh
- 1 April - 28 August 2022 • Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics, London
- Until 24 April 2022 • Dredd @45 (45th-anniversary Judge Dredd exhibition), London
- Online 1-28 February 2022 • Women in Horror Recognition Month, global
- Postponed to 2023 11-13 February 2022 • Sci-Fi Ball (media), Southampton
- 11-13 February 2022 • ScotiaCon (furry), Glasgow
- Postponed to 2023 18-20 February 2022 • Redemption (multimedia sf), Sheffield
- 5 March 2022 • Angela Carter: A Radical Prescience?, Chichester
- Postponed again 10-13 March 2022 • ChillerCon UK, Scarborough [was StokerCon UK, first postponed from 16-19 April to 6-9 August 2020, again to 28-31 January 2021, and again]
- 10-12 March 2022 • Frightfest (film), Glasgow
- 11-13 March 2022 • MinamiCon 27, Southampton
- Online 25 March 2022 • Tolkien Reading Day, repeats every year
- 7-10 April 2022 • LuxCon (Eurocon)
- 8-10 April 2022 • Tolkien Society Springmoot/AGM (home), Exeter
- 9 April 2022 • Bedford Who Charity Con, Bedford
- 9-10 April 2022 • Sci Fi Scarborough, Scarborough
- 15-18 April 2022 • Reclamation (Eastercon), London Heathrow
- Sold out 21-24 April 2022 • Camp SFW (was Sci-Fi Weekender), Great Yarmouth
- Online 27-29 April 2002 • GIFCon 2022, "Fantasy Across Media"
- 7-8 May 2022 • Portsmouth Comic Con, Portsmouth
- 21-22 May 2022 • HorrorCon, Rotherham [postponed from 15-16 May 2021; 18-19 September 2021]
- 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
- 3-5 June 2022 • CYMERA: Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing, Edinburgh
- 25 June 2022 • Orion@40 (local group anniversary), Southend-on-Sea
- 1-3 July 2022 • Lavecon (sf/fantasy/gaming; home), Northants
- 10 July 2022 • Forever Avon (Blake's 7; formerly Maximum Power), Steventon, Oxfordshire
- 5-8 August 2022 • Continuum (RPG), Oadby
- 5-7 August 2022 • TitanCon, Belfast
- 28-29 August 2022 • Stars of Time (film/comics), Weston-super-Mare
- 1-5 September 2022 • Chicon 8 (Worldcon), Chicago, IL, USA
- 3 September 2022 • Whooverville (Doctor Who; home), Derby
- 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 October 2022 - 4 May 2023 • Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination (exhibition), Science Museum, London
- 14-16 October 2022 • The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal
- 15-16 October 2022 • Octocon, Croke Park, Dublin
- 22-23 October 2022 • Surrey Steampunk Convivial, Stoneleigh, Epsom
- 27-31 October 2021 • Edinburgh Horror Festival, Edinburgh
- 28-29 October 2022 • 15th Starfleet/Klingon Banquet, Peterborough
- 10-13 November 2022 • Camp SFW (was Sci-Fi Weekender), Great Yarmouth
- 11-13 November 2022 • Novacon 51, venue TBC
- 3 December 2022 • Dragonmeet (gaming), London
2023
- 8-11 June 2023 • Konflikt (Eurocon), Uppsala, Sweden.
- 16-20 August 2023 • Worldcon 2023 (Worldcon), Chengdu, China
Future Convention Bids
- Postponed 2-6 August 2023 • Nice (France) in 2023 (Worldcon)
- August 2024 • Erasmuscon (Eurocon), Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 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
- Doctor Who Exhibitions (UK)
- 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
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- Worldcons
- Anime League
- International Comic Expo
- Massive Events
- MCM Comic Con
- Showmasters (Film & Comic Con, Collectormania)
- Starfury
Infinitely Improbable
Free ebooks at the TAFF site. Recent releases include Faan Fiction 1930-2020: an exploration, Bixelstrasse: The SF Fan Community of 1940s Los Angeles (both compiled and with commentary by Rob Hansen) and Ah! Sweet Laney! The Writings of a Great Big Man by Francis Towner Laney.
Ansible Editions: latest titles are Puff Love by John Sladek, The Jonbar Point by Brian Aldiss and Beachcombing and Other Oddments by David Langford. Whose Don't Try This At Home now has a paperback edition for completists.
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
June 2021
- Clarke Award shortlist (all debut novels)
- Locus Awards
- Kitschies shortlists
- More Hugo drama; patching things up; exit DisCon chairman
- Where Thog Fears to Tread
- Fanzine Spotlight: Ansible
- Nebula Awards
May 2021
- A fantasy-themed crossword
- Bram Stoker awards; HWA life achievement; HWA speciality press
- "Púca of Ennistymon" controversy
- Locus Awards finalists
April 2021
- #DisneyMustPay, continued
- New Worldcon bid: Winnipeg in 2023
- The Last Dangerous Visions submissions open and close on 30 April
- Seiun Awards shortlist
- Hugo finalists
- Prisoner-themed Inquisitor crossword
- SF² Concatenation Summer 2021 Newscast
- Doc Weir Award
- Alison Scott on ConFusion
- Farah Mendlesohn on ConFusion
- BSFA Awards
- Eastercon 2022: Reclamation
- Eastercon 2021 newsletters
- ConFusion: Eastercon 2021
- SF Encyclopedia news
- Unpublished "Ansible Link" column
March 2021
- FAAn Awards 2021; Lifetime Achievement presentation speech
- Peter S. Beagle news
- Nebula Award finalists
- Nabokov on Superman
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