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2021 | Overseas | Bids | London
2020
- [none at present]
- Online only 2 April 2020 • Virtual First Thursday, in place of the usual London pub meeting
- Postponed 3 April 2020 • H.G. Wells & the Spiders From Mars (work-in-progress play), Cockpit Theatre, London
- Cancelled 3-5 April 2020 • Conpulsion (gaming), Edinburgh
- Postponed 4 April 2020 • Bedford Who Charity Con, Bedford
- Online only 4 April 2020 • ScaledCon (gaming): replaces Conpulsion above
- Cancelled 4-5 April 2020 • Sci Fi Scarborough, Scarborough
- Cancelled 10-13 April 2020 • Concentric 2020 (Eastercon), Birmingham
- Online only 10 April 2020 • Kafka's The Metamorphosis (Royal Ballet adaptation), 7pm BST
- Postponed to August 16-19 April 2020 • StokerCon UK, Scarborough
- Postponed to 2021 17-19 April 2020 • Springmoot (home; Tolkien Society), Exeter
- Online only 18 April 2020 • Tolkien Society AGM
- Postponed 23-26 April 2020 • Dead by Dawn (horror film festival), Edinburgh
- Postponed 23-26 April 2020 • Sci-Fi Weekender, Great Yarmouth
- Postponed 26 April 2020 • London Vintage Paperback & Pulp Fair, London
- Postponed to July 2-3 May 2020 • EM-Con, Nottingham
- Postponed 12-20 May 2020 • Sci-Fi London (film), London
- Postponed 16-17 May 2020 • HorrorCon, Sheffield
- Cancelled 16 May 2020 • Lawless (UK comics), Bristol
- 21 May 2020 • Ballard's Londons (talk), London
- Venue closed 22 May 2020 - 3 January 2021 • Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature, Natural History Museum, London
- Postponed to February 2021 22-24 May 2020 • Satellite 7 (home), Glasgow
- Postponed 30 May 2020 • Orwell Day, Isle of Bute
- Cancelled 2-6 June 2020 • Outlander Conference, Glasgow; call for papers by 31 January
- Cancelled 5-7 June 2020 • CYMERA: Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing, Edinburgh
- 6 June 2020 • Carlisle Comic Con (home), Carlisle
- 15-21 June 2020 • Talos IV: Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London (home), London
- Cancelled 1-2 July 2020 • Science for Fiction (workshop), Imperial College, London
- 3-5 July 2020 • Lavecon (sf/fantasy/gaming; home), Northants
- Online only 4 July 2020 • Tolkien Society Seminar (home)
- 11-12 July 2020 • Edge-Lit 9, Derby
- 18-19 July 2020 • EM-Con, Nottingham [postponed from 2-3 May 2020]
- Sold out 26 July 2020 • Forever Avon (Blake's 7; formerly Maximum Power), Steventon, Oxfordshire
- Online only 29 July - 2 August 2020 • CoNZealand (Worldcon), Wellington, New Zealand
- 6-9 August 2020 • StokerCon UK, Scarborough
- 7-10 August 2020 • Continuum 2020 (RPG), Oadby
- Sold out 7-10 August 2020 • Discworld Convention, Birmingham
- 21-23 August 2020 • Reunicon 2020 (Confiction 1990 worldcon reunion), The Hague, Netherlands
- 27-31 August 2020 • Frightfest (film), London
- 28-31 August 2020 • The Asylum (steampunk), Lincoln
- Postponed to 2021 28-31 August 2020 • Redemption (multimedia sf), Sheffield
- 28-30 August 2020 • TitanCon, Belfast
- 30-31 August 2020 • Stars of Time (film/comics), Weston-super-Mare
- 3-6 September 2020 • Oxonmoot (home; Tolkien Society), Oxford
- 5-6 September 2020 • Film & Comic Con Collectormania, NEC, Birmingham
- 19 September 2020 • International Comic Expo, Birmingham
- Registration suspended 25-27 September 2020 • FantasyCon 2020, London
- 26-27 September 2020 • Nor-Con (tv/film/comics), Norfolk
- 2-4 October 2020 • Futuricon (Rikon/Eurocon), Rijeka, Croatia
- 7-11 October 2020 • Grimmfest (cult/horror films), Manchester
- 9-11 October 2020 • The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal
- 9-11 October 2020 • Octocon, near Dublin
- 22 October - 1 November 2020 • Edinburgh Horror Festival, Edinburgh
- 24 October 2020 • Whooverville (Doctor Who; home), Derby
- 29 October - 1 November 2020 • World Fantasy Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- 30 October - 1 November 2020 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- 31 October 2020 • BristolCon, Bristol
- 31 October 2020 • Frightfest Hallowe'en (film), London
- 6-8 November 2020 • Armadacon, Plymouth
- 9-15 November 2020 • Thought Bubble (comics), Harrogate; includes Comic Con 14-15 November
- 13-15 November 2020 • Destination Star Trek, London
- 13-15 November 2020 • Novacon 50, Nottingham
- 5-6 December 2020 • For the Love of Sci-Fi (comics), Manchester
2021
- 1-28 February 2020 • Women in Horror Recognition Month, /global
- 5-7 February 2021 • Long Play (filk; home), Grantham
- 19-21 February 2021 • Satellite 7 (home), Glasgow [postponed from 22-24 May 2020]
- 18-21 March 2021 • Eurocon 2021, Fiuggi, Italy
- 18-21 March 2021 • Sci-Fi Weekender, Great Yarmouth
- 25 March 2021 • Tolkien Reading Day, global online; repeats every year
- 26-28 March 2021 • Corflu 38 (Corflu Concorde), Bristol
- 9-11 April 2021 • Springmoot/AGM (home; Tolkien Society), Exeter
- 25-29 August 2021 • DisCon III (Worldcon), Washington DC, USA
Future Convention Bids
- Chicago in 2022 (Worldcon)
- Jeddicon (Saudi Arabia in 2022), Jeddah
- 23-27 August 2023 • Memphis in 2023 (Worldcon)
- 2-6 August 2023 • Nice (France) in 2023 (Worldcon)
- August 2023 • Chengdu (China) in 2023 (Worldcon)
- Summer 2023 • Konflikt (Eurocon), Uppsala, Sweden
- 8-12 August 2024 • UK in 2024 (Worldcon), Glasgow
- August 2024 • Eurocon 2024, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Seattle in 2025 (Worldcon) – Facebook only
- On hiatus Perth (Australia) in 2025 (Worldcon) – Twitter only. May bid for another year.
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
- UK/Irish RPG Cons
- Worldcons
- Anime League
- International Comic Expo
- Massive Events
- MCM Comic Con
- Starfury
Infinitely Improbable
Latest free ebooks at the TAFF site. Recent releases: The Serious Scientific Talks by Bob Shaw; Homefront: Fandom in the UK 1939-1945 edited by Rob Hansen – a huge compilation of wartime fanwriting.
Ansible Editions: the latest of many titles is Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996 by Algis Budrys – trade paperback and ebook.
April 2020
March 2020
- Adam Roberts on Stephen R. Donaldson
- 2020 FAAn Awards
- William Gibson on NPR
- Kitschies 2019 shortlists
- Jeanne Gomoll's 1987 TAFF trip report now on sale
Coronavirus Impact
UK
Eastercon: the show must go on?
Official
website version; home
page tweets •
Hotel
relaxes non-cancellable bookings policy •
Tade
Thompson steps down as Eastercon GoH •
Unofficial
Eastercon contingency discussion •
TAFF
trip under threat •
StokerCon UK
to be postponed? •
Carlisle
Comic Con statement •
Lavecon statement •
Edge-Lit
9 statement • Continuum
2020 statement •
FantasyCon
2020 statement
Moved Online
- Spectrum Awards (28 March)
- ScaledCon (4 April) replaces Conpulsion
- Tolkien Society AGM (18 April)
- SFWA Nebula Conference (28-31 May)
- Tolkien Society Seminar (4 July)
- CoNZealand (Worldcon, 29 July - 2 August)
Cancelled/Postponed UK
- All Brum Group meetings
- All pub meetings
- London Book Fair (10-12 March)
- Futurefest (London, 20 March)
- Leicester Horror Con (28 March)
- Conpulsion (Edinburgh, 3-5 April)
- H.G. Wells & the Spiders From Mars (London, 3 April)
- Bedford Who Charity Con (4 April) now Autumn?
- Sci Fi Scarborough (4-5 April)
- Tolkien Society Springmoot (Exeter, 7-9 April)
- Concentric (Eastercon, Birmingham NEC, 10-13 April)
- StokerCon UK (Scarborough, 16-19 April)
- Dead by Dawn (Edinburgh, 23-26 April)
- Sci-Fi Weekender (Great Yarmouth, 23-26 April)
- London Vintage Paperback & Pulp Fair (26 April)
- Sci-Fi London (12-20 May)
- HorrorCon UK (Sheffield, 16-17 May)
- Lawless (Bristol, 16 May)
- EM-Con (Nottingham, 2-3 May) now 18-19 July
- Satellite 7 (Glasgow, 22-24 May) now 19-21 February 2021
- Orwell Day (Isle of Bute, 30 May)
- Outlander Conference (Glasgow, 2-6 June)
- Cymera 2020 (Edinburgh, 5-7 June)
- Science for Fiction (London, 1-2 July)
- Redemption (Sheffield, 28-31 August) now 2021
Cancelled/Postponed Outside UK
- US/Canada Convention Status Sheet
- Sweden: All gatherings >500 people (from 12 March)
- Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle, 12-15 March)
- Left Coast Crime (San Diego, 12-15 March)
- Manga-Comic-Con (Leipzig, 12-15 March)
- CostumeCon 38 (Montreal, 13-16 March)
- SXSW (Austin, 16-22 March)
- International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Orlando, 18-21 March)
- ACE Comic Con Northeast (Boston, 20-22 March)
- Consonance (San José, 20-22 March)
- Fantastika (Stockholm, 20-22 March)
- MidSouthCon (Memphis TN, 20-22 March)
- Planet Comicon (Kansas City, 20-22 March)
- Dallas Fan Expo (Dallas, 27-29 March)
- Outer Dark Symposium (Atlanta, 27-28 March)
- Minicon 55 (Minneapolis, 2-4 April)
- Jack Williamson Lectureship (Portales NM, 2-4 April)
- Heliosphere (Tarrytown NY, 3-5 April)
- Writers of the Future awards (Hollywood, 3 April)
- Norwescon 43 (Seattle, 9-12 April)
- Anime Boston (Boston, 10-12 April)
- ConGlomeration (Louisville KY, 10-12 April)
- LepreCon 46 (Chandler AZ, 10-12 April)
- Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (Chicago, 17-19 April) now 11-13 September
- Penguicon (Southfield MI, 24-26 April)
- RavenCon (Williamsburg VA, 24-26 April)
- Swancon (Australian NatCon, Perth, 25-27 April)
- FilKONtario (Markham, Ontario, 26-29 April)
- Ad Astra (Toronto, 1-3 May)
- Marcon 55 (Columbus OH, 8-10 May)
- Imaginales (Épinal, France, 14-17 May)
- Burning Cat (Portland, 16-17 May)
- Åcon 11 (Mariehamn, Åland, 21-24 May) now 13-16 May 2021
- Balticon 54 (Baltimore, 22-25 May)
- WisCon 44 (Madison WI, 22-25 May)
- Laffcon 5 (Princeton Junction NJ, 13 June) now June 2021
February 2020
- Dean Koontz goes viral
- Nebula Awards shortlist
- BSFA Awards shortlist
- Retro Hugo fanzines online
- Brave New Words Award 2020
- Worldcon 2022: Chicago, Illinois vs Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Locus Recommended Reading List
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