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Events and Conventions
2020
- Until 3 January 2021 • Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature, Natural History Museum, London [The museum re-opened with appropriate restrictions on 5 August but the exhibition is still postponed until further notice.]
- Mostly online 22 October - 1 November 2020 • Edinburgh Horror Festival, Edinburgh
- Online only 29 October - 1 November 2020 • World Fantasy Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Cancelled 30 October - 1 November 2020 • Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester
- Cancelled 31 October 2020 • BristolCon, Bristol
- Presumed cancelled 2-8 November 2020 • Talos IV: Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London (home), London [postponed from 15-21 June; no sign of this at The Cockpit Theatre venue website's events list]
- Online only 5 November 2020 • Virtual First Thursday, in place of the usual London pub meeting
- Online only 6-8 November 2020 • Armadacon, Plymouth
- Postponed to next year 6-8 November 2020 • Dead by Dawn (horror film festival), Edinburgh [first postponed from 23-26 April 2020]
- Cancelled 7-8 November 2020 • Edge-Lit 9, Derby [postponed from 11-12 July 2020]
- Postponed to next year 9-15 November 2020 • Thought Bubble (comics), Harrogate; includes Comic Con 14-15 November
- Cancelled 13-15 November 2020 • Destination Star Trek, London
- Postponed to next year 13-15 November 2020 • Novacon 50, Nottingham
- Online only 14-15 November 2020 • Punctuation, UK
- Cancelled 5-6 December 2020 • For the Love of Sci-Fi (comics), Manchester
2021
- Postponed again. 28-31 January 2021 • ChillerCon UK, Scarborough [was StokerCon UK, first postponed from 16-19 April to 6-9 August 2020; postponed again and renamed; postponed a third time with new dates awaited]
- Online only 1-28 February 2021 • Women in Horror Recognition Month, global
- Cancelled 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
- Sold out 18-21 March 2021 • Camp SFW (was Sci-Fi Weekender), Great Yarmouth
- 19 March 2021 • Futurefest (futurology), London
- Online only 25 March 2021 • Tolkien Reading Day, repeats every year
- 26-28 March 2021 • Corflu 38 (Corflu Concorde), Bristol
- Online or Hybrid 2-5 April 2021 • Confusion (Eastercon), Birmingham NEC
- 9-11 April 2021 • Springmoot/AGM (home; Tolkien Society), Exeter
- 10 April 2021 • Bedford Who Charity Con, Bedford [postponed from 4 April 2020 and then 17 October 2020]
- 22-25 April 2021 • Dead by Dawn (horror film festival), Edinburgh [postponed from 23-26 April 2020 to 6-8 November 2020 and then again]
- 1-2 May 2021 • EM-Con, Nottingham [postponed from 2-3 May and then 18-19 July 2020]
- 15-16 May 2021 • HorrorCon, Rotherham [2020 event postponed from 16-17 May to 26-27 September and then cancelled]
- 2-4 July 2021 • Lavecon (sf/fantasy/gaming; home), Northants
- 18 July 2021 • Forever Avon (Blake's 7; formerly Maximum Power), Steventon, Oxfordshire
- 6-9 August 2021 • Continuum 2021 (RPG), Oadby
- 20-22 August 2021 • Reunicon (Confiction 1990 worldcon reunion), The Hague, Netherlands [postponed from 21-23 August 2020]
- 20-22 August 2021 • TitanCon, Belfast
- 25-29 August 2021 • DisCon III (Worldcon), Washington DC, USA
- 29-30 August 2021 • Stars of Time (film/comics), Weston-super-Mare
- 4 September 2021 • Whooverville (Doctor Who; home), Derby [postponed from 24 October 2020]
- 25-26 September 2021 • Nor-Con (tv/film/comics), Norfolk
- 8-11 October 2021 • Irish Discworld Convention, Cork, Ireland
- 31 October 2021 • BristolCon, Bristol
- 11-14 November 2021 • Camp SFW (was Sci-Fi Weekender), Great Yarmouth
- 12-14 November 2021 • Destination Star Trek, London
- 13-14 November 2021 • Thought Bubble Comic Con (comics), Harrogate [postponed from 14-15 November 2020
- 4-5 December 2021 • For the Love of Sci-Fi (comics), Manchester
2022
- 7-10 April 2022 • LuxCon (Eurocon), Luxembourg [Facebook link pro tem; dedicated website awaited]
- 1-5 September 2022 • Chicon 8 (Worldcon), Chicago, IL, USA
Future Convention Bids
- Jeddicon (Saudi Arabia in 2022), Jeddah [did not win; reportedly trying again for 2026]
- 23-27 August 2023 • Memphis in 2023 (Worldcon)
- Postponed 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
- Finland in 2025 (Eurocon) reported in File 770
- 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
- Showmasters (Film & Comic Con, Collectormania)
- Starfury
Infinitely Improbable
Latest free ebooks at the TAFF site. Recent releases: A Budrys Miscellany: Occasional Writing 1954-2000 by Algis Budrys [expanded on 20 August]; The Full Glass Bushel: All the Hyphen Articles, and More by Bob Shaw; and Slow Pint Glass by Bob Shaw.
Ansible Editions: the latest of many titles are Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996 by Algis Budrys (see the Locus review!), Puff Love by John Sladek and The Jonbar Point by Brian Aldiss.
October 2020
- Kickstarter for Wendy Aldiss's photobook My Father's Things
- Chesley Awards
- British Fantasy Awards shortlists
- Dragonlance lawsuit
- Harlan Ellison's estate
- N.K. Jemisin: MacArthur grant
- TAFF: no 2021 race
- European SF Society Awards
September 2020
- Michael Moorcock interviewed
- Clarke Award winner
- Michael Hogan medical fundraiser
- Ditmar Awards (Australia)
- SF² Concatenation Autumn 2020 Newscast
- Speculative Fiction Showcase
- Ancillary Review of Books
- A Conversation Larger than the Universe
August 2020
- Richard Glyn Jones likes Thog
- John Bangsund (1939-2020); SF Encyclopedia
- Arkham Board of Health evaluates Miskatonic University reopening plans
- Seiun Awards
- Cloud Chamber 164
- No James White Award this year
- Mike Ashley wins Munsey Award
- Hugo Awards; voting statistics; watch the full ceremony; condensed version "When the Toastmaster Talks Less"
- Sir Julius Vogel Awards (NZ) and associated problems
- Cruise Log: ConNZealand newsletters
July 2020
- Chicago beats Jeddah to host Worldcon; see Chicon 8
- Retro Hugo winners; voting statistics
- ConZealand programme
- World Fantasy Awards shortlist
- "Worlds Apart: Sci-Fi Visions of Altered Reality"
- Scribe Awards
- Online Hugo voting now open, with extended deadline
June 2020
- Locus Award winners
- Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist
- 2022 Worldcon site selection
- Memorial issue of Outworlds
- Official fundraiser for Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookshops
May 2020
- Nebula Awards
- Locus Awards Finalists
- "Horror Has a Leadership Problem"
- Adam Roberts: Sketches by Zod
- BSFA Awards (video)
- SFWA qualifications "referendum"
- Gollancz BAME SFF Award shortlist
- GUFF 2020 results
Coronavirus Impact
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Cancelled/Postponed UK
- All Brum Group meetings
- All pub meetings
- Festival of Fantastic Films (Manchester, 30 October - 1 November)
- BristolCon (Bristol, 31 October)
- Dead by Dawn (Edinburgh, 6-8 November) postponed from 23-26 April and then again to 22-25 April 2021
- Edge-Lit 9 (Derby; postponed from 11-12 July to 7-8 November) now cancelled
- Destination Star Trek (London, 13-15 November) next event 12-14 November 2021
- Novacon 50 (Nottingham, 13-15 November)
- Thought Bubble Comic Con (14-15 November) now 13-14 November 2021
- For the Love of Sci-Fi (Manchester, 5-6 December) next event 4-5 December 2021
- ChillerCon UK (Scarborough, 28-31 January 2021) Was StokerCon UK; first postponed from 16-19 April to 6-9 August 2020; postponed again and renamed; postponed a third time with new dates awaited]
- Long Play (Grantham, 5-7 February 2021)
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