2018 cons.

[Amelia Faulkner]

Are there any cons coming up (worldwide) that you're thinking of attending? Big, small, local, distant, I just thought it'd be cool to start getting a list together

I was planning to be at FantasyCon 2018, but it clashes with GayRomLit in Virginia, and I've been meaning (and failing) to attend GRL for two years on the bounce now. I may have to do Nine Worlds instead.

I'm also thinking about EMAC - Exhibition of Mythic Arts and Crafts - EMAC 2017 - which is more of an art thing than a books thing.

Maybe the SciFiWeekender - Welcome To Sci-Fi Weekender - The Ultimate Sci-Fi Event - too?

How about you, Chrons? What are you planning to attend?

 

[EJDeBrun]

I'm headed to the San Francisco Writer's Conference in Feb 2018. That's the only one I have in stone right now.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Titancon for sure - with only a year until we run Eurocon this is an exciting one

Octocon if I can get down - depends on family stuff

And maybe some of the English ones if cover is needed for the 2019 push

 

[Abernovo]

I try to go to BristolCon, now that I live so close to it. Otherwise, saving up for the big Chrons get-together, across the Irish Sea, in 2019.
Would love to go to Nine Worlds, though. Just a question of time and money for hotel. Probably not this year, but there's a couple of cons in mainland Europe which have caught my eye.

 

[Luiglin]

I had planned to go to Sledge Lit in Derby this Saturday but have had to cancel.

Never managed a literary con yet. Some damn thing always seems to pop up.

 

[Nick B]

I'm probably going to be taking my daughter to the anime con in Cardiff in Feb, other than that may look at trying to get to some others next year.

 

[Gonk the Insane]

I'm already booked up for Eastercon in Harrogate next year.
Not sure about the Dublin/Belfast shindig in 2019 - it sounds great but it's a long way off yet (or seems that way at least).

I'm not sure about some of the others next year (except that I'll definitely be heading North - there's concerts around Sheffield & Manchester I'm booked up for) but have a couple of possible things before Christmas:
I might go to the BFS Christmas party in London (Fri 8th December)
I also might be in town for some computer nerd stuff around the 12-14th, but not 100% sure yet.

I'm sure I read something about an event around North Queensferry and I've been planning a pilgrammage of sorts up there anyway so that might be on the cards too as soon as I can remember what it is and when it is...

There's a tonne of Cons that I'd love to go to, but probably won't make. Normally, AJ Dalton's list is pretty accurate: UK conventions and festivals: scifi, fantasy, horror and comicbooks

 

[Juliana]

I'm going to be a panelist at Boskone 55 in February 2018 - for those on the East Coast in the USA, this is a great con which always has good guests. This will be my 4th year, and second as panelist.

Money permitting, I also want to go to the New England SCBWI conference in April (Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators); I have a lot of kid lit friends who go to that and it's a lovely catch up and networking event.