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January 2, 2008
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago on January 2, 2008
Some forthcoming events on the SF calendar for 2008, both locally and further afield:
Event: Orbital (Eastercon 2007)
Date: 21-24 March
GoHs: Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China Miéville, Charles Stross
Location: Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London, UK
Event: P-CON V
Date: 29-30 March
GoH: C E Murphy
Location: Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Event: Denvention 3, the 66th Worldcon
Date: 6-10 August
GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Event: Discworld Convention 2008
Date: 22-25 August
GoH: Terry Pratchett
Location: Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England
Event: Mecon 11 (Incorporating Unicon 22)
Date: 29-31 August
GoH: TBA
Location: Queen’s University Students’ Union Building, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Event: Octocon
Date: 18-19 October
GoH: TBA
Location: Royal Dublin Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Event: Dublin City Comic Con
Date: November
GoH: TBA
Location: TBA
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May 27, 2007
Posted 3 years, 6 months ago on May 27, 2007
When I made my initial listing of forthcoming events for 2007, there were a few pieces of information missing, as various things had not been announced yet. Date and venues have since been forthcoming, as well as further guest information, so here is the updated position on the Irish SF and Comic Conventions for the next 12 months.
3 – 5 August 2007: Mecon X: SF Convention
Venue: QUB Elms Centre, Queens Elms, Malone Road, Belfast
Guest of Honour: Iain Banks
Other Guests: Paul Cornell, Ian McDonald, Leah Moore, C.E. Murphy, John Reppion, Alastair Reynolds, Michael Scott Rohan
13 – 14 October 2007: Octocon: SF Convention
Venue: Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Guest of Honour: Alastair Reynolds
Other Guests: TBA
17 – 18 November 2007: Dublin City Comic Con: Comics Convention
Venue: TBA
Guest of Honour: Jim Lee
Other Guests: C.B. Cebulski, Paul Cornell, Andy Diggle, Adi Granov, Jock, Steve McNiven, Mark Millar, Steven Mooney, Michael Avon Oeming, Ben Oliver, Carlos Pacheco, Nick Roche, and Liam Sharp
29 – 30 March 2008: P-CON V: SF Convention
Venue: Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2
Guest of Honour: C E Murphy
Other Guests: TBA
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March 15, 2007
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago on March 15, 2007
Octocon, the National Irish Science Fiction Convention, have announced their Guest of Honour for 2007, in the person of Alastair Reynolds.
The convention takes place in the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth on the weekend of 13th & 14th of October 2007. Their website will be updated shortly, and other guests will be announced as they are confirmed. Updates will appear here from time to time.
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February 25, 2007
Posted 3 years, 10 months ago on February 25, 2007
After a protracted break over the winter, I’m back with a list of forthcoming Genre events from now to the end of the year. I’ll be at a lot of these events, so I hope to see some of you there.
23 – 25 February: Leprecon 28: Gaming Convention
Venue: Trinity College, Dublin 2
6 March: Unlikely Society Table Quiz
Venue: Cassidy’s Bar, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Doors open 8pm, all welcome.
10-11 March: P-CON IV: SF Convention
Venue: Wynn’s Hotel, Dublin 1
Guest of Honour: Kim Newman
26 April: Launch of third Freak Show graphic novel, Ain’t That Peculiar
Venue: The Sugar Club.
Writer and artists present, along with two bands playing songs inspired by the work. Doors open 8pm, all welcome.
20 May: Dublin Toy & Train Fair
Venue: Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin 3
9 – 10 June: Vaticon XIII: Gaming Convention
Venue: UCD, Dublin 4
3 – 5 August: Mecon X: SF Convention
Venue: QUB Elms Centre, Queens Elms, Belfast
Guest of Honour: Iain Banks
16 September: Dublin Toy & Train Fair
Venue: Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin 3
13 – 14 October: Octocon: SF Convention
Venue: Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Guest of Honour: TBA
27 – 29 October: Gaelcon: Gaming Convention
Venue: TBA
End October: Horrorthon Film Festival.
Venue: TBA
17-18 November: Dublin City Comic Con.
Venue: TBA
Guests announced to date: Jim Lee, Michael Avon Oeming, and Steve McNiven.
18 November: Dublin Toy & Train Fair
Venue: Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin 3
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Posted 3 years, 10 months ago on February 25, 2007
The Aeon Award for 2006-2007, brought to you by the wonderful people at Albedo One, is still open for submissions.
The Aeon Award short story competition is designed to promote new writers by raising their profile. But a prize of €1000 for the winner and publication in Ireland’s premier magazine of SF&F for the top three stories – as chosen by renowned SF and fantasy author Ian Watson – doesn’t do any harm either.
The winner will be announced at the upcoming, high profile European Science Fiction Convention in Copenhagen in September 2007. The entry fee is €5 and the contest is open until the end of June next.
More details on the Albedo One website.
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January 31, 2007
Posted 3 years, 10 months ago on January 31, 2007
It’s less than 40 days to the next P-Con. This year’s Phoenix Convention, the fourth, will be held in Wynn’s Hotel on Abbey Street in Dublin over the weekend of the 10th and 11th of March next.
Guest of Honour at the convention is Kim Newman. Other guests include the editorial team from Albedo 1, Michael Carroll, Paul Cornell, Raven Dane, Diane Duane, George Green, Conor Kostick, Oisin McGann, Juliet E McKenna, Ken MacLeod, Deborah J. Miller, Leah Moore, Peter Morwood, C E Murphy, John Reppion, John W Sexton, Colin Smythe and Charlie Stross.
More information as always from the P-Con website.
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November 11, 2006
Posted 4 years, 1 month ago on November 11, 2006
Nicholas Whyte’s Science Fiction and Fantasy set in Ireland: a checklist, his remarkably detailed list of works of speculative fiction set in or featuring Ireland, has moved.
It can now be found at www.nicholaswhyte.info/sf/irsf.htm
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October 9, 2006
Posted 4 years, 3 months ago on October 9, 2006
Octocon takes place in a few days’ time in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co Kildare, just a few miles outside Dublin city.
Guest of Honour this year is American comics’ artist J G Jones, and other guests include:
Bob Byrne
Michael Carroll
Richmond Clements
Robert Curley
Harry Harrison
James P. Hogan
Edward James
Anne McCaffrey
David Murphy
John Vaughan
Press Start to Play – Adam Law & Darryl Walker
There’s a strong comics theme in this year’s con, not only with comics artist J G Jones at Guest of Honour, but with Irish comics writer Rob Curley, Irish comics writer and artist Bob Byrne, Irish webcomic creators Adam Law & Darryl Walker, and occasional 2000AD & Judge Dredd the Megazine contributors Michael Carroll and Richmond Clements. Even old hand Harry Harrison wrote a few tales for EC Comics, back in the day . . .
Full details of this year’s Octocon can be found on the con’s website.
Agents will also be on hand from both P-CON IV and Mecon 10, for those of you who wish to join up for those excellent forthcoming conventions!
See you there, if you’re there.
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August 23, 2006
Posted 4 years, 4 months ago on August 23, 2006
Octocon, the National Irish Science Fiction Convention, have announced that their Guest of Honour for 2006 is American comics artist JG Jones.
Jones’ work has appeared in numerous publications, and he has worked on series like Marvel Boy, written by Grant Morrison, Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia, written by Greg Rucka, and Wanted, written by Mark Millar. He is particularly well known as a cover artist, and is currently doing the covers for DC Comics’ cross-continuity series 52.
The 2006 Octocon convention, which takes place in just over seven weeks in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, County Kildare over the weekend of the 14th and 15th of October, has previously announced its other guests, who are local SF author Michael Carroll; local comics writer and publisher Robert Curley; Irish-based SF writer James P. Hogan; UK-based SF reviewer and commentator Edward James, and local filmmaker John Vaughan.
More information about Octocon, including weekend rates, and how to get to Maynooth, can be found on their website.
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Posted 4 years, 4 months ago on August 23, 2006
The Phoenix Convention, which is being held over the weekend of the 10th and 11th of March 2007 in Wynn’s Hotel Dublin, have announced that writers Deborah J. Miller, C.E. Murphy and Ken MacLeod are to be guests at P-Con IV.
More news (as always) on the P-Con IV website.
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