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Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 340

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/inc/bBlog.class.php on line 341

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 178

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 181

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 184

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Eire' for 'IST/1.0/DST' instead in /var/www/vhosts/slovobooks.com/httpdocs/irishsfnews/bblog/bBlog_plugins/function.getposts.php on line 175

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January 2, 2008

Forthcoming Events 2008


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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

Irish Conventions Update


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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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February 25, 2007

Forthcoming Events for 2007


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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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January 31, 2007

Countdown to P-Con


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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

Science Fiction and Fantasy set in Ireland: a checklist


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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

Last Call for Octocon!


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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 PlayAdam 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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September 6, 2006

Raymond E Feist Irish Signings


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American fantasy writer Raymond E Feist will be signing in Eason’s branches in Dublin and Belfast later this month. He’ll be in Eason’s, Donegal Place, Belfast on Monday the 18th of September at 12.30 PM, and in Eason’s, O’Connell Street, Dublin on Tuesday the 19th of September, again from 12.30 PM.


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August 23, 2006

Octocon Announces Guest of Honour


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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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Miller, Murphy and MacLeod coming to P-Con IV


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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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August 17, 2006

2008 SFRA Conference in Dublin


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The 2008 Science Fiction Research Association conference will take place in Dublin from the 24th to the 27th of June 2008.

Writer guests who have so far been confirmed for the event are American writer Karen Joy Fowler, whose short story What I Didn’t See won the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and Yugoslavian writer Zoran Zivkovic, whose novella The Library won the 2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella

The venue for the conference, which is largely an academic gathering, will be Trinity College Dublin, and the organising team consists of Farah Mendlesohn, Edward James (who is to be a guest at Octocon in October), Paul Kincaid, and Maureen Kincaid Speller.

More information will be forthcoming from the SFRA website, or else here.

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