BristolCon

William Gibson in Bristol

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:43:52 +0000

Legendary science fiction author, William Gibson, will be appearing at the Watershed on the evening of October 6th. Don’t miss this rare chance to welcome one of the giants of the field to Bristol. Booking details here.

New in the Art Show

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:59 +0000

We are delighted to announce that James Iles will be exhibiting in our Art Show. Check out his work here.

September Events

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:06:59 +0000

The fine people at Fantasy Events UK, who are responsible for the Bristol Comics Expo, have a couple of other West Country events due up in September.

On Saturday September 11th they will be in Taunton Games Day and Comics Fair (organized in conjunction with Krackers). It is at the Albermarle Centre from 10:30am to 4:00pm. Admission is £1.

On Sunday September 19th they are running the Exeter Comic Expo at the Mercure Southgate hotel from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Admission is £2.

Further details are available from the Fantasy Events UK website.

Cheryl Starts A Company

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:25:04 +0000

BristolCon’s web mistress, Cheryl Morgan, has announced the formation of a new publishing company. While Wizard’s Tower Press will focus mainly on ebooks, and an online magazine, they will publish some print books as well. Their first paper publication will be Dark Spires, an anthology of fantastic stories set in the West of England and written by local writers. The book will be edited by Colin Harvey and have a cover by Andy Bigwood. Publication is scheduled for this year’s BristolCon.

For more information see the Wizard’s Tower website, and this interview with Cheryl.

Gareth Signs with Solaris

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:20:06 +0000

BristolCon committee member, Gareth L. Powell, has hit the big time. He has sold a novel to Solaris. The Recollection, due for release in September 2011, was described by editor Jon Oliver as a “mix of SF, Space-Opera and contemporary fiction”. More details are available on Gareth’s website.

Kirk On Show

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:17:13 +0000

Local artist, Kirk Stacey, has an exhibition of his work on at Room 212 all this week. Further details are available here.

Kat Unleashed

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:15:56 +0000

Today is an exciting day for BristolCon guest, Stephanie Burgis. Her debut novel is now available in the shops. A Most Improper Magick is a Regency era fantasy aimed at children between the ages of 10 and 15. It stars the incorrigible and unladylike Kat Stephenson who notes:

I was twelve years of age when I chopped off my hair, dressed as a boy, and set off to save my family from impending ruin. I made it almost to the end of my front garden…

More details about the book are available from Stephanie’s website.

Welcome John Meaney

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:48 +0000

BristolCon is delighted to add John Meaney to the guest list for 2010. John has won the Independent Publishers’ Book of the Year (SF/Fantasy category), was first choice in the Daily Telegraph Books of the Year (SF/Fantasy category), and three-times shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award. You can find more about him on our Guests page, and on his website.

Paul Writes Death

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:00:21 +0000

Paul Cornell’s stint on Action Comics has now started, and he has just announced a very special guest star in issue #894 (out in October, not long before BristolCon). That guest star is a young goth girl who wears a signature ankh pendant. Yes, that’s Death from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. It seems clear from the conversation on Twitter that Paul and Neil have discussed this, and Neil is clearly very happy about it. Paul mentions in this interview that Neil will be looking over the scripts. More information from Paul here.

Welcome Mike Tucker

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:28:11 +0000

This year’s BristolCon has a very special guest: not a writer or artist, but a wizard of special effects. Mike Tucker is a veteran of many BBC productions, including Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. He now runs his own company, The Model Unit, based at the famous Ealing film studios. More details about Mike and our many other fabulous guest are available here.