This year’s British Fantasy Awards were announced at FantasyCon last weekend. Congratulations to all of the winners, and particularly to Terry Martin whose Murky Depths won Best Magazine. Terry has supported BristolCon from the start and will be with us in the Dealers’ Room again this year.

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We are delighted to welcome Simon Breeze as an exhibitor in our art show. Check out his work at his website.

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Last year we had on display the 2009 Hugo Award won by BristolCon’s webmistress, Cheryl Morgan. The kind people of the World Science Fiction Society have seen fit to give Cheryl another of the famous rockets this year — this time for her work on Clarkesworld Magazine. The rocket part of the Hugo remains the [...]

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We are delighted to announce that Craig Lewis will be exhibiting in the BristolCon art show. Craig is a mixed-media artist, muralist, illustrator, tutor and perpetual image tweaker. He studied Fine Art at Cardiff University and has experience in animation, illustration, graphic novels and community workshops, where he organises urban murals and teaches artistic techniques. [...]

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No, not Banksy, Banks. Iain M. Banks, to be precise. Because there is a new Culture novel due out very soon now, and Iain will be on tour promoting it. He will be at Forbidden Planet in Bristol on Tuesday November 2nd from 12:30 to 01:30 signing copies of Surface Detail. Full details are available [...]

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