Thinking of attending BristolCon but haven’t bought your membership yet? Well you may want to do so before the end of the month. Memberships are currently £15, but will be £20 as of June 1st. You can buy them here.

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BristolCon is delighted to announce that Paul McAuley will be attending our convention this year. Paul is a former scientist who lived in Bristol for most of the 1970s while studying for his BSc and PhD. His first novel, Four Hundred Billion Stars, won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award; his fifth, Fairyland, won the [...]

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There are some great science-related items coming up in the Bristol Festival of Ideas programme next week. We have: May 20th: Joy Carey and Tom Andrews talking about “How We Can Feed Bristol in the Future?” May 20th: Kevin Warwick on “Robotics, AI and the Future”. May 20th: Two psychoanalysts talking about “Vampirism”, followed by [...]

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We are pleased to be able to announce that the fabulous Murky Depths magazine will once again have a table at BristolCon. In addition we have been contacted by PQ Vintage Sci-Fi Books, who promise us lots of great reading material.

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We have a bunch of things to tell you about soon, but this one couldn’t wait. We are delighted to announce that Philip Reeve, author of the acclaimed Mortal Engines, and other books in the mobile cities universe, will be attending BristolCon. For more information about Mr. Reeve and his wonderful books, see his blog.

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