What's on at BristolCon 2025
Last Updated: 16/10/2025 12:48:26
This is the Draft Programme, it is subject to change at any time
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participants.
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Small Group Sessions/Kaffeklatsch Pre-Bookings:
Please Note: Pre-bookings are available only once the programme has been finalised
- You can pre-book a maximum of 5 sessions
- Each session can have a maximum of 3 pre-bookings, once these have been filled then no further pre-bookings will be accepted
- Pre-bookings are on a first-come, first-reserved basis
- Click on the title of a Small Group Sessions/Kaffeklatsch and then click on the "Pre-Book a Place" button
Saturday October 25th 2025
| Time | Panel 1 | Panel 2 | SGS 1 | SGS 2 |
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| 09:45 | Welcome Ceremony with Bav | Welcome Ceremony with | ||
| 09:50 | Reading: Jo M Thomas / Journeymouse | Reading: TBC | ||
| 10:00 |
My First Con |
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| 10:50 | Reading: Emma Newman | Reading: Kevlin Henney | ||
| 11:00 |
It's not life as we know it, Jim. hosted by Pete Ellis |
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| 11:50 | Reading: J E Hannaford | Reading: C. M. Kuhtz | ||
| 12:00 | Guest of Honour: J E Hannaford interviewed by |
Rise of Monster Romance discussion hosted by Zoe |
Exploring the Tarot hosted by Carolyn Dougherty |
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| 12:50 | Reading: Stephen Oram | Reading: Dan Batchelor | ||
| 13:00 |
New Earth hosted by David Alexander Angus |
ATOMFALL AMAWR (Ask Me Anything Within Reason) hosted by Jonathan L. Howard |
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| 14:00 |
Remembering David Gullen |
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| 14:50 | Reading: J A Mortimore | Reading: Ben (B J Mears) | ||
| 15:00 |
Sea Journeys – Are they just the Cruise Holidays of Speculative fiction? |
So you want to be a comic book writer? hosted by Cavan Scott |
How do we find the readers who enjoy SF but don't realise it? hosted by Stephen Oram |
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| 15:50 | Reading: Johannes T. Evans | |||
| 16:00 | Guest of Honour: John Higgins interviewed by |
The Weird and Wild World Of Emergency Management hosted by Nige Furlong and Sabine Furlong |
Putting Science into Science Fiction Workshop hosted by Rosie Oliver |
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| 16:50 | Reading: Jaine Fenn | Reading: Helen Claire Gould | ||
| 17:00 |
Crafting circle hosted by Sabine Furlong |
More confidence promoting discussing your book hosted by Stephen Cox |
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| 17:50 | Reading: Piotr Swietlik | Reading: Jason Whittle | ||
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| 18:50 | Reading: Joel Cornah (They / Them) | Reading: TBC | ||
| 19:00 |
Um, Actually... |
SPFBO |
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| 20:00 |
Sunday October 26th 2025
| Time | Panel 1 | Panel 2 | SGS 1 | SGS 2 |
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| 09:50 | Reading: TBC | |||
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| 10:50 | Reading: Joel Cornah (They / Them) | Reading: The Legend that is Richard Stephenson | ||
| 11:00 |
Editorial LIVE! hosted by Pete Sutton |
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| 11:50 | Reading: Stephen Cox | |||
| 12:00 | Guest of Honour: Ben Jeapes interviewed by |
Was Sherlock Holmes An Alien? hosted by |
DIalogue in genre fiction hosted by Piotr Swietlik |
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| 12:50 | Reading: Juliet E McKenna | Reading: Adrian Tchaikovsky | ||
| 13:00 |
How to get through the Slush Pile hosted by Pete Sutton and Joanne Hall She / Her |
Performance Reading hosted by Helen Claire Gould |
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| 13:50 | Reading: Pete Ellis | Reading: Rosie Oliver | ||
| 14:00 |
How to overcome the fear of writing and finishing a book hosted by Emma Newman |
Poetry open mic hosted by The Legend that is Richard Stephenson |
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| 14:50 | Reading: Jonathan L. Howard | Reading: TBC | ||
| 15:00 |
What's in a name - A Ro'se by any other name would smell as sweet! |
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| 15:50 | Closing Ceremony - Bav presents the End Of Con finale | |||
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