Guests

R. J. Barker is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction. He won the 2020 British Fantasy Society (BFS) Robert Holdstock award for Best Novel and the 2024 Premio Italia Award for Best International Novel for his fourth title, The Bone Ships.

Barbadian writer Karen Lord is the award-winning author of Redemption in Indigo and The Best of All Possible Worlds, and the editor of the anthology New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean. Her latest novel, The Blue, Beautiful World, was longlisted for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Emma Newman writes short stories, novels and novellas in multiple speculative fiction genres. She is also a Hugo Award-winning podcaster and an audiobook narrator. She created a podcast called 'Imagining Tomorrow' for Friends of the Earth. Her hobbies include dressmaking, LARP and tabletop role playing.

John and Serena have a  vast wealth of experience running convention art shows, including Worldcons Loncon 3, Dublin 2019, Glasgow 2024 along with numerous Eastercons and Novacons over the years.