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.
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.
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.
Iridescence has officially been named the 77th Eastercon after an overwhelming vote in favour. The vote took place at Reconnect, the 2025 Eastercon in Belfast.
After the vote the Guests of Honour were announced by chair Phil Dyson. They are RJ Barker, Emma Newman, Karen Lord, and fan guests of honour, John Wilson and Serena Culfeather.
Membership rates are £80 for full attending, £50 for low income attending, £20 for child/teen, and £40 for supporting.
The hotel room rate has been confirmed as £142 per night for a double room, including breakfast.
Thank you for signing up to hear more about Iridescence, our bid to hold the 2026 Eastercon in Birmingham.
The Iridescence bid committee are going to hold a Zoom forum on Sunday 9th February from 5pm and we’d love to see you there. We’ll give you some updates on what’s happening, and would like to hear from you with any questions you have, ideas to suggest or issues to raise. Also If you’re interested in volunteering to help with the bid and/or the convention we would love to talk to you about that.
JC has committee'd/volunteered at many cons over the years. College Cons, Octocons, Eurocons, Worldcons and now Eastercons.
Originally from Dublin, now in Oxfordshire on a long term anthropological research mission. It just looks like a day job in IT. JCs special interest is Back to the future and hating cheques.
Cheryl Arvidson-Keating writes queer, paranormal, historical, romantic suspense as A. L. Lester. They live in SW England with their family, an anxiety-ridden Bichon Frise, a terrifying cat and fourteen tanks of tropical fish.
Likes permaculture gardening but doesn’t really have time or energy these days. Not musical. Doesn’t much like telly. Likes to read. Non-binary. Chronically disabled. Has fibromyalgia and tedious fits.
