By eastercon_admin, 6 September, 2025
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Programme Ideas Form Live

We are very excited to be preparing the programme for next year. Our aim is to celebrate variety, diversity, and the joyful spirit of fandom. We need you to help us make that happen.

By eastercon_admin, 24 April, 2025

R.J. Barker

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.
By eastercon_admin, 24 April, 2025
James Shields and Phil Nanson on duty at the Iridescence table

Memberships off to a strong start at Reconnect

Immediately after winning our bid, our website was accepting memberships, and our team were on hand to assist with the registration process.

After Reconnect, we already have over 230 members, which is a fantastic vote of confidence from the Eastercon community.

By eastercon_admin, 23 April, 2025

Emma Newman

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.
By eastercon_admin, 23 April, 2025

John Wilson and Serena Culfeather

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.
By eastercon_admin, 22 April, 2025

Karen Lord

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.
By eastercon_admin, 20 April, 2025
Phil Dyson answering questions at bid session

Iridescence wins bid to become 2026 Eastercon

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.

Town Hall Zoom Invite

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.