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• World Fantasy Convention 2025 and FantasyCon 2025

  • Start
    30/10/2025
  • End
    02/11/2025
  • Location
    Brighton Hilton Metropole, Brighton, BN1 2FU, UK

  The  World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering to celebrate Fantasy and Horror. It brings together professionals working within the genres, particularly within the fields of literature and art. 2025’s event also includes Fantasycon, the UK’s annual fantasy and horror convention run by the British Fantasy Society.

  Both welcome authors, editors, artists, poets, publishers, agents, critics, reviewers and bloggers, academics, script and games writers, podcasters and readers. Anyone who is involved in the industry and all those who love fantasy and horror are welcome.

  This event will include the award ceremonies for both the British Fantasy Awards and the World Fantasy Awards.

  This year the convention falls the week after BristolCon and the week before Novacon if you want to make more of your visit!

  For more details see the World Fantasy Con website.

  
  

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• Queer Fantasy at the British Library

  • When
    30/10/2025
  •  
    19:00 - 20:30
  • Location
    Pigott Theatre, British Library, London NW1 2DB, or online.

  An evening with Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tasha Suri and TJ Klune. Tickets tend to sell out fast for these events!

  For more details see the British Library website.

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• HSFCon

  • Start
    01/11/2025
  • End
    02/11/2025
  • Location
    Luxe Hotel, 4 Sterren Maastricht, Netherlands

  HSFCon is the annual Netherlands National SF Convention.

  For more details please see the HSFCon website.

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• Novacon 54

  • Start
    07/11/2025
  • End
    09/11/2025
  • Location
    The Palace Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AG

  SFF convention with Guest of Honour Emily Tesh, Hugo Award winner.

  For more details see the Novacon website.

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• Pictcon 1

  • When
    08/11/2025
  •  
    10:00 - 22:00
  • Location
    Salutation Hotel, South St, Perth, PH2 8PH

  A one day science fiction convention with Guest of Honour Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press).  A chance to talk about books, games, films etc.  with an emphasis on Scottish writers.

  For more details and tickets please see the Pictcon 1 Eventbrite page.

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• Douglas Adams - To The Ends of the Earth

  • When
    08/11/2025
  •  
    19:30 - 20:45
  • Location
    Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR

  An evening celebrating Douglas Adams, with David Baddiel, Arvind Ethan David, Lucy Cooke, and Robin Ince.

  For more details, see the How To Academy website.

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• Smofcon 42

  • Start
    05/12/2025
  • End
    07/12/2025
  • Location
    Dieselverkstaden Centre, Marcusplaten 17, S-13154 Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden

  Smofcon is the annual Convention about running Conventions!

  For more details please see the Smofcon 42 website.

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