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Conventions & Other
Events
2008
- 15-18 May 2008 Eurocon/RosCon,
Moscow, Russia
- 30 May 2008
Brian
Aldiss, Oxford Playhouse
- 14 June 2008 PKD-Day
2 (Dick), Nottingham
- 20-22 June 2008
SF
Masterclass, London
- RELOCATED: 24-27 June 2008
SFRA
Conference announced for Dublin, Ireland -- moving to USA
- 28 June 2008
Tolkien Society
Seminar, London
- 28-29 June 2008 ConRunner,
Wolverhampton
- 6-10 August 2008 Denvention
3 (66th Worldcon), Denver, Colorado, USA
- 21-25 August 2008 Frightfest
film festival, London
- 22-25 August 2008 Discworld
Convention 2008, Birmingham
- 29-31 August 2008 Mecon,
Belfast
[LiveJournal]
- 5-7 September 2008 ZombieCon
(in the vein of Aliens Stole My Handbag, Damn Fine Con and They Came
And Shaved Us), Bentley, Walsall
- 12-14 September 2008
Reunion6
(media), Coventry
- 19-21 September 2008
Fantasycon 2008,
Nottingham
- 25-28 September 2008
Oxonmoot (Tolkien
Society), Oxford
- 27 September - 4 October 2008
Milford (UK) SF Writers'
Conference, Snowdonia
- 4-5 October 2008 Birmingham
International Comics Show, Birmingham
- 11-12 October 2008 NewCon
4, Northampton
- 18-19 October 2008 Octocon,
Ireland
- 7-9 November 2008 Armadacon
XX, Plymouth
- 14-16 November 2008 Novacon
38, Bentley, Walsall
2009
- 20-22 February 2009
Redemption 09
(multimedia sf), Coventry
- ?? March 2009 Eurocon
2009, Fiuggi, Italy
- 27-29 March 2009 P-Con VI,
Dublin
- 10-13 April 2009 LXcon
(Eastercon), Bradford
- CANCELLED: 26-29 June 2009
Sectus 2009 (Harry Potter),
North Wales
- 25-26 July 2009 Satellite
2, Glasgow
- 6-10 August 2009 Anticipation
(67th Worldcon), Montréal, Québec, Canada
2010
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Infinitely
Improbable
May 2008
Clarke
Award in the Telegraph (10 May)
Michael
de
Larrabeiti
(1934-2008)
Barbara
Bauer vs Wikipedia (2 May)
April 2008
Clarke
Award (30 Apr);
Guardian
PW
on Ursula Le Guin (30 Apr)
Nebula
Awards (26 Apr)
Sidewise Awards
finalists
Star
Wars madness in Wales (22 Apr)
Remember
the Hitch-Hiker text adventure game?
Terry
Pratchett at Bookseller.com (18 Apr)
As
Others See Us (Guardian, 16 Apr).
Lexicongate
trial (FW);
Day
One (Leaky Cauldron);
Day
Two
(also
FW);
more;
more;
Day
Three
(also
FW);
the
Times misses the point;
Techdirt;
Troll
film
dispute;
New
York Times (17 Apr);
various
trial summaries
Minotaur-Squids
of the Indigo Zone!
Hugo
voting on line
A
good word for sf fandom (Guardian, 10 Apr)
Newsweek
vs Patrick
Stewart
March 2008
"Lexicongate"
yet again (Leaky Cauldron 24 Mar);
more
(AFP)
Independent
on Eastercon (22 Mar)
Eastercon 2010:
Heathrow again
2008
BSFA Awards (22 Mar)
2008
Hugo Nominations (21 Mar)
Arthur
C.Clarke dies (18 Mar)
Terry
Pratchett
fights
back; "Match
It For
Pratchett"
now has its own website
SFX
poll: your favourite SF and fantasy authors of all time (13 Mar)
Dave
"Rocketeer" Stevens dies (10 Mar)
Clarke
Award shortlist (10 Mar);
John Jarrold
grumbles again
"Lexicongate"
trial date set (Leaky Cauldron, with story so far; 10 Mar);
since
rescheduled (LC 13 Mar);
further
commentary at
Fandom
Wank;
RDR
denies everything (including selling Lexicon rights in
Australia and England --
so what
exactly did Methuen buy?);
the "denial"
filing examined
Gary
Gygax dies (4 Mar) (Guardian);
XKCD comment;
Times
Janet
Kagan dies (29 Feb)
February 2008
"Lexicongate":
summary of latest JKR/WB responses (Leaky Cauldron);
full
court filings (items #55-#63)
Nebula
Awards shortlist (22 Feb)
Scrybe
Press warning (19 Feb)
"A Gut Check
Moment for SFWA" (18 Feb);
furthermore (21 Feb)
Ken
Slater dies (16 Feb)
Stoker
Awards shortlist
PLR
petition -- UK authors please sign
Tolkien
estate sues New Line Cinema (11 Feb)
Steve
Gerber dies (10 Feb)
British
Animation Awards
shortlist
The
Iain-Banks-a-Rama
"Lexicongate"
-- the saga drags on,
and
on (Leaky Cauldron),
and
on (Ibid),
and
on (NY Times),
and
on (court filings),
and
on (LC again)...
Dedalus
Books vs the
Arts Council
Ballard
autobiography reviewed: Telegraph; Independent;
Observer
"20
Things You [Allegedly] Didnt Know About... Science Fiction"
(Discover)
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