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FantasyCon 2024
The British Fantasy Society's annual convention met in Chester in October 2024, with the British Fantasy Awards on 12 October.
- Dates
- 11–13 October 2024
- Where
- Queen at Chester Hotel, Chester, UK
- Type
- Convention
- Organiser
- British Fantasy Society
FantasyCon is the annual convention of the British Fantasy Society, open to members and non-members alike. The 2024 event ran from 11 to 13 October at the Queen at Chester Hotel, with panels, readings, workshops, a dealers' room, the society's AGM and its customary karaoke.
Guests of honour included the fantasy novelist Stephen Aryan and the horror writer Priya Sharma. The British Fantasy Awards were presented on the evening of 12 October. The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel went to Talonsister by Jen Williams, and the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel to Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones.
FantasyCon is a friendly, affordable way for writers and small presses in fantasy and horror to meet readers and peers.
Sources: British Fantasy Society: The British Fantasy Award winners for 2024; British Fantasy Society: Fantasycon 2024 guest of honour.
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