{{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Events|date=March 2024}} {{Independent sources|date=March 2024}} {{More footnotes needed|date=March 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Novacon''' is an annual science fiction convention, usually held each November in the English Midlands. Launched in 1971, it has been hosted by the Birmingham Science Fiction Group since 1972.
== List of Novacons ==
{| class="wikitable" !No !Year !Name !Location !Guests of Honour !Attendance* |- |1 |1971 |NOVACON |Imperial Centre, Birmingham |James White |144 |- |2 |1972 |NOVACON 2 |Imperial Centre, Birmingham |Doreen Rogers |144 |- |3 |1973 |NOVACON 3 |Imperial Centre, Birmingham |Ken Bulmer |146 |- |4 |1974 |NOVACON 4 |Imperial Centre, Birmingham |Ken Slater |211 |- |5 |1975 |NOVACON 5 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Dan Morgan |272 |- |6 |1976 |NOVACON 6 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |David Kyle |317 |- |7 |1977 |NOVACON 7 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |John Brunner |278 |- |8 |1978 |NOVACON 8 |Holiday Inn, Birmingham |Anne McCaffrey |309 |- |9 |1979 |NOVACON 9 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham ||Christopher Priest |290 |- |10 |1980 |NOVACON 10 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Brian W. Aldiss |495 |- |11 |1981 |NOVACON 11 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Bob Shaw |362 |- |12 |1982 |NOVACON 12 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Harry Harrison |373 |- |13 |1983 |NOVACON 13 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Lisa Tuttle |339 |- |14 |1984 |NOVACON 14 |Grand Hotel, Birmingham |Robert Holdstock |333 |- |15 |1985 |NOVACON 15 |De Vere Hotel, Coventry |James White, David Langford |340 |- |16 |1986 |NOVACON 16 |De Vere Hotel, Coventry |E. C. Tubb, Chris Evans |257 |- |17 |1987 |NOVACON 17 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Iain M. Banks |315 |- |18 |1988 |NOVACON 18 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Garry Kilworth |336 |- |19 |1989 |NOVACON 19 |Excelsior, Solihull |Geoff Ryman |303 |- |20 |1990 |NOVACON 20 |Excelsior, Solihull |Jack Cohen |330 |- |21 |1991 |NOVACON 21 |Forte Poste House, Solihull |Colin Greenland |200 |- |22<ref>{{cite web|title="Novacon 22" |publisher= Ansible 65, December 1992|url=https://news.ansible.uk/a65.html#13|access-date= 24 August 2024}}</ref> |1992 |NOVACON 22 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Storm Constantine |300 |- |23 |1993 |NOVACON 23 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Stephen Baxter |243 |- |24<ref>{{cite web|title="Novacon 24" |publisher= Ansible 89, December 1994|url=https://news.ansible.uk/a89.html#001|access-date= 24 August 2024}}</ref> |1994 |NOVACON 24 |Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham |Graham Joyce |214 |- |25<ref>{{cite web|title="Novacon 25" |publisher= Ansible 101, December 1995|url=https://news.ansible.uk/a101.html#12|access-date= 24 August 2024}}</ref> |1995 |NOVACON 25 |Chamberlain Hotel, Birmingham |Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Harry Harrison; Iain Banks (special guest) |338 |- |26 |1996 |NOVACON 26 |Hotel Ibis, Birmingham |David Gemmell |281 |- |27 |1997 |NOVACON 27 |Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern |Peter F. Hamilton |277 |- |28 |1998 |NOVACON 28 |Britannia Hotel, Birmingham |Paul J. McAuley |265 |- |29 |1999 |NOVACON 29 |Britannia Hotel, Birmingham |Ian Stewart |239 |- |30 |2000 |NOVACON 30 |Britannia Hotel, Birmingham |Christopher Priest; Rog Peyton (special guest); David A. Hardy (guest artist) |224 |- |31 |2001 |NOVACON 31 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Gwyneth Jones |219 |- |32 |2002 |NOVACON 32 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Ian McDonald |252 |- |33 |2003 |NOVACON 33 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Jon Courtenay Grimwood |203 |- |34 |2004 |NOVACON 34 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Ian Watson |217 |- |35 |2005 |NOVACON 35 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Alastair Reynolds |216 |- |36 |2006 |NOVACON 36 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Ken MacLeod |212 |- |37 |2007 |NOVACON 37 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Charles Stross |208 |- |38 |2008 |NOVACON 38 |Quality Hotel, Bentley |Ian R MacLeod; Vernon Brown (fan guest) |177 |- |39 |2009 |NOVACON 39 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Justina Robson |210 |- |40 |2010 |NOVACON 40 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Iain M Banks; Brian W. Aldiss (special guest) |262 |- |41 |2011 |NOVACON 41 |Park Inn, Nottingham |John Meaney |tbc |- |42 |2012 |NOVACON 42 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Jaine Fenn |tbc |- |43 |2013 |NOVACON 43 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Jo Walton |tbc |- |44 |2014 |NOVACON 44 |Park Inn, Nottingham |[http://www.karisperring.com Kari Sperring]; John Gribbin (science guest) |tbc |- |45 |2015 |NOVACON 45 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Anne and Stan Nichols |tbc |- |46 |2016 |NOVACON 46 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Juliet McKenna |tbc |- |47 |2017 |NOVACON 47 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Adrian Tchaikovsky |tbc |- |48 |2018 |NOVACON 48 |Park Inn, Nottingham |Chris Beckett |tbc |- |49 |2019 |NOVACON 49 |Nottingham Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham |Mike Carey |tbc |- |50 |2020 |NOVACON 50 |Nottingham Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham |(Postponed to 2021) |tbc |- |50 |2021 |NOVACON 50 |Palace Hotel, Buxton |Chris Baker, Emma Newman (unable to attend), Claire North, Christopher Priest |tbc |- |51 |2022 |NOVACON 51 |Palace Hotel, Buxton |Gareth L. Powell |tbc |- |52 |2023 |NOVACON 51 |Palace Hotel, Buxton |Jen Williams |tbc |- |}
(*Attendance figures taken from individual programme books and may not reflect the final figures; for instance, more than 500 people attended Novacon 14.)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://novacon.uk Novacon website] * [https://www.birminghamsfgroup.org.uk Birmingham SF Group website]
Category:Science fiction conventions in the United Kingdom Category:November Category:Autumn in England Category:History of Birmingham, West Midlands