Fantasticon

Photos from the con 2022

Sidsel — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:15:46 +0000

See all the photos from Fantasticon 2022 here

Meet & Greet

Sidsel — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:34:05 +0000

Friday evening from 17:00-22:00 we have arranged a casual hangout where you can meet some of the guest and the other con-goers at Støberiet.

Join us for dinner Saturday

Sidsel — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:34:23 +0000

The dinner will take place at Madklubben Vesterbro from 8.15 pm on Saturday 25th June. You will need to order food and drinks in advance. Please follow the link below to see the menu and make your order – no later than 17th June.

If you already have a ticket, please fill out the form here.

Special Guest: Øystein Runde

Sidsel — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:45:52 +0000

Vi præsenterer nu Special Guest, norske Øystein Runde. Øystein Runde er primært er kendt som tegneserieskaber, men også har gjort sig gældende indenfor mange andre medier, såsom podcast, film, børnebøger og illustreret videnskabsformidling. I sine serier leger han ofte med norsk historie og kultur, idet han blander moderniserede folkeeventyr og vikingaction med superhelte, retrofuturisme og steampunk.

Guest of Honour: Lauren Beukes

Sidsel — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:42:05 +0000

We hereby present a real scoop – our Guest of Honour #2, Lauren Beukes.

Lauren Beukes is the international best-selling and award-winning author of “The Shining Girls”, now an AppleTV+ show starring Elisabeth Moss, “Zoo City”, “Broken Monsters” and “Afterland” among other books. She writes across genres, including science fiction, horror, crime, fantasy and realism.

Lauren’s novels have been published in 24 countries and translated into 26 languages. She’s also a comics writer, screenwriter, journalist and documentary maker.

As a journalist, she covered stories on electricity cable thieves, HIV+ beauty pageants and has done ride-alongs with Cape Town’s police through the ganglands. Her prizes include the Arthur C Clarke Award, the Strand Critics Choice Aware, the University of Johannesburg Prize, the August Derleth prize and the Tähtivaeltaja Award. She’s currently developing original TV shows and has just finished a new novel, Bridge, due out next year.

The South African author lives in London with her daughter and two cats.You can read about Lauren and her books, comics and TV-works at her website: https://laurenbeukes.com/

Guest of Honour: Priya Sharma

Sidsel — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:04:30 +0000

We proudly present our first guest of honour, British fantasy and horror writer Priya Sharma!

Her fiction has appeared in venues such as Interzone, Black Static, Nightmare, The Dark and Tor. Her short story “Fabulous Beasts” won a British Fantasy Award and was Shirley Jackson Award finalist. “All The Fabulous Beasts” is her short story collection from Undertow Publications was a British Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson Award winner and a Locus Award finalist. “Ormeshadow”, her first novella (available from Tor), won a Shirley Jackson Award and a British Fantasy Award. Her stories have been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, and Polish.

More information about Priya Sharma can be found at www.priyasharmafiction.wordpress.com

Photo: Mark Greenwood

Theme: Strange Creatures

Sidsel — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:31:22 +0000

Aliens, elves, AI, ghosts, gods and monsters – countless varieties of non-human intelligence are to be found in the genres Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror. In Fantasticon 2022 we will explore the subject of the conscious Other across the borders of the fantastic genres.

Fantasticon 2022

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:35:28 +0000

Fantasticon 2022 will take place on the 25th and 26th of June. The theme will be “Strange creatures”.