John is sort of John-shaped, Alison quite fancies a fantastic beach holiday, and Liz is compensating.

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Chicon 8 (Chicago, USA) was voted in as the 2022 Worldcon, beating Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

An open letter was coordinated by Anna Smith Spark to criticise WSFS for allowing Jeddah to bid

Cheryl Morgan argues that an incorporated WSFS might address some of these issues

Chengdu (China) is bidding for 2023

Jeddah is bidding in 2026

George R.R. Martin hosted the Hugo Awards

When the Toastmaster Talks Less

Aurealis Awards

reCONvene 2020

Bertie Smith

Upcoming conventions:

Virtual NASFiC 2020

Virtually Expo (the online edition of the UK Games Expo)

Futuricon

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Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license