The conference on imaginative literature
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Readercon is an annual conference on imaginative literature. It's run entirely by volunteers and has been since it began in 1987. For more information: readercon.org
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Readercon 35 | Readercon Web Services
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Readercon 35 will take place on July 9 – 12, 2026 at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington MA. Our guests of honor this year are P. Djèlí Clark (@pdjeliclark.bsky.social) and David Gerrold.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
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Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Find Readercon at the Boston Book Festival Saturday, October 24: Table 30
October 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Find Readercon at the Boston Book Festival Saturday, October 24: Table 30
Readercon 35 will take place on July 9 – 12, 2026 at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington MA. Our guests of honor this year are P. Djèlí Clark (@pdjeliclark.bsky.social) and David Gerrold.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Readercon 35 | Readercon Web Services
readercon.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Readercon 35 will take place on July 9 – 12, 2026 at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington MA. Our guests of honor this year are P. Djèlí Clark (@pdjeliclark.bsky.social) and David Gerrold.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
A great article about Readercon 34: file770.com/derns-belate...
Dern’s (Belated) Readercon 34 (2025) Report’n’Pix: Adding To Our Mounts To-Be-Read
By Daniel Dern: Attending Readercon 34, “The conference on imaginative literature” (per the web site), held Thursday July 17-Sunday July 20, 2025 at the Boston Marriott Burlington hotel in Burlingt…
file770.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A great article about Readercon 34: file770.com/derns-belate...
At Readercon 34 bsky.app/hashtag/LJCo... and @wbjwilliams.bsky.social moderated a poetry workshop based upon the Exquisite Corpse parlor game. They created poetry from a prompt, each person writing the next line of the poem with only the prior line visible.
wbjwilliams.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...
wbjwilliams.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...
Readercon 34: Exquisite Corpse Poetry Workshop
At Readercon 34, LJ Cohen and WBJ Williams moderated a poetry workshop based upon the Exquisite Corpse parlor game. They created two groups and created poetry from a prompt, each person writing the…
wbjwilliams.wordpress.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
At Readercon 34 bsky.app/hashtag/LJCo... and @wbjwilliams.bsky.social moderated a poetry workshop based upon the Exquisite Corpse parlor game. They created poetry from a prompt, each person writing the next line of the poem with only the prior line visible.
wbjwilliams.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...
wbjwilliams.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...
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In this year’s @readercon.org interviews, authors discuss their work, experiences with audiobooks/audio fiction, and what they think of the con. I was lucky enough to interview:
@fondalee.bsky.social
@arula-ratnakar.bsky.social
@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
narratedpodcast.com/episodes/318
@fondalee.bsky.social
@arula-ratnakar.bsky.social
@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
narratedpodcast.com/episodes/318
318: ReaderCon 34 (2025) — Narrated Podcast
narratedpodcast.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In this year’s @readercon.org interviews, authors discuss their work, experiences with audiobooks/audio fiction, and what they think of the con. I was lucky enough to interview:
@fondalee.bsky.social
@arula-ratnakar.bsky.social
@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
narratedpodcast.com/episodes/318
@fondalee.bsky.social
@arula-ratnakar.bsky.social
@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
narratedpodcast.com/episodes/318
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Book-club break; still pretty bookish: for Episode 29, bringing you a con report about @readercon.org and travels about the Boston area, including an interview at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social!
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/07/28/a...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/07/28/a...
A Meal of Thorns 29 – Readercon & Lovestruck
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Featuring interviews with:Rae Borman @ ReaderconRiley @ Lovestruck …
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Book-club break; still pretty bookish: for Episode 29, bringing you a con report about @readercon.org and travels about the Boston area, including an interview at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social!
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/07/28/a...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/07/28/a...
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I wrote all about my experience at Readercon and the Shirley Jackson Awards! www.juliarios.com/why-didnt-yo...
Why Didn't You Just Leave won the Shirley Jackson Award!
I am honored, surprised, and delighted that our ghost story book won this award! Editing it, and translating the two stories by Alberto Chimal and Raquel Castro, was a truly wonderful experience
www.juliarios.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I wrote all about my experience at Readercon and the Shirley Jackson Awards! www.juliarios.com/why-didnt-yo...
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2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners locusmag.com/2025/07...
2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners
The winners of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced. Novel WINNER: Curdle Creek, Yvonne Battle…
locusmag.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners locusmag.com/2025/07...
Thank you everyone who came to #readercon34. It was, by all accounts, a wonderful convention where everyone had a great time. We're looking forward to seeing all of you next year.
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thank you everyone who came to #readercon34. It was, by all accounts, a wonderful convention where everyone had a great time. We're looking forward to seeing all of you next year.
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📣 Last call for Readercon memberships!!! 📣
Readercon starts on July 17. If you're a fan or creative of colour and need a pass to attend, give us a shout!
dreamfoundry.org/con...
Readercon starts on July 17. If you're a fan or creative of colour and need a pass to attend, give us a shout!
dreamfoundry.org/con...
July 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📣 Last call for Readercon memberships!!! 📣
Readercon starts on July 17. If you're a fan or creative of colour and need a pass to attend, give us a shout!
dreamfoundry.org/con...
Readercon starts on July 17. If you're a fan or creative of colour and need a pass to attend, give us a shout!
dreamfoundry.org/con...
readercon.org/bookshop - Come support the small press publishers and independent book shops at Readercon 34 (July 18-20th): @waterdragonpub.bsky.social , @pmpress.bsky.social , @duckprintspress.com , @dragonwell.bsky.social , @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and many others.
Readercon Bookshop | Readercon Web Services
readercon.org
July 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
readercon.org/bookshop - Come support the small press publishers and independent book shops at Readercon 34 (July 18-20th): @waterdragonpub.bsky.social , @pmpress.bsky.social , @duckprintspress.com , @dragonwell.bsky.social , @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and many others.
Our schedule is final: schedule.readercon.org It can only be made better by you being there. We hope to see you!
Readercon 34 Program Guide
Readercon 34 Program Guide
schedule.readercon.org
June 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our schedule is final: schedule.readercon.org It can only be made better by you being there. We hope to see you!
The Readercon 34 program schedule has just been finalized : schedule.readercon.org - Come by and check out our fabulous schedule of events and awesome participants. Looking forward to seeing everyone in July 17 to 20th in Burlington MA. Registration at: readercon.org/registration
Readercon 34 Program Guide
Readercon 34 Program Guide
schedule.readercon.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Readercon 34 program schedule has just been finalized : schedule.readercon.org - Come by and check out our fabulous schedule of events and awesome participants. Looking forward to seeing everyone in July 17 to 20th in Burlington MA. Registration at: readercon.org/registration
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My @readercon.org schedule is going to be so packed with chewy, thought-provoking goodness~ ! it's still a draft so I'm not posting it yet, but get ready for panels like "Bisexuals: Still Hip?" "Weird Jobs (of authors)" and "Harry Potter and the Death of the Author" (no authors were harmed).
a cartoon of a boy sitting on top of a pile of books
Alt: a cartoon of a person leaping over a a pile of books and then sliding down one like a playground slide
media.tenor.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My @readercon.org schedule is going to be so packed with chewy, thought-provoking goodness~ ! it's still a draft so I'm not posting it yet, but get ready for panels like "Bisexuals: Still Hip?" "Weird Jobs (of authors)" and "Harry Potter and the Death of the Author" (no authors were harmed).
We've confirmed that the Heinlein Society and MGH are doing a blood drive at Readercon 34 on Saturday July 19th. If you are attending and are willing to donate whole blood, platelets or red blood cells, sign up here: bit.ly/Readercon2. If you're not sure you can donate: bit.ly/BloodDonorEl...
Mass General - Donor Portal
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June 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We've confirmed that the Heinlein Society and MGH are doing a blood drive at Readercon 34 on Saturday July 19th. If you are attending and are willing to donate whole blood, platelets or red blood cells, sign up here: bit.ly/Readercon2. If you're not sure you can donate: bit.ly/BloodDonorEl...
The Readercon 34 list of participants has been posted to our website. readercon.org/participants
Please come by and see who will be on our panels, discussions, and readings at this year's conference.
Look forward to seeing you in July.
Please come by and see who will be on our panels, discussions, and readings at this year's conference.
Look forward to seeing you in July.
Readercon 34 Program Participants | Readercon Web Services
readercon.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Readercon 34 list of participants has been posted to our website. readercon.org/participants
Please come by and see who will be on our panels, discussions, and readings at this year's conference.
Look forward to seeing you in July.
Please come by and see who will be on our panels, discussions, and readings at this year's conference.
Look forward to seeing you in July.
We are starting to get ready for this year's conference and we think you'll love the program! To be announced shortly!
May 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We are starting to get ready for this year's conference and we think you'll love the program! To be announced shortly!
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For anybody interested in honoring one of the masters:
May 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For anybody interested in honoring one of the masters:
Do you enjoy a conference that celebrates thought in literature?
Do you enjoy a conference that has fun with stories?
Come to Readercon! We do both!
Do you enjoy a conference that has fun with stories?
Come to Readercon! We do both!
April 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Do you enjoy a conference that celebrates thought in literature?
Do you enjoy a conference that has fun with stories?
Come to Readercon! We do both!
Do you enjoy a conference that has fun with stories?
Come to Readercon! We do both!
Readercon 34 will take place on July 17th to 20th, 2025 at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington MA. Our guests of honor this year are Cecilia Tan (@ceciliatan.com) and P. Djèlí Clark (@pdjeliclark.bsky.social)
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Readercon 34 | Readercon Web Services
readercon.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Readercon 34 will take place on July 17th to 20th, 2025 at the Burlington Marriott in Burlington MA. Our guests of honor this year are Cecilia Tan (@ceciliatan.com) and P. Djèlí Clark (@pdjeliclark.bsky.social)
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
Come by our website readercon.org for more information or to register.
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We’re now only $306 away from the stretch goal that will require me to write a new Magic University story! I’ll be polling backers to see who or what it should be about!
March 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We’re now only $306 away from the stretch goal that will require me to write a new Magic University story! I’ll be polling backers to see who or what it should be about!
@readercon.bsky.social We have a verified account at @readercon.org, we should talk about making sure these accounts are in sync. Please get a hold of us to make this better.
March 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@readercon.bsky.social We have a verified account at @readercon.org, we should talk about making sure these accounts are in sync. Please get a hold of us to make this better.