Iridescence, 2026’s Eastercon, the UK’s annual science fiction convention for book lovers and writers, will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3rd – 6th April 2026. Tickets are on sale now.
Guests of Honour include R.J. Barker, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction; Barbadian author and editor Karen Lord; author, Hugo Award-winning podcaster and an audiobook narrator Emma Newman; and longtime convention organisers John Wilson and Serena Culfeather, whose unshakeable commitment to fandom conducted with enormous grace, humour and patience, is something Eastercon are privileged to honour.
Iridescence is the 77th Eastercon, the annual British National Science Fiction Convention. It has been held over the Easter weekend every year since 1955.
Eastercon attracts around 800 fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy and similar genres. Programme events usually include panels, workshops, talks, quizzes, competitions, an Art Show, and a Dealers Room selling books and other items. Events range from hard science through writing workshops to the fun and silly. People are encouraged to take part.
Because it is considered to be a place for fans to meet and take part, rather than sit and listen to presentations, it’s a convention and not a conference. Similarly when you pay your money to take part, you buy a membership in Eastercon and not a ticket.
Each year the convention is run by a different committee, made up of volunteers from the community.
• Iridescence, 2026’s Eastercon, 3rd – 6th April 2026, The Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Tickets are on sale now
• If you want to find out more about Eastercons, you can start by browsing the Eastercon Wiki
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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