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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.
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[ 1]
1992
NOVACON 22
Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham
Storm Constantine
300
23
1993
NOVACON 23
Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham
Stephen Baxter
243
24[ 2]
1994
NOVACON 24
Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham
Graham Joyce
214
25[ 3]
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
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.)
