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The UK's oldest regional convention, founded in 1971. It is run each November by the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. It was founded by the University of Aston Science Fiction Group at a time when Eastercon was the only regular convention in the UK, but since Novacon 2 has been run by the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Novacon used to present the annual Nova Awards.
Convention | Dates | Venue | GoHs | Att. |
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Novacon 1 | Nov 1971 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | James White | 144 |
Novacon 2 | Nov 1972 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Doreen Rogers | 190 |
Novacon 3 | 1973 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Ken Bulmer | 146 |
Novacon 4 | Oct 25-27, 1974 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Ken Slater | 211 |
Novacon 5 | Nov 7-9, 1975 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Dan Morgan | 272 |
Novacon 6 | 1976 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | David Kyle | 317 |
Novacon 7 | Nov 4-6, 1977 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | John Brunner | 278 |
Novacon 8 | Nov 3-5, 1978 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham | Anne McCaffrey | 309 |
Novacon 9 | Nov 2-4, 1979 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest | 290 |
Novacon 10 | Oct 31-Nov 2, 1980 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Brian W. Aldiss | 495 |
Novacon 11 | Oct 30-Nov 1, 1981 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Bob Shaw | 362 |
Novacon 12 | Nov 5-8, 1982 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Harry Harrison | 373 |
Novacon 13 | Nov 4-6, 1983 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Lisa Tuttle | 339 |
Novacon 14 | Nov 9-12, 1984 | Grand Hotel, Birmingham | Robert Holdstock | 333 |
Novacon 15 | 1985 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | James White, David Langford | 340 |
Novacon 16 | 1986 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | E. C. Tubb, Chris Evans | 257 |
Novacon 17 | Oct 30 - Nov 1, 1987 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Iain M. Banks | 315 |
Novacon 18 | 1988 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Garry Kilworth | 336 |
Novacon 19 | 1989 | Excelsior, Solihull | Geoff Ryman | 303 |
Novacon 20 | 1990 | Excelsior, Solihull | Jack Cohen | 330 |
Novacon 21 | 1991 | Forte Poste House, Solihull | Colin Greenland | 200 |
Novacon 22 | 1992 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Storm Constantine | 300 |
Novacon 23 | 1993 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Stephen Baxter | 243 |
Novacon 24 | November 4-6, 1994 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Graham Joyce | 214 |
Novacon 25 | 1995 | Chamberlain Hotel, Birmingham | Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Harry Harrison, Iain Banks (special guest) | 338 |
Novacon 26 | 1996 | Hotel Ibis, Birmingham | David Gemmell | 281 |
Novacon 27 | 1997 | Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern | Peter F. Hamilton | 277 |
Novacon 28 | 1998 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Paul J. McAuley | 265 |
Novacon 29 | 1999 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Ian Stewart | 239 |
Novacon 30 | 2000 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest, Rog Peyton (special guest), David A. Hardy (guest artist) | 224 |
Novacon 31 | 2001 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Gwyneth Jones | 219 |
Novacon 32 | 2002 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian McDonald | 252 |
Novacon 33 | Nov 2003 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Jon Courtenay Grimwood | 203 |
Novacon 34 | 2004 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian Watson | 217 |
Novacon 35 | Nov 11-13, 2005 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Alastair Reynolds | 216 |
Novacon 36 | 2006 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ken MacLeod | 212 |
Novacon 37 | Nov 2-4, 2007 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Charles Stross | 208 |
Novacon 38 | Nov 14-16, 2008 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian R. MacLeod, Vernon Brown (Fan Guest) | 177 |
Novacon 39 | Nov 13-15, 2009 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Justina Robson | 210 |
Novacon 40 | Nov 12-14, 2010 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Iain M. Banks, Brian W. Aldiss (special guest) | 262 |
Novacon 41 | Nov 11-13, 2011 | Park Inn, Nottingham | John Meaney | tbc |
Novacon 42 | Nov 9-11, 2012 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Jaine Fenn | tbc |
Novacon 43 | Nov 8-10, 2013 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Jo Walton | tbc |
Novacon 44 | Nov 14-16, 2014 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Kari Sperring, John Gribbin | |
Novacon 45 | Nov 13-15, 2015 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Anne Nicholls, Stan Nicholls | |
Novacon 46 | Nov 11-13, 2016 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Juliet McKenna | |
Novacon 47 | Nov 10-12, 2017 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Adrian Tchaikovsky | |
Novacon 48 | Nov 9-11, 2018 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Chris Beckett | |
Novacon 49 | Nov 8-10, 2019 | Mercure, Nottingham | Mike Carey | |
Novacon 50 | Nov 13-15, 2020 | Mercure, Nottingham | Chris Priest, Fangorn, Emma Newman, Claire North |
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Website | 1971— |
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