HAL-CON

(Did you mean the Canadian convention?)

HAL-CON is a science fiction and fantasy convention held in Japan, which was started in 2010 by staff members of the Nippon 2007 Worldcon. The Guests of Honor each year are a non-Japanese writer who is published also in Japan, plus their Japanese cover artist.

Convention	Dates	GoHs
HAL-CON 2010	April 10-11, 2010	Charles Stross, Masaru Ohishi
HAL-CON 2011	April 9-10, 2011	Robert J. Sawyer, Naoyuki Katoh
HAL-CON 2012	April 14-15, 2012	Alastair Reynolds, Naohiro Washio
HAL-CON 2013	April 27-28, 2013	Joe Haldeman, Naoyuki Katoh
HAL-CON 2014	April 12-13, 2014	Peter Watts, Hotaru Unno
HAL-CON 2015	April 11-12, 2015	Hannu Rajaniemi, Noriko Nagano
HAL-CON 2016	April 16-17, 2016	Ann Leckie, Nozomu Tamaki
HAL-CON 2017	April 22-23, 2017	Ken Liu, Rasenjin Hayami
HAL-CON 2018	April 14-15, 2018	Peter Tieryas, Tooru Yoshida
HAL-CON 2019	April 13-14, 2019	Lavie Tidhar, Misato Hisa
HAL-CON 2020	April 11-12, 2020	Elizabeth Bear, Yuko Shiraishi
HAL-CON 2021	April 17-18, 2021	Elizabeth Bear, Yuko Shiraishi
HAL-CON 2022	April 16-17, 2022	Larry Niven, Yagi Nagaharu
HAL-CON 2023	April 15-16, 2023	Christopher Priest

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