Finncon-Animecon08 will be held in Tampere, at the Tampere-talo conference center, in 26.-28.7.2008. Welcome!

Finncon and Animecon are free events - there is no membership fee!

Latest news and updates

FandomFriday on the 25th of July!
06.04.2008

Arriving to Finncon early? Fancy meeting some of the local fen and seeing some of the sights of Tampere at the same time? If "yes," then FandonFriday is for you! Aimed especially at our international con-goers (but open to all), FandomFriday is a great way to get to know the city and the locals. More detailed itinerary will become available later on.

If you are interested in participating in the FandomFriday, please e-mail Karoliina Leikomaa (kleikomaagmail.com) and let her know.

M. John Harrison wins the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award
26.03.2008

Finncon congratulates the 2008 GoH M. John Harrison, whose novel Nova Swing has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award.

The 9th Seminar for the Finnish Fantastic Researchers
27.02.2008

The 9th Seminar of the Finnish Fantastic Researchers will take place in Tampere, Finland, in connection with Finncon 2008. We wish to invite papers on the general theme of utopias, and on young adult literature of the fantastic, which is one of the Finncon08 themes. “Utopias” may include dystopias and ecotopias, and the research may be based on literature, movies, TV-series and any other cultural product in the wide field of science fiction and fantasy. Various kinds of papers are welcome: essays, academic seminar papers, parts of dissertations etc. The papers may be in either Finnish or English.

See here for more information.

Hotels! Art exhibition!
08.02.2008

Information about con hotels added to Accommodation.

There will be an exhibition of the artist guests' artwork at the Gallery at Kulttuuritalo Telakka 24.-28.7. Further information about the exhibition will be announced later.

Finncon08 website online
18.09.2007

Finncon08 webpages now online! More information about accommodation, programming etc. coming up!