Ever find yourself thinking, “I wish I could be part of something fun and incredibly rewarding?” Well, your wish just might be about to come true! At-con volunteers are on the lookout for spirited individuals to join our volunteer community for Glasgow 2024. We have a wide variety of opportunities, for example managing queues, checking […]
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Have you caught the recent announcements for the special guests who will be attending Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures? We’re thrilled to welcome the following talented individuals to the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, along with our Guests of Honour. Make sure you check out their special guest feature pages (linked below) for
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The art show is always a traditional and important part of any Worldcon, and this year in Glasgow is no different. This year, the show is being run by Serena Culfeather and John Wilson. They have a wealth of experience, having run art shows for Loncon 3 and Dublin 2019 as well as many Eastercons
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On the evening of March 15, a group of over thirty scientists gathered in a small private function space above Ye Olde Cock Tavern on Fleet Street, in London. Unusually for a STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, and Medicine) gathering, the vast majority of the attendees were women, brought together by Homeward Bound. Leading for
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Glasgow 2024 will be presenting a number of live music events, such as the new Opera, Morrow’s Isle, which we’ve already announced. In this blog entry, we’re delighted to highlight the live performance by a full symphony orchestra—the Worldcon Philharmonic—on the Friday evening of the convention, 9 August 2024, in the Auditorium of the SEC
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On this glorious 1st of April—a day of fools and frivolity—Glasgow 2024 would like to share with you something fantastically foolish. A silly surprise to bring joy and to show that we take what we do very seriously but we want to have fun with it. The most Scottish of conventions really needed a tartan
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Dressing up in costumes has been a part of many cultures historically—at carnivals, dances, masquerades, religious events, and formal court balls—and for dramatic performances such as plays and later film and TV. Costuming by fans has been a feature at science fiction conventions since the very first Worldcon in 1939, where Morojo (Myrtle R Douglas)
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The 2024 World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow is fast approaching. Play your part in helping fans worldwide join us this summer! In August 2024, the World Science Fiction Convention heads to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus (SEC) for the 82nd Annual Worldcon. Glasgow is a unique location, with a rich cultural and industrial heritage and
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I’ve been working with Glasgow 2024 since it was a bid, back in 2019, when the Chair, Professor Esther MacCallum-Stewart, asked me to come up with an idea that could be used on both a flyer and a tall, thin promotional roller-banner at events. That was the piece that became the Girder Dragon, a twisted
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Sara is a Hugo award-winning mixed media artist who works in acrylics, inks, and resin. Her techniques of creating abstract space art focus on letting go and letting the medium drive the final look of the piece. She has been showing art at conventions since 2000 and has worked on conventions just as long. Sara
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