Better late than never:Sat panels from @icecon.bsky.social! @ellafraenka.bsky.social & @edashtonwriting.bsky.social on Mickey 7 etc, @alexanderdan.bsky.social, @emilhpetersen.bsky.social & @villimeymist.bsky.social on self publ, translation panel, & Gunnar & Fannar on their graphic novel! #BookSky 🇮🇸

The author readings at @icecon.bsky.social last night were brilliant! If you've not read @edashtonwriting.bsky.social, @villimeymist.bsky.social, @emilhpetersen.bsky.social & @alexanderdan.bsky.social you need to get them on your #TBR STRAX! (ie stat!) Thanks to all for a fab day! #BookSky #Iceland

Thanks for a fab couple of days, @icecon.bsky.social. A few surprises, a lot of fun and some new friends. Great to see @emilhpetersen.bsky.social @villimeymist.bsky.social @hildur.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social @alexanderdan.bsky.social and many more...

Great panels yest at @icecon.bsky.social, Gunnar & Fannar's workshop on creating their graphic novel, @hildur.bsky.social & @alexanderdan.bsky.social, the Ursula LeGuin panel & the final round table with @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (& the Romantasy panel not shown) Great end to the con, takk allir!

@icecon.bsky.social was great - enjoyed sharing a panel on U. K. Le Guin with Giti Chandra, Einar Leif Nielsen and Snæbjör Brynjarsson - of course we started with a K-pop video #LeGuin #IceCon #K-pop #BTS

Thank you to all who attended IceCon 2026. Hopefully you had a great weekend with us. Special thanks to our guests of honor Gunnar Birgisson @fannargg.bsky.social @alexanderdan.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social I hope to see many more of you in 2028. Ella

Yesterday's romantasy panel where we had to import a male panelist who joined us via Zoom.

The panel on Ursula K. Le Guin started with a BTS music video.

@alexanderdan.bsky.social in conversation with @hildur.bsky.social

The morning workshop with @fannargg.bsky.social and Gunnar

The morning sessions. Edward Ashton in conversation and then a panel on indie publishing.

More pictures from last night's Meet & Greet. Looking forward to seeing you today at the con!

The Meet and Greet has begun at Stúdentakjallarinn.

Attention!!! The location of our evening activities has been changed. We will be hanging out in Stúdentakjallarinn on Friday and Saturday evening. Great atmosphere, beverages are reasonably priced, and of course the people are awesome! icecon-reykjavik.is/venue/

It's almost time. Come join us!

We continue to count down to IceCon. Check out our sponsor Nakano, before, during, or after the con.

The programme is finally here and will be posted on the website soon.

Það er alveg að koma að því. Hátíðin hefst föstudagskvöldið 29. maí og um að gera að skrá sig sem fyrst. It's almost time. IceCon begins Friday evening, May 29th, and you should register ASAP. icecon-reykjavik.is @alexanderdan.bsky.social @fannargg.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social

37 days to go nexus.is

38 days to go @fannargg.bsky.social

39 days to go! @edashtonwriting.bsky.social

40 days to go! @alexanderdan.bsky.social

Introducing our guest of honor Edward Ashton. Author of Mickey7 which was made into the movie Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho. His latest book, After The Fall, came out February 24th of this year. @edashtonwriting.bsky.social www.edwardashton.com

Introducing our guests of honor Gunnar & Fannar wrote and illustrated the book Huldufólk that came out this past December. @fannargg.bsky.social www.bokatidindi.is/bok/huldufol...

Introducing our guest of honor @alexanderdan.bsky.social www.alexanderdan.net

Registration is open! Skráning er hafin! icecon-reykjavik.is

We are looking for volunteers for IceCon 2026.

A 2nd novel sent to the editor this year, in time for @glasgow2024.bsky.social! Here I'm holding the one launched at @icecon.bsky.social. Can't wait to absorb everything at #Worldcon, meeting new and old friends. I'll be on two panels: Combining Genres and Building Fictional Folklores. #Glasgow2024

Congratulations to @scalzi.com for winning the Japanese Seiun award for the Kaiju Preservation Society 🥳

What a weekend! Multiple panels, awesome people, new book launched and I received the first Icelandic SFF award! For outstanding contribution to The Fantastic. Thank you, @icecon.bsky.social, it means the world to me!

Yesterday @emilhpetersen.bsky.social was awarded the Hnitbjörg award for outstanding contribution to the genre. This is the first time the award has been given and he is a worthy recipient. Hnitbjörg will be given every 2 years at IceCon and the recipient will be decided on by the ConCom.

Our famous Pub quiz. This years winners were the team of @scalzi.com - @hildur.bsky.social - and Óli Gísli.

A great panel on AI.

Game-room courtesy of Spilavinir

Nakano is at IceCon

Nexus is at IceCon

@villimeymist.bsky.social is at IceCon

Trilogies, what are they good for? A conversation between @hildur.bsky.social, Giti Chandra & @ingimarkusson.bsky.social

A great start to the day. @scalzi.com in conversation with @ellafraenka.bsky.social with Q&A after.

A great start to the Con at Stúdentakjallarinn this evening. @emilhpetersen.bsky.social & Kirsty Logan & @scalzi.com read for us

We recommend you visit not only Nexus' table at the con, but also their store in Glæsibær. www.nexus.is

John Scalzi writes. Not just science fiction novels, which he's famous for, but also on his website and social media. Check him out at whatever.scalzi.com (@scalzi.com)

Introducing Kirsty Logan, a professional daydreamer. Her most recent books are the novel Now She is Witch and the memoir The Unfamiliar. You can find information about where to buy her books on her website www.kirstylogan.com

Introducing Emil Hjörvar Petersen (@emilhpetersen.bsky.social) , one of the guests of honor at IceCon 2024. His short story The Cryptid is in The Best of World SF vol. 1 and the story Oh, Karitas can be found on Storytel and Audiobooks.com. His website is emilhpetersen.com/english/.

Only 70 days until IceCon '24! Can't wait to meet you all and ofc our wonderful guests of honor: @scalzi.com, @emilhpetersen.bsky.social and Kirsty Logan.

We're counting down to IceCon '24. It's less than 4 months away. Have you bought your ticket, and booked your fligh yet? This year our guests of honor are Emil Hjörvar Petersen, John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) , and Kirsty Logan. Program announced at a later date. Register: icecon-reykjavik.is

We are thrilled to announce that John Scalzi @scalzi.com , has agreed to be our guest of honor at IceCon ‘24! At the same time we are sad to announce that unfortunately, Becky Chambers won't make it to IceCon next year.   More information: icecon-reykjavik.is/news/