Day One of Reconnect was so fun!!!
Everyone has been so kind and absolutely amazing!!!
Ending the night with The Requiems was an absolute honor and pleasure!
After two hours of sleep, I'm restless and ready to tackle day two!!
Here's to another day!
#kingdomhearts #reconnect2025
Hosting creative workshops at @easterconuk.bsky.social #reconnect2025 was beyond a joy - thank you to everyone who made art and poetry with me! Til next time 💕
Our very own @singingtotigers.bsky.social absolutely dazzled with the reading of her short story from 'Vivid Worlds', out now from Slab Press: theslab.press/store/
Thank you to Ruth for the photo! @easterconuk.bsky.social #Reconnect2025
Four women pose for a picture, wearing their Eastercon lanyards and badges with many ribbons hanging underneath. From left to right: Charlotte McCarroll, Ana Sun, Kat Kourbeti, and Amalia Topaloudi.
We had a lovely time at @easterconuk.bsky.social #Reconnect2025 in Belfast, with our members and organisers in panels, book launches, and volunteering for the convention. We'll be back next year for Iridescence in Birmingham, and before that in Cymera this June!
A page of a book, backed on black card, with most of the words blacked out by marker pen. The remaining words read: Forgotten forgotten towards midnight the former shrouded world cut leather judgement as though seeing was to be disappointed They all are. Nazi arrivals are the work of the devil they should be destroyed.
A page of a book, cut into an amorphous shape, backed on a triangle of black card, and then rectangular white card. There are decorations in pastel highlighter. The page has most of the text blacked out with marker pen. The remaining text reads: Did I pass? Her or he Make an exception. It's not up to us, in truth. handle it. I would hear with greater care how do you find Neutral dangerous Go, and expect more.
A black and white photo of a large family in festival clothing, on a field with bunting. Embroidered on the photo, there is a green wavy line with yellow and red bunting above the people. Two women smiling at each other have a pink heart embroidered around them.
I had a great time in @andester.bsky.social 's workshops for erasure poetry and photo embroidery @easterconuk.bsky.social #Reconnect2025
Picture from the closing ceremony, with the guests of honour sitting on sofas, and the committee standing behind, and the Reconnect logo on the screen at the back.
And so my con is ended! Thanks so much to everyone involved with #Reconnect2025 @easterconuk.bsky.social - perfectly named con for an opportunity to spend time with the gang! ❤️
Very fabby prizes too!
#Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
A few people on a stage with a screen displaying the winning entry.
Jenni, a brunette with a sparkly navy dress and short hair, gives a speech while holding a mic onstage.
OMG Huge congratulations to our @jennicoutts.bsky.social on winning Best Artist for the cover of Nova Scotia 2!!! Gwan yerself, lass!!!
@bsfa.bsky.social @easterconuk.bsky.social #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
left my two last Imbued copies at the freebie table!
read this trauma-filled, lush fantasy and kick me in the butt to finish the sequel soon!! ✌️
#Eastercon2025 #Eastercon #Reconnect2025
Lauren Beukes just gave me a five of Pentacles, aka a "Get Over Yourself" reading for my current wip problem. Possibly the most accurate reading I've ever had! #eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025 @easterconuk.bsky.social @laurenbeukes.com
#Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025 @easterconuk.bsky.social
Masquerade is about to start! Lovely to see it return to Eastercon after so many years. #eastercon #reconnect2025
@easterconuk.bsky.social #eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
Hebe Stanton says Arthur is a cypher of the time, exemplifying what each era views as how a king should behave.
Edward James draws parallels between Middle Ages Arthurian stories and modern shared world anthologies and fanfic (let's put Galahad in a Situation)
#Eastercon2025
#Reconnect2025
At the "The Once And Future Story: Arthurian Myths" panel.
Juliet E McKenna is wincing at the memory of innumerable Guinevere romance novels where she is an absolute drip.
Kari Sperring is delivering an amazing rapid fire summary of subtypes of Arthurian legends.
#Eastercon2025
#Reconnect2025
A selfie of Vera Brook in one of the conference rooms before a panel. A large screen shows the Reconnect logo.
I’m at the Eastercon 2025: Reconnect in Belfast! 🔥✍️🔥
@easterconuk.bsky.social #Reconnect2025 #Eastercon #writer #writinglife #sciencefiction @edinburghsff.com
Hi Eastercon! At 2pm (Lagan B), I'll be on 'Tell it Again, Sam(antha): Feminist Retellings' w/Tanya Brown, Meghan Ellis, @shaunalawless.bsky.social & @rosannerabs.bsky.social. Come hear about my least fave Hamlet adaptations.
@easterconuk.bsky.social #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
From the audience, an orchestra on a stage, with a screen showing the IVGO logo.
I have a habit of saying I'm going to make these things and never do. So, for once, I am here to get away from con overwhelm. @ivgorchestra.com - take me away from all this. #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
Hey #Reconnect2025 folk -- the security between the ICC and the Hilton are hugely inconsistent about whether or not the Green Room is allowed to bring glass drinks through. As GR is currently one down down, I'd say to my fellow spoonies don't bother trying. It's not worth the hassle. #Eastercon2025
Benjamin Cain ponders does Starfleet exclude the majority of disabled people from serving on Statships? That's not very utopia of it!
#Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
Ivor K. Hill and D.A Lascelles admire the mini recovery arc in The Dark Knight Rises but wish he hadn't just "gotten over" osteoarthritis. But as most of the audience didn't care, does it matter?
#Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
"Cure Wounds: Medicine in SFF" at #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
Charlotte McCarroll, vet and writer, tells us that some ID chips for pets already have remote access thermometers installed.
Jenni Coutts wants generation ship stories to talk about illness - do they have mini pharma plants?
Sarah Rees Brennan has mentioned Dracula and the entire panel are giddy and reminiscing over their first time experiencing it.
Sarah is talking about how it was all about "modern" tech like trains and telegrams, and now would be featuring IPhones and WhatsApp
#Eastercon2025
#Reconnect2025
Derek Landy says an advantage Ireland had is that creativity is admired in Ireland regardless of whether it is profit making, so it is as frequently crushed in kids by adults as in some other countries, and gives them the time to find their creative voices.
#Eastercon2025
#Reconnect2025
At my first #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025 panel! "Irish in the Marvellous Gutter", starring 4 Irish comic creators.
Right now Will Simpson is describing the comics of his youth ranging from The Beano to The Trigon Emperor, and how they all influenced him in different ways.
An EasterCon Reconnect pass with my name on it and a red ‘programme participant’ ribbon. A bookmark of a blond man in robes raising a glass of wine, some gold pins and a bookplate with a red and yellow design on it.
A picture of me, a blonde, white woman. Short wavy hair, large red glasses, blue and green dress.
My programme slots: Annabel Campbell Fri 2:00 PM : Hilton - Lagan B. Morally Grey Mothers. Mon 2:00 PM : ICC - Hall 1 A: Flying With Dragons
FRIENDS! I am in lovely Belfast for #EasterCon2025 #Reconnect2025. I have pins, bookmarks, bookplates and FREE BOOKS! Come chat to me if you want a free copy of THE OUTCAST MAGE. I am around for chat all weekend, but if you want to see me on a panel, deets of panels are below:
Hello #Eastercon! I'll be doing a reading at 5.40pm in ICC Boardroom 1-2, which I believe follows Lauren Beukes (5pm) and Charlie Stross (5.20pm). Trying something new, so let's see how it goes.
@laurenbeukes.com @cstross.bsky.social @easterconuk.bsky.social
#Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
