The History of Novacon
The first Novacon was intended by the then Aston Science Fiction Group as a one-off event to complement the long-established Eastercon, but its success prompted the newly-resurrected Birmingham Science Fiction Group to assume the reins and organise a Novacon every autumn since.
The table below details past venues and guests; a more in-depth guide, including committee members and pre-convention membership figures, will be published in the programme book. You can see the archive websites for Novacon 36 onwards by following the links here.
| Novacon | 1971 | Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham | James White |
| Novacon 2 | 1972 | Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham | Doreen Rogers |
| Novacon 3 | 1973 | Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham | Ken Bulmer |
| Novacon 4 | 1974 | Imperial Centre Hotel, Birmingham | Ken Slater |
| Novacon 5 | 1975 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Dan Morgan |
| Novacon 6 | 1976 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | David Kyle |
| Novacon 7 | 1977 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | John Brunner |
| Novacon 8 | 1978 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham | Anne McCaffrey |
| Novacon 9 | 1979 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest |
| Novacon 10 | 1980 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Brian W Aldiss |
| Novacon 11 | 1981 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Bob Shaw |
| Novacon 12 | 1982 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Harry Harrison |
| Novacon 13 | 1983 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Lisa Tuttle |
| Novacon 14 | 1984 | Grand Hotel, Birmingham | Robert Holdstock |
| Novacon 15 | 1985 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | David Langford, James White |
| Novacon 16 | 1986 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | Chris Evans, E C Tubb |
| Novacon 17 | 1987 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Iain M Banks |
| Novacon 18 | 1988 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Garry Kilworth |
| Novacon 19 | 1989 | Excelsior Hotel, Solihull | Geoff Ryman |
| Novacon 20 | 1990 | Excelsior Hotel, Solihull | Dr Jack Cohen |
| Novacon 21 | 1991 | Forte Post House, Solihull (formerly the Excelsior Hotel) |
Colin Greenland |
| Novacon 22 | 1992 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Storm Constantine |
| Novacon 23 | 1993 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Stephen Baxter |
| Novacon 24 | 1994 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Graham Joyce |
| Novacon 25 | 1995 | Chamberlain Hotel, Birmingham | Brian W Aldiss, Harry Harrison, Bob Shaw Special Guest: Iain M Banks |
| Novacon 26 | 1996 | Ibis Hotel, Birmingham | David Gemmell |
| Novacon 27 | 1997 | Abbey Hotel, Malvern | Peter F Hamilton |
| Novacon 28 | 1998 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Paul J McAuley |
| Novacon 29 | 1999 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Ian Stewart |
| Novacon 30 | 2000 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest Special Guest: Rog Peyton Guest Artist: David A Hardy |
| Novacon 31 | 2001 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Gwynneth Jones |
| Novacon 32 | 2002 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian McDonald |
| Novacon 33 | 2003 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Jon Courtenay Grimwood |
| Novacon 34 | 2004 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian Watson |
| Novacon 35 | 2005 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Alastair Reynolds |
| Novacon 36 | 2006 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ken MacLeod |
| Novacon 37 | 2007 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Charles Stross |
| Novacon 38 | 2008 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian R MacLeod and Vernon Brown |
| Novacon 39 | 2009 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Justina Robson |
| Novacon 40 | 2010 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Iain M Banks Special Guest: Brian Aldiss |
| Novacon 41 | 2011 | Park Inn, Nottingham | John Meaney |
| Novacon 42 | 2012 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Jaine Fenn |
| Novacon 43 | 2013 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Jo Walton |
| Novacon 44 | 2014 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Kari Sperring Science Guest: John Gribbin |
| Novacon 45 | 2015 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Anne and Stan Nicholls |