Food Options at the Westin and Boskone 56

The Westin Waterfront Boston now requires Boskone to limit the types of food and snack items we can serve in the Con Suite. Specifically, we can no longer provide food items that need to be prepared by our staff, such as hard boiled eggs, cheese cubes, bagels, or the bread loaves we’ve provided in the […]

B56 Mini Interview with E. C. Ambrose, Clea Simon, Steven Popkes & Alan F. Beck

Welcome back to the Boskone 56 Mini Interviews! Today you are in for a special treat, because we talking with four authors! E. C. Ambrose, Clea Simon, Steven Popkes, and Alan F. Beck, are all here to talk more about themselves, books, and Boskone! E. C. Ambrose E. C. Ambrose wrote “The Dark Apostle” series […]

B56 Mini Interview with Victoria Sandbrook Flynn, R.W.W. Greene & M.R. Richardson

Welcome back to our Boskone 56 Mini Interviews! Today was are talking with Victoria Sandbrook Flynn, R.W.W. Greene, and M.R. Richardson! Victoria Sandbrook Flynn Victoria Sandbrook is a speculative fiction writer, freelance editor, and Viable Paradise graduate. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in SWORD & SONNET, PODCASTLE, SHIMMER, CAST OF WONDERS, and elsewhere. […]

Boskone 56 Program Schedule is Online

BOSKONE 56 is coming February 15-17, 2019!  and the program schedule is now online. Come check out all of the exciting activities and start planning your convention! The schedule is available through the Grenadine app schedule so that you can personalize your Boskone experience or you can view the text-only schedule. Boskone 56 Program Highlights! […]

Join the Boskone Book Club, featuring WANT by Cindy Pon

One of Boskone’s annually featured panels is the Boskone Book Club. This year, we will be gathering on Sunday, February 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Join us for a lively conversation that brings con-goers together to discuss the YA science fiction novel Want by Cindy Pon (our Young Adult Fiction Guest). Boskone’s own Bob Kuhn […]

Souvenir Book, Art Show, & Dealer’s Room Updates!

Looking for a way to sell your wares, show your art, or advertise at Boskone? We have the perfect solutions for you: advertise in the Souvenir Book, purchase a table in the Dealers Room, or book space in the Art Show. Why Boskone? Boskone is the longest running science fiction convention in New England and […]

Helmuth, Friday at 5pm – Boskone’s At Con Newsletter with Updates

Hey Con-goers! The first Helmuth Newsletter is available. Check it out at Helmuth 55 – Friday Night Edition. Be sure to take a look at the Program Changes listed below: The following people have dropped from Program: Steve Berman Debra Doyle James D. Macdonald Teresa Nielsen Hayden Patrick Nielsen Hayden Karl Schroeder Fran Wilde Frank […]

Going Mobile and Staying Connected at Boskone

With over 350 program items and nearly 200 program participants, there are a lot of things to keep track of at Boskone this year. But we have an app for that! (Actually, we have your choice of two apps for that!) With your smart phone, tablet, or computer, you can use the Grenadine Event Planner […]

Bring Your Sweets to the Tiptree Bake Sale

The Tiptree Bake Sale returns to Boskone as part of the Boskone Book Party. If you have some baked goods to donate or just want to sate your sweet tooth, be sure to stop by the Galleria on Saturday evening. 6:30 PM – SATURDAY, February 17 Tiptree Bake Sale @ Boskone Diane Martin Galleria – […]

Warning! Lego Robot of Doom to Destroy Boskone

Watch out Boskone! The Lego Robots are coming!!! Okay, seriously, Boskone is safe. The Lego Robot of Doom is not really going to destroy the convention….we hope. However, we are going to have some very cool Lego Robots for you to have fun with, courtesy of Hatch Makerspace on Sunday, February 18, 2018 when they […]