The site selection results are in, and the 2016 Eurocon will be in Barcelona. It was apparently a very tight race, and the Polish bid was very good indeed. Against that Barcelona is truly world class city, Spain has never had a Eurocon before, and the Polish convention clashes with the Kansas Worldcon. Having said that, I can’t go to Kansas, and the Polish convention will take place anyway (it is already a seated PolCon), so I may go to both.

The website for Barcelona is here. The Guests of Honor are Aliette de Bodard (France), Richard Morgan (UK), Jun Kiyazaki (Hungarian fan) and Enrique Corominas (Spanish artist). The date are November 4-6 which should be the weekend after World Fantasy. It is probably also the weekend after the Lucca Comics & Games Festival, which Maurizio Manzieri was enthusing to me about at Worldcon. It should be pleasantly warm in Italy and Catalonia at that time of year.