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Finncon is organizing an amazing fantasy and science fiction flea market for our guests. We are offering wonderful books, direct from fans to fans!

For more info and how to sign up, check out the Fantasy Flea Market page!

The fourth and final Guest of Honor for Finncon 2016 is our Fan Guest
of Honor Eeva-Liisa Tenhunen! She has been an active member of fandom
for several years and in many different roles.

Finncon 2016’s third Guest of Honor is American author Catherynne M. Valente. She has written both fiction and poetry. Two of her novels have been translated into Finnish. Valente has visited Finland previously in 2012 when she was the Guest of Honor fro Åcon in Mariehamn.

We have announced the first Guests of Honor at Archipelacon in Mariehamn today.

The Guests of Honor are British author Jasper Fforde and Finnish author Anne Leinonen. More Guests of Honor will be announced later on. Further information about the Guests of Honor can be read from the Guests page.

Welcome to Finncon 2016 website! We have collected information about the convention and about Tampere on this website. More information about the convention, hotels and programme will be published closer to the convention.

We will be publishing the Guests of Honor at Arhicpelacon’s Finncon 2016 party on June 26, 2015. The information will be updated to these pages as soon as the announcement has been made.