Exclusive opportunities including pitch sessions with local and international publishing partners, book sales on consignment at the GenreCon Pop-Up Bookshop and free entry to the GenreCon Short Story Comp (grand prize $1,000 plus online publication).

GenreCon 2025: Alchemy’s program has landed. Check out the full lineup of panels, seminars and special events.

Don’t miss out 🔮

Presale ends this Thursday.

Complete your GenreCon 2025 experience and unlock our Friday workshops – 12 Months To Full-Time Author with Keynote speaker Steff Green and Art And The Crowd-funding Author with Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Don’t miss Glacian Trilogy author and BookTok sensation Stacey McEwan on the rise at GenreCon 2025: Alchemy.

See who’s joining us as we talk all things Alchemy – turning your art into business. At this year’s conference you’ll hear insights into writing craft and sustainability from accomplished authors, literary success stories and industry professionals.

We’re back. GenreCon 2025: Alchemy is headlined by bestselling New Zealand-based author Steff Green (Steffanie Holmes), with a special focus on turning your art into business.

Join us at State Library from 28 February – 2 March 2025. Public presale bookings open now.

Thank you for coming to our special QPoetry! Writers After Dark Horror Poetry salon.

When the sun goes down, strange things come out to play. This special GenreCon crossover event at QPoetry! 2024 showcases writing that delights in the macabre, the mythic, and the weird.

Join us Saturday 10 August at Judith Wright Arts Centre.

Read the winning entry from the GenreCon 2024 Short Story Competition, Smooth by Laree Chapman.

“Oh, but he’s smooth. From the neat whiskers on his chin to the bottoms of his Jimmy Choo shoes. And I can imagine his scent – pine needles with a hint of musk, as if he’d been in the woods...”

GenreCon 2024 is officially booked out! We’re stoked to deliver one of our biggest Cons yet.

You can still tune in for a curated slice of the program online with a Virtual Admission ticket - bookings close 20 February.

Whether it’s your first time at GenreCon or your fifth, every year is a bit different! Here’s a guide to what to wear and what to bring this year.

Can’t make it to Brisbane for GenreCon 2024? Don't miss out on the literary event of the year - experience a curated selection of panels, seminars and Q&A sessions without leaving your home!

GenreCon 2024: Brave. Bold. Genre. takes over this week’s edition of Queensland Writers Centre’s Pen & Pixel email newsletter.

We’re excited to reveal our Friday masterclass and welcome legendary Brisbane author Nick Earls for Writing The Novella - with a special introduction and genre fiction twist.

Look who’s dropping in at GenreCon 2024: Brave. Bold. Genre.

Jump in and browse the program now!

There’s over 30 special events, panels, workshops and more for lovers of genre fiction of every kind - and your General Admission ticket gets you access to every single one.

The full program is getting even closer…

Here’s another sneak preview of who’s on our lineup.

Welcome to GenreCon, New York Times and USA-Today best-selling author of Dark Rise, C.S. Pacat…

The full program is getting even closer…

Here’s another sneak preview of who’s on our lineup.

Welcome to GenreCon, Julie Janson

Julie Janson is a Burruberongal woman of Darug Nation (NSW) and an award-winning novelist, playwright, and poet…

Hello again GenreConjurers…

Our GenreConjurers mixer was a blast.

And it’s all thanks to you!

The last few weeks have rolled by faster than…

Ahead of the release of GenreCon’s full program in October (grab your tickets), we’ll be announcing special guests who’ll be a key part of our conference – that means panels, workshops, and of course, signings and meet and greets!

Aurealis Award-winning author Dr Kim Wilkins (The Infernal) joins GenreCon in 2024….