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.

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.