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Marsonikon is the youngest currently running Croatian con – this was their third year. It takes place in Slavonski Brod, a town in Slavonia which used to be known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, hence the name of the con. It is the only one day convention in the country and also the only […]
Read More Marsonikon 2014: Report and GUFF auctionIstrakon is the second largest SF convention in Croatia. It is held in the very heart of Istria, usually in March and this year it was the very last weekend of March. Like every Croatian convention, its program is a mix of lectures, workshops, gaming demonstrations and sessions. Their Guest of Honour this year was […]
Read More Istrakon 2014 reportI have been contributing to the NOSF portal for a number of years, since my friend Irena Rašeta took it over. She was the one who came up with the Thursday Reader, at a time when it was not as easy as it is today, to find free SF fiction online, legally available. In English, […]
Read More Free fiction: Maya Starling at NOSF.netWhy, go to a Comics festival! Croatia used to have two, one down south, in the small coastal town of Makarska, on the way from Split to Dubrovnik. It was totally awesome, run by two comics enthusiasts and publishers, with a huge (for Croatia) bugdet and loads of famous guests. This was Mafest and it […]
Read More What to do on a Saturday morning?On Saturday, October 12th, at Rikon 2013, the third biggest Croatian SF convention, the Artefact Awards were given out, the culmination of the con for the old fashioned literary oriented fans as well as many who are not. This year the ceremony was short and sweet and before there was even time to think “This […]
Read More A flashmob musical in memoriam