Elsewhen Press sponsors Nine Worlds Geekfest 2016

DARTFORD, U.K. - June 10, 2016 - PRLog -- Elsewhen Press, an independent UK publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, is proud to announce sponsorship of the 2016 Nine Worlds Geekfest.

The first Nine Worlds Geekfest was in August 2013 following a Kickstarter campaign, and was a huge success. Each year the number of attendees has been increasing and this year Nine Worlds has moved from Heathrow to Hammersmith to allow for growth and to enable the addition of a dedicated expo for vendors. They have also been seeking sponsors to help Nine Worlds grow bigger and better. The Nine Worlds Geekfest was "founded on the radical belief that geekdom should not be restricted by class, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, or the ability to cite Wookiepedia in arguments." These are values that Elsewhen Press shares and why we are proud to sponsor Nine Worlds.

Elsewhen Press has been an enthusiastic supporter of conventions since our establishment five years ago, so we are delighted that there will be an Expo at this year's Geekfest, and we will be there selling our books for all our fellow geeks to 'share and enjoy', accompanied by some of our authors and artists.

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About Nine Worlds Geekfest

Nine Worlds Geekfest burst out of the woodwork in August 2013 in style. The inaugural con took place at Heathrow, London, with over 1500 attendees. In March 2013, Nine Worlds ran a Kickstarter fundraising drive that was 232% oversubscribed and raised £23,000 (the second most successful convention launch in Kickstarter's history), demonstrating the huge interest for an event of this kind in London.

Innovative and ground-breaking, Nine Worlds brings together a plethora of strands, from the more typical sci-fi tracks featuring gaming, comics, literature, fanfic and film, to Queer Fandom, Steampunk, Skepticism and Geek Feminism. Nine Worlds also hosted the UK's first academic conference on geek culture, with scholars gathering from around the country.

This year's Nine Worlds is at Novotel London West in Hammersmith from August 12th-14th, 2016. There's a soft start on Thursday evening with low key events and socialising, and formal start on Friday morning, right through to Sunday evening. It's a residential convention - attendees normally stay on-site for the weekend. Which means that the party doesn't stop at dusk, and there are games, talks, discos, live music and performance, and all-night film marathons running through the evenings. This year, for the first time, there'll also be an expo running on Saturday and Sunday. Convention attendees will get full access in their ticket price, but expo day tickets will be sold separately for Saturday and Sunday closer to the time.

More about Nine Worlds can be found at http://nineworlds.co.uk/

About Elsewhen Press

Elsewhen Press is an independent publisher of Speculative Fiction. Based in the UK, in the South East of England, Elsewhen Press publishes titles in English in digital and print editions, adopting a digital-first policy for most titles. Elsewhen Press is an imprint of Alnpete Limited.

Contact details:

Nine Worlds contact: press@nineworlds.co.uk

Elsewhen Press contact: Al Murray

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