John is sort of John-shaped, Alison quite fancies a fantastic beach holiday, and Liz is compensating.\nPlease email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media!\nUpcoming site selection\nChicon 8 (Chicago, USA) was voted in as the 2022 Worldcon, beating Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)\nAn open letter was coordinated by Anna Smith Spark to criticise WSFS for allowing Jeddah to bid\nCheryl Morgan argues that an incorporated WSFS might address some of these issues\n\nChengdu (China) is bidding for 2023\nJeddah is bidding in 2026\n\nGeorge R.R. Martin hosted the Hugo Awards\nWhen the Toastmaster Talks Less\nAurealis Awards\n\nreCONvene 2020\nBertie Smith\n\nUpcoming conventions:\nVirtual NASFiC 2020\nVirtually Expo (the online edition of the UK Games Expo)\nFuturicon\n\nPlease send us more poems!\nOur theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license