Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
Authors Publish Open Letter Condemning BookCon Organizer’s Parent Company RELX Over ICE Ties - Reactor
Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
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February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
BookCon 2026 was amazing!!
April 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
BookCon 2026 was amazing!!
LOOK OUT, YA BOI IS GOING TO BOOKCON!!!
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
LOOK OUT, YA BOI IS GOING TO BOOKCON!!!
I loved it there but it was so embarrassing walking around Bookcon asking for dragon romance books and getting recommended things like Fourth Wing. Like no I’m not looking for dragon riders I’m looking for dragon “RIDERS” 😡
June 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I loved it there but it was so embarrassing walking around Bookcon asking for dragon romance books and getting recommended things like Fourth Wing. Like no I’m not looking for dragon riders I’m looking for dragon “RIDERS” 😡
something we've been working on for a few days! link to the full letter: tinyurl.com/bookconautho...
BookCon Authors Condemn RELX Collaboration with ICE
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February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
something we've been working on for a few days! link to the full letter: tinyurl.com/bookconautho...
small potatoes in the scheme of things but SIXTY bookcon authors have signed this letter so far and i just think that's neat 🥰
if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...
![TO: newyork@relx.com
ATTN: RELX CEO Erik Engstrom, Nick Luff (CFO), and Paul Ashton Walker (Chair)
Re: Immediate Termination of contracts between RELX subsidiaries and ICE
February 9th, 2026
Dear Erik Engstrom, Nick Luff, and Paul Ashton Walker,
We are some of the authors that make events like BookCon—run by your subsidiary, ReedPop—possible. Another of your subsidiaries, LexisNexis, has a $22.1 million dollar contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), supplying them with the data they need to surveil and terrorize our neighbors, friends, and families.[1] We condemn any collaboration with ICE and call for the immediate termination of all contracts between RELX and ICE.
ICE has a twenty-two year history of discrimination and abuse against immigrant communities. Under the current administration, their efforts have escalated in both violence and visibility—enabled by their partners in big data, including LexisNexis.[2]
RELX is a multinational corporation worth $40 billion, of which events like BookCon are only a small fraction. Our power is limited. But BookCon advertises itself as a place where "fantasy meets reality,"[3] and the reality is that RELX is profiting from mass terror against communities of color, including the murder of eight people this year alone. The fantasy is that a bunch of readers and authors could ignore it; we know a villain when we see one.
We, as authors, intend to honor our immediate commitments to BookCon and to our readers. If RELX chooses to renew their current contract with ICE–which expires on February 28, 2026[4]–we will be forced to reevaluate our association with all future ReedPop events.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreicnq6khcuo2nkyef76ghhzvaikkm4vojnlasyxpuemjnrtmni4koa)
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
small potatoes in the scheme of things but SIXTY bookcon authors have signed this letter so far and i just think that's neat 🥰
BookCon is back and I’ll be there. NYC April 2026. More info and growing guest author list here www.bookcon.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BookCon is back and I’ll be there. NYC April 2026. More info and growing guest author list here www.bookcon.com
when i was at bookcon they made the mens room "all genders" and let me tell you the men were actually washing their hands in this arrangement
April 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM
when i was at bookcon they made the mens room "all genders" and let me tell you the men were actually washing their hands in this arrangement
Ready for Bookcon day one! I have nicely blended black/white eyeshadow and one hundred college-aligned bracelets to give away.
April 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Ready for Bookcon day one! I have nicely blended black/white eyeshadow and one hundred college-aligned bracelets to give away.
very fun interview with @popversesays.bsky.social thank you buckaroos
CHUCK TINGLE celebrates THE TINGLEVERSE and teases new book - FABULOUS BODIES!! | BookCon 2026
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June 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
very fun interview with @popversesays.bsky.social thank you buckaroos
Connor left a voice note for Jacob and Rachel at BookCon!
April 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Connor left a voice note for Jacob and Rachel at BookCon!
Who's going to BookCon?? It's my first one!
March 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Who's going to BookCon?? It's my first one!
THANK YOU BOOKCON. what a wonderful time proving love. i am overwhelmed with gratitude and honored by all the true buckaroos i was lucky enough to trot with
April 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
THANK YOU BOOKCON. what a wonderful time proving love. i am overwhelmed with gratitude and honored by all the true buckaroos i was lucky enough to trot with
anyway! i am ashamed to have fallen for booktok discourse! i had a great time at bookcon! i remain baffled & alienated by fan culture, and grateful for my extremely normal & chill readers ❤️
April 24, 2026 at 1:36 PM
anyway! i am ashamed to have fallen for booktok discourse! i had a great time at bookcon! i remain baffled & alienated by fan culture, and grateful for my extremely normal & chill readers ❤️
Folks, I don't want anyone to get too excited, but BOOKCON IS BACK!!
Ok, yeah, actually, GET TOO EXCITED, DO IT!!!
#booksky
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Ok, yeah, actually, GET TOO EXCITED, DO IT!!!
#booksky
www.bookcon.com
BookCon
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September 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Folks, I don't want anyone to get too excited, but BOOKCON IS BACK!!
Ok, yeah, actually, GET TOO EXCITED, DO IT!!!
#booksky
www.bookcon.com
Ok, yeah, actually, GET TOO EXCITED, DO IT!!!
#booksky
www.bookcon.com
“When Connor Storrie asks a fan question”
The audio is clearer here!
via bookcon
The audio is clearer here!
via bookcon
April 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“When Connor Storrie asks a fan question”
The audio is clearer here!
via bookcon
The audio is clearer here!
via bookcon
I went to Bookcon and it’s fantasy ball this weekend!! 🥳 easily my favorite event ever
I even got my favorite book this year (the Everlasting) signed by Alix E Harrow ahhh!!
I even got my favorite book this year (the Everlasting) signed by Alix E Harrow ahhh!!
April 20, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I went to Bookcon and it’s fantasy ball this weekend!! 🥳 easily my favorite event ever
I even got my favorite book this year (the Everlasting) signed by Alix E Harrow ahhh!!
I even got my favorite book this year (the Everlasting) signed by Alix E Harrow ahhh!!
I’m at BookCon at the Javits Center in NYC this weekend! If you or anyone you know will be there, send them to find cute stuff at Booth #1041 ! 💖📚 #bookcon
April 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I’m at BookCon at the Javits Center in NYC this weekend! If you or anyone you know will be there, send them to find cute stuff at Booth #1041 ! 💖📚 #bookcon
Bookcon Day One was a success 🤭
April 19, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Bookcon Day One was a success 🤭
finally saw the video of an author being ""rude"" at bookcon and i fear there are a lot of unanswered questions here. like: what if we didn't demand the performance of joyful intimacy from total strangers?? and what if i smash your phone with a cartoonishly large hammer???
April 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
finally saw the video of an author being ""rude"" at bookcon and i fear there are a lot of unanswered questions here. like: what if we didn't demand the performance of joyful intimacy from total strangers?? and what if i smash your phone with a cartoonishly large hammer???
really good writeup of the RELX/bookcon stuff, as situated in a broader media landscape where everything we love puts money in the hands of cartoon villains 🫠
I wrote about how there are no pure platforms or publishers and how there are very few ethical media diets. Which leaves those of us who know we can’t consume ethically but still want to try, left to navigate what feels right, or, at least, less bad. lithub.com/what-do-you-...
What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?
Last week a number of popular authors published an open letter to the leadership team of RELX. RELX is the parent company of Reedpop, which is the organizer of many conventions including BookCon, w…
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February 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
really good writeup of the RELX/bookcon stuff, as situated in a broader media landscape where everything we love puts money in the hands of cartoon villains 🫠
We sold every copy of THRALL at BookCon.
April 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
We sold every copy of THRALL at BookCon.
If you're going to BookCon this weekend I'll be there! And I'll be signing books after, which might be you last chance to get signed books!
April 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
If you're going to BookCon this weekend I'll be there! And I'll be signing books after, which might be you last chance to get signed books!