Charles Urbach’s Colored Pencil Workshop

This Boskone workshop lasts about 2 hours. In the first 1-hour class our Guest Artist Charles Urbach describes the materials and discusses the reasoning and physical qualities involved with them. In the second 1-hour class, Charles demonstrates how to use the colored pencils to achieve the results that he produces with the pencils. That demonstration […]

Dubious Pleasures, by Greg Cox

Publishing physical books has become considerably more expensive over the years. So we are here seeking your support for our next project, Dubious Pleasures, the NESFA Press Boskone Book for Boskone 63. This book is a group of previously published short stories by Greg Cox, our Guest of Honor at Boskone 63, February 13-15, 2026. […]

Boskone 63 Program News

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Boskone 63 Hotel Block is Open

Please go to https://boskone.org/hotel/accommodations/ to make your reservations. There is one booking link this year. The first thing you will be asked is whether you want a Quiet Block or Party Block room. Guest Room Rates — $204 plus tax (currently 16.45%) for Single/Double/Triple/Quad Please note that Boskone 63 members using this link will not be charged […]

Boskone 63 Hotel Block will Open in Fall 2025

Room rates are $204 plus tax (currently 16.45%) for Single/Double/Triple/Quad. The room block covers the convention dates PLUS the shoulder dates, which will be listed in our hotel block. Our block rates are good through January 22, 2026 or until the block is sold out. NOTE: Boskone’s room block almost always sells out. Watch our […]

Boskone 63 Rates Good Through 1-20-2026

Boskone 63 Registration is online at reg.boskone.org. These rates are good through January 20, 2026. Adult: $65 Young Adult (18-25): $40 Teen (13-17): $25 Child (5-12): $20 Card to Culture: Free Boskone 63, February 13-15, 2026 Guest of Honor: Greg Cox Official Artist: Charles Urbach Special Guest: Stefan Rudnick Hal Clement Science Speaker: Diego Patrimonio […]

Boskone Book: Wolf’s Perils by Kelley Armstrong

This year we are pleased to announce our Boskone Book: Wolf’s Perils by Kelley Armstrong – one story in two novels from the Otherworld Series together for the first time: Wolf’s Bane and Wolf’s Curse. This is a signed limited edition of 750 copies. This may be purchased at https://tinyurl.com/NESFAWolfsPerilsB62 for pickup at Boskone (you must be a Boskone member or have another […]

Boskone 62 Hotel Block is Open

Boskone 62 members may book their hotel rooms via the link found on our https://boskone.org/venue/accommodations/ page. Room rates are $195 plus tax per night for single-quad. If you have any issues with your hotel reservation, please make a reservation for whatever night and room type you can and contact  hotel@boskone.org as soon as possible with […]

Boskone 61 Positive Covid Reports

There is a #covid-reports channel in the WELCOME AND HELPDESK category of the NESFA and Boskone discord for COVID reports *.  Future reports will continue to go in that channel as well as here in the Boskone Blog. The Discord channel or Boskone 61 (info@boskone.org)  has received the following positive Covid reports from Boskone 61 […]

Boskone 61 Schedule

Boskone 61 Schedule is now online at https://boskone.org/program/schedule/ There are links to the interactive and non-interactive schedules.