2025 Audio Fiction Convention

About This Event

The Podcast Book Club's 2025 Audio Fiction Convention is a virtual community event celebrating all things fiction podcasting. The event will be held primarily through the PBC Discord server, with panels being streamed via Twitch. Participation is completely free, with the option to upgrade to a donation ticket if you wish to support the project financially, and will run on a 24-hour schedule to accomodate the widespread timezones of attendees, panelists, and event staff. AuFiCon, like most conventions, will host a variety of panels, giveaways, an artist alley, games, and more.

Further details regarding the event schedule, guest speakers, panel topics & similar information will be shared closer to the event. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us via email at finch@podcast-bookclub.com, via server ticket in the Discord, or by putting in a support request on our website.

If you're unfamiliar with the bookclub - hi! We're a Discord-based community of podcast fans and creators that spend our days sharing and enjoying audio fiction. Affectionately shorthanded to "the PBC", our work most often takes the form of various server projects that serve to encourage creativity and foster community online. In 2024, we celebrated one year of causing chaos in the podcasting scene in tandem with our first Podcast Jam event, a two-months-long whirlwind of creating a podcast pilot episode from start to finish, and are striving to continue finding innovative ways to celebrate audio fiction every day. AuFiCon is our newest labor of love; we sincerely hope you enjoy it, and we can't wait to catch you in the server sometime soon!

2025 EVENT SCHEDULE - GMT +0

31st January

21:00 - 22:00 Opening Ceremony
Hosts: Finch, Quills, Moth, Cole & N1et

1st February

00:00 - 1:00 Producing a Fiction Podcast: Do's, Don'ts, & How to Start
Panelists: Tatiana Gefter, Anna Stein, Hannah & Daisy McNamara
Host: Dennis Ortman

02:00 - 03:00 Shelterwood: A Deep-Dive Retrospective
Presenter: Stephen Indrisano

04:00 - 05:00 Podcast Trailer Event: Audio Fiction Speed Dating
Host: Goose

06:00 - 07:00 Creating Characters Your Audience Will Adore
Presenter: Henry Galley

08:00 - 08:30 Worldbuilding for Audio Fiction
Presenter: Meg Tuten

12:00 - 13:00 Writing for Audio I: Scripting Your Sound Design
Panelists: Hannah, Jonah Simmonds, MJ & Lumi Oakes
Host: Johnny

15:00 - 16:00 MODCAST: Chat with the Bookclub Team
Hosts: Finch, Quills, Moth, Cole & N1et

18:00 - 19:00 Live Improv w/ Wolf Mountain
Hosts: Monte D. Monteleagre & Alexander Wolfe

20:00 - 21:00 Crowdfunding for Audio Drama
Presenter: Tal Minear

22:00 - 23:00 Music as a Story Element: How Music Adds to AD Storytelling
Panelists: Athan, Eira Major, Marisa Ewing & G
Host: Starlight

2nd February

01:00 - 01:30 BIPOC Rep in Audio Drama
Presenter: Motzie Dapul

02:30 - 03:00 Remediation of Fiction Podcasts
Presenter: MJ

04:00 - 05:00 Horror in Audio Fiction: The Reason Behind the Fear
Panelists: Anna Stein, Oliver Szabo, Marisa Ewing & Hannah
Host: Gem

08:00 - 09:00 Marketing a Fiction Podcast: Visibility in an Invisible Industry
Panelists: Matthew Curran, Derrick Valen, Oliver Szabo & Fio Trethewey
Host: Rowan

11:00 - 12:00 Writing for Audio II: Organic Dialogue & Narration
Panelists: Meg Tuten, Maxwell Webber, Daisy McNamara, David Ault & Tatiana Gefter
Host: Audrey

13:00 - 13:30 Research on Anti-AI in Audio
Presenter: Leona

15:00 - 16:00 Sound Design: The Power of Soundscaping & Audio Effects
Panelists: Maxwell Webber, Marisa Ewing, Athan, Eira Major & Derrick Valen
Host: Gem

18:00 - 19:00 Showrunning a Fiction Podcasat: A to Z of Show Management
Panelists: Jonah Simmonds, Fio Trethewey, Motzie Dapul & Lumi Oakes
Host: Rowan

21:00 - 22:00 Closing Ceremony
Hosts: Finch, Quills, Moth, Cole & N1et