If you are going to Hispacon 2026 for epic fantasy, where should you begin? Start with the sessions on Spanish anthologies and short epic fantasy in Galician and Portuguese. Then follow the questions that interest you most: how history shapes an invented world, what happens when fantasy crosses languages, or how readers find their way around a large setting.
Short answer: there is no need to follow the whole convention as though it were one course. Pick one session about the stories you read, one about how worlds are made, and one that takes you beyond your usual language or format. The official TuidCon programme lists the convention in Tui for 16–18 October 2026, with free admission.
The news of a meeting between Rosa Montero and Mafalda Santos may draw your attention to Tui. For an epic fantasy reader, the programme offers another useful opportunity: a way to test what you mean when you say you want “more epic fantasy.” Do you want another sweeping narrative, a different literary tradition, or a closer look at the craft behind the worlds you love?
Which sessions speak directly to epic fantasy?
Two programme entries give you a clear starting point. On Friday, Mariano Martín is scheduled to discuss three historical and critical anthologies of Spanish epic fantasy. On Saturday, he is scheduled to address short epic fantasy in Galician and Portuguese. Those session descriptions point to different ways of exploring the genre: through collections that put works in conversation, and through shorter fiction written in languages a reader may not usually encounter.
The official programme names the sessions; it does not promise which works will be examined in each talk. Go with a question rather than a presumed reading list. What makes a story feel epic when it is brief? What does an anthology reveal by placing works together? If a title catches your interest, note it down and check the book itself afterward.
What else helps you understand a fantasy world?
Epic fantasy is often discussed in terms of maps and battles. The TuidCon programme offers prompts that reach further. Friday includes a session on architecture in fantastic literature. Saturday lists a discussion of historical context in sagas and fantastic genres, as well as a roundtable on publishing speculative fiction in other languages. These are separate events, but together they suggest a useful reader’s exercise: notice which details make an imagined place feel inhabited.
| If you are curious about… | Programme starting point | Question to take into your next book | |---|---|---| | A genre’s range | Spanish epic fantasy anthologies | What kinds of stories sit under the same label? | | Scale | Short epic fantasy in Galician and Portuguese | How much world can a brief story imply? | | A setting’s physical shape | Architecture in fantastic literature | What do its buildings tell me about the people there? | | A world’s past | Historical context in sagas | Which past events matter to the characters now? | | Language and access | Publishing fantastic fiction in other languages | What might my usual reading language leave undiscovered? |
This is a reading route drawn from the organiser’s published schedule, not a prediction of what any speaker will say. Check the programme again before setting out.
How can you use that route after Tui?
Try the same questions on a world you can explore at your own pace. DRAKHTHAR’s Codex presents a continent through thirteen regions, their dragons and their Named. Rather than trying to memorise the entire atlas, open one region and ask what its description gives you: a place, a relationship, a conflict, or a reason to keep reading.
Then move from reference material to narrative. The Book I preview lets you see which details enter through a scene and which you chose to consult separately. That difference is part of the pleasure of a large fantasy world: the story can lead, while the atlas waits for your curiosity.
At Hispacon, save one question or title from each session you attend. Afterward, use those notes to choose your next story—or open one DRAKHTHAR region and its reading preview to put your questions to work.