{"id":7288,"date":"2026-09-29T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:22:18","slug":"a-roundup-of-pulpfest-2026-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2026\/09\/29\/a-roundup-of-pulpfest-2026-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"A roundup of PulpFest 2026 reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dozen BookTubers came to PulpFest 2026<\/a>. They went home with heavy boxes and hours of footage, and they’ve spent the weeks since unpacking both on camera. Add the bloggers, the podcasters, and the photographers, and the con that ended Aug. 2 in Mars, Pa., is still going.<\/p>\n

BookTubers at PulpFest 2026<\/h3>\n
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Richard Rempel of Vintage SF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the most encouraging developments at this year’s PulpFest was the growing number of BookTubers<\/a> who made the trip to Mars. These YouTube creators share their enthusiasm for books — both old and new — with thousands of viewers. Increasingly, that enthusiasm includes vintage paperbacks, pulp reprints, and the original magazines themselves.<\/p>\n

At least a dozen BookTubers attended, several for the first time — and there were probably more who never announced themselves. They toured the dealers’ room, hunted for books and magazines, met other collectors and readers, and, of course, recorded plenty of video along the way.<\/p>\n

I previously posted on this growing corner of pulp fandom in “Pulps in a Postliterate World<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Here’s some of what the BookTubers had to say about PulpFest 2026 — and what they carried home with them:<\/p>\n