British Science Fiction Association: News

Gwyneth Jones, author of the Bold as Love sequence, and many others, and winner of the 2008 Pilgrim Award for sf criticism, will be interviewed by Tanya Brown (former Clarke Award judge and reviewer for Vector and other venues)

Venue:
Upstairs Room
The Antelope Tavern
22, Eaton Terrace
Belgravia
London
SW1W 8EZ

Nearest Tube: Sloane Square (District/Circle)

Map: here.

All welcome!

Interview will commence at 7.00 pm, but the room is open from 6.00 (and fans in the downstairs bar from 5).

There will be a raffle, with a selection of sf novels as prizes.

Future meetings:

24th September 2008 – Farah Mendlesohn interviewd by Tony Keen
22nd October 2008 – John Clute interviewed by Andrew McKie
26th November 2008 – BSFA 50th anniversary party, venue TBC

Christopher Priest, author of The Separation, The Prestige, The Extremes, Fugue for a Darkening Island, and many others, will be interviewed by Paul Kincaid (leading UK critic, and author of What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction).

Venue:
Upstairs Room
The Antelope Tavern
22, Eaton Terrace
Belgravia
London
SW1W 8EZ

Nearest Tube: Sloane Square (District/Circle)

Map: here.

All welcome!

Interview will commence at 7.00 pm, but the room is open from 6.00 (and fans in the downstairs bar from 5).

There will be a raffle, with a selection of sf novels as prizes.

August's guest will be Gwyneth Jones, interviewed by Tanya Brown.

Details here.

For anyone who has lost track of their notice (or didn't get it - or even isn't a member), the details are:

Date: Saturday 7th June
Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square (nearest underground: Holborn)
From: 10am to 5pm.

Detailed programme:

1000 Doors Open
1030 Opening, then Guest - Geoff Ryman
1130 Panel: The BSFA - Historical Footnote or Force for the Future?
1230 SFF AGM
1300 Lunch break
1400 BSFA AGM
1430 Guest - Peter Weston
1530 Break
1545 Panel: Fan Media in the Dock - the legal status of fan art and fiction.
1645 Close
1700 Pub

As usual, this event is free, and open (except for the formal AGMs) to anyone interested - whether or not a member of either the BSFA or the SFF (though both organisations will be taking the opportunity to try to recruit new members).