AGM 2006
The 2006 SFF/BSFA AGM Event will take place on Saturday 13th May from 10am to 5pm in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. The SFF AGM will be 1400-1430. Announced guests for the event are Bruce Sterling and Stephen Baxter. The line up for the day is as follows:
1000 Open Doors
1025-1030 Welcome (by BSFA)
1030-1120 Panel - "Story, Review or Criticism - Select Which to Download"
1130-1220 Guest - Juliet McKenna
1230-1300 SFF AGM
1300-1400 Break
1400-1430 BSFA AGM
1440-1530 Guest - Stephen Baxter
1540-1630 Guest - Bruce Sterling
1630-1640 Wrap Up (by SFF)
Hope to see you all there!
Hugo Awards
The Science Fiction Foundation congratulates all the winners of this year's Hugo Awards.. Among the British recipients were Susanna Clarke (Best Novel), Charlie Stross (Best Novella), Sue Mason (Best Fan Artist), and the Plokta Cabal (Best Fanzine). The award for Best Related went to the previous and current editors of Foundation, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn and the other contributors to the Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction.
Bursary Awarded
We are pleased to announce that first recipient of a Science Fiction Foundation bursary is Geetha B. from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. Geetha is studying philosophical themes in the work of Arthur C Clarke. We wish her well in her studies.
Aldiss Honoured
In the Queen's birthday honours list this year, Brian Aldiss was appointed OBE for services to literature.
Many congratulations to Brian, whose services to SF have been appreciated by us for many years!
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2005
On 11 May China Miéville won the 2005 Arthur C. Clarke award for Iron Council. The SFF would like to offer their congratulations.
A couple of weeks earlier, SFF and Serendip came to an agreement by which SFF will fund up to £1000 of the cost of the Award Ceremony for each of the next five years. SFF is pleased to continue to support the Clarke Award and we look forward to continuing to work alongside Serendip and the BSFA to raise sponsorship for it.
www.clarkeaward.com
Andre Norton 1912-2005
The SFF join with the rest of the SF community in mourning the passing of Andre Norton, sf and fantasy writer who inspired many to enter the field as both readers and writers.
Blog!
SFF's own Farah Mendlesohn has started up a science fiction related blog, The Inter-Galactic Playground. Farah describes it as a web site dedicated to children's literature and particularly children's science fiction. She is also soliciting information from interested parties via a questionnaire at http://sfquestions.blogspot.com/
The Inter-Galactic Playground
AGM 2005
The 2005 SFF AGM will take place on 16th April in London. Here are further details of the event.
Web site update
The SFF website is being updated in order to make it easier to access information. During the make-over there may be some glitches but we hope to have them ironed out as quickly as possible.
Membership secretary COA
Please note that we have a new person dealing with membership services:
Roger Robinson (SFF)
75 Rosslyn Avenue
Harold Wood
Essex
RM3 0RG
Many thanks to Dr Andrew M Butler for his many years as our Membership Secretary.
The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod
The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod, edited by Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn. Published by the Science Fiction Foundation in September 2003. Price £20 (£18 to SFF members) plus £1 p&p. or US $30. ISBN: 0-903007-03-7. Available from:
The SF Foundation
22 Addington Road
Reading
RG1 5PT
Please make cheques payable to "The Science Fiction Foundation". A collection of original essays on the writings of Ken MacLeod. Contributors include Ken MacLeod, Joan Gordon, K. V. Bailey, Adam Frisch, James Brown, John Newsinger, Andy Wood and John Arnold. Cover art is by Colin Odell.
A highly successful launch party was held at Novacon 33 (http://www.novacon.org.uk)