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NewsBSFA Short Story Competition - Shortlist Announced.
It's taken longer than we'd hoped - but then we received more entries than we expected and they were of a higher quality than we imagined. It hasn't been easy, but at last we have the shortlist for the BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.

(...imagine ...read more

Created by Del on 14 November 2008 at 12:16 - Category: BSFA

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NewsDeadline approaching for BSFA Short Story Competition!

The deadline is rapidly approaching for the BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition. The deadline is midnight Friday 5th September - yes this Friday coming! So if you have not done so already, get your entries in.

Full rules and conditions of entry can be found here and a discussion ...read more


Created by Del on 02 September 2008 at 18:56 - Category: BSFA

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NewsKen Slater RIP


Ken Slater, SF bookselling veteran and long-time fan, died at the
weekend. He was founder member #6 of the BSFA in 1958 and had celebrated
his recent 90th birthday with family and friends in January 2008.

In 1947 Ken founded Operation Fantast, 'a very loosely organised group
of fans who ...read more


Created by Del on 18 February 2008 at 22:53 - Category: BSFA

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NewsBSFA Launches Online Media Magazine.

We are pleased to announce Matrix Online is now LIVE.

 

Matrix Online is the BSFA’s revamped media and news magazine that brings you features, articles, reviews ...read more


Created by Del on 20 March 2008 at 15:30 - Category: BSFA

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NewsArthur C. Clarke R.I.P

It is with great sadness we report that Sir Arthur C.Clarke has passed away at the age of 90. Sir Arthur died at 1.30 am on Wednesday, March 19th, after suffering from breathing problems.

Sir Arthur, who was the President of the BSFA, moved to Sri Lanka in 1956 and ...read more


Created by Del on 19 March 2008 at 10:29 - Category: BSFA

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NewsCelebration: A BSFA 50th Year Anthology


CELEBRATION
by Ian Whates (editor).
Commemorating 50 years of the British Science Fiction Association

Paperback/Hardback: 242 pages
Publisher: Newcon Press (21st March 2008)
Language English
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9555791-1-0
Hardback ISBN: 978-0-9555791-2-7


 

With original stories from: Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Molly Brown, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, M. John Harrison, Dave Hutchinson, ...read more


Created by Del on 12 February 2008 at 11:15 - Category: BSFA

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NewsBSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.

BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.
For writers from the UK & Ireland.

FIRST PRIZE £500

To celebrate 50 years of the BSFA’s promotion of British science fiction, we are pleased to announce our 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.

The ...read more


Created by Del on 14 February 2008 at 19:12 - Category: BSFA

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NewsThe BSFA Forum - Come and talk.

This is the moment you have been waiting for. The BSFA Forum has officailly gone into Public BETA. This means you can register and post away to your hearts content.

Register here and if you are a BSFA Member, email webadmin@bsfa.co.uk with your membership number and Forum username ...read more


Created by Del on 25 January 2008 at 12:11 - Category: BSFA

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NewsNEW BSFA Website goes LIVE!

Welcome all to the new BSFA Website. We have made some pretty major changes to our web site and there is so much more to come.

Please be patient with the new site as there may be a few tweaks going on, so if things go wrong, don't worry, it is ...read more


Created by Del on 23 October 2007 at 19:00 - Category: BSFA

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NewsCELEBRATING 2008: WATCH THIS SPACE.
In 2008, the British Science Fiction Association will have been in existance for half a century.  A number of events are being planned to celebrate the organisation’s first fifty years and to anticipate the next. They will be announced here first, so keep checking this website if you ...read more

Created by Del on 16 October 2007 at 17:05 - Category: BSFA

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JOIN THE BSFA FORUM
Come along and talk to other BSFA members, writers, publishers and all those involved in Science Fiction around the world. Joining is free so click here and sign up.

JOIN THE BSFA
For just over £ 2 per month you can keep in touch with what's happening in SF and in the wider world of fandom, both in the UK and abroad, and receive 6 magazine mailings per year! Membership also entitles you to join as many orbiter writing workshops as you like.

GET INVOLVED
The BSFA needs your help. Being a member driven organisation, we want to hear what you have to say. Our new website is designed to be more interactive with you the members, so please let us know of upcoming events, news worthy stories or add comments to any of our current stories.

By signing up to our mailing list, you will be given access to add comments to the stories on the bsfa site. Or if you have content for the site please contact us.

FEATURED BSFA PUBLICATION
This month, the BSFA's very own media magazine, Matrix, has a special feature with Solaris books...read more.

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