Birmingham Science Fiction Group
Founded in 1971, meeting monthly and still going strong, the B.S.F.G. is a non-profit-making organisation that provides a friendly and informal atmosphere in which SF fans can meet one another and professionals in the field. You can find out more about us elsewhere on this website, meanwhile here are some details of our future meetings.
Ken MacLeod
13th
May 2022
We
have returned to an online meeting this month and are pleased to welcome
back SF author, Ken MacLeod who last visited us in 2007. He will provide a talk
titled “Working in The Spaceship Yards”.
Ken’s first book, THE STAR FRACTION was published in 1995 and it won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel and was a finalist for the Arthur C Clarke Award. Since then his prolific output includes the Engines of Light, The Corporation Wars series and most recently, BEYOND THE HALLOWED SKY (Book 1 of The Lightspeed trilogy) which was published in November 2021. Book 2 – BEYOND THE REACH OF EARTH is due to be published in 2023.
As well as these series, he has also written stand-alone novels including THE EXECUTION CHANNEL (2007), THE NIGHT SESSIONS (2008), THE RESTORATION GAME (2010) and DESCENT (2014).
Zoom Meeting 13th May at 7.45 pm for an 8pm meeting commencement.
Free to BSFG Members link will be emailed to you.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/333620958267
Tickets priced £3.02 each including booking fee
TBA
Meeting News and Book Chat
There will be a Book Chat Zoom meeting on Friday 27th May
this meeting is open to all using the link below:
Time: May 27, 2022 07:45 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88345943278?pwd=Rnh0MlR3Y21tRjVJVHNIOG8zTEg3UT09
Meeting ID: 883 4594 3278
Passcode: 722919
Our Book Chats are informal discussions about the books or films we have enjoyed over the past few weeks,
it is interesting to hear what people are reading and what they recommend.
These chats are free and open to everyone so you can join in using the
above link.
Need help connecting to our Zoom Meetings?
Whilst we are under the current Covid restrictions and unable to have in person meetings, you will have noticed that we are using zoom for speaker meetings and for the informal book chats. Although you can join these meetings by landline phone, it feels really interactive if you use a camera enabled phone, tablet or laptop. We have prepared a couple of videos on YouTube that shows how easy it is to initially set up your device and also to join a meeting and urge our members to take a look and have a go, and we look forward to seeing you sometime, even if it is only virtual
The videos on YouTube have detailed explanations and can be seen here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH1_5RWj7PE - initial setup of zoom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpeYaUHDU5w - join a meeting
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Reintroduction of In Person Meetings
In April The Brum Group was very pleased to hold it's first in person meeting for over two years
One of the benefits, perhaps the only benefit, of the Covid pandemic was the use of Zoom to hold our monthly meetings. It allowed us to have authors from other countries, or those for whom travel is difficult. It also allows those members who have limited mobility to participate equally in the group's events. It is for these reasons that we have now started to Zoom broadcast in person meetings. Going forward we will have Zoom only meetings as well as in person meetings. This will allow us to have a more varied program of speakers for our members.
Our previous regular venue has not been able to offer it's meeting rooms since reopening. We are therefore likely to have meetings at different venues over the next few months until we find a venue that is the right fit for the group.
You can follow our twitter or our new instagram feed, where we post updates and items of interest such as new book releases and SF news take a look here @BirminghamSF
