Hello all, and welcome (if a little belatedly) to 2022! This year we're hoping to get back to a little more normality with how the guild runs - that is, with a bit more of a focus on the social side and ensuring that along with great educational pieces, we [...]
Hi all, A quick reminder that tonight's meeting is 7pm - 9pm at Downer Community Centre (6 Frenchem Place, Downer), and the the second-half topic will be CRITIQUING! This will include some of the changes and methodologies adopted by the Novel Crit Group over the last few months, and is [...]
Hi all, and welcome to the March Meeting Announcement! This month we have the ever-knowledgeable Rob Porteous conducting a workshop on Mastering Theme starting at 7pm, Wednesday the 17th March. Rob will lead an entertaining workshop on Theme in Spec-fic that will show you how to take your spec fiction [...]
Hi all! Tonight's meeting is a bit of a different one - we have Dr Nikki Coleman coming in for an interactive discussion on Space Ethics! Dr Coleman is a Yale fellow, hot air balloonist, and all round fantastic person. She is a bio ethicist specialising in the space domain, [...]
Hi all, As we’re steaming into 2021 and have a few new names among us, I thought it might be a good time to quickly run through the CSFG sub-groups and give a quick brief on the February meeting. If you have any news of your own to add – [...]
Evening all! Per last weeks' post, we have the End of Year party coming up next week from 7 'til 9 (or any time in between that you want to drop by) on 16 Dec at King O'Malleys. For those unable to attend, I'll set up a couple of digital [...]
Hi all - bit of an early notification this month, but we are all booked for 16 Dec, 7:00pm to 9:00pm at King O'Malley's (131 City Walk Canberra City) for the End Of Year/Thank *insert favourite expletive* It's Over/2020 Wind Down Party. If you can drop by but can't stay, [...]
Evening all For those joining from home, links are below. The only request for tonight is to please steer questions clear of politics. Looking forward to seeing everyone in person or online! Nathan Jitsi https://meet.jit.si/CanberraSpeculativeFictionGuild Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83283737085?pwd=OVQ3U2xPZ2kxYzVqRnpvM0R0bmVldz09
Hi all, Resending this in the blog in case it was missed on Discord and Groups.io - apologies to those getting it a second (or third) time! For this month's meeting, the wonderful Laura Anne Gilman will be joining us from the US via Zoom. Because of time zones being [...]