A quick note to formally advise that next month’s meeting, to be held on Wednesday 18 October, is the CSFG Annual General Meeting. Generally, the AGM will take up some of the first hour of our normal meeting (from 7:30 pm). The outgoing committee will report on the activities and [...]
July For our July meeting, Ian McHugh took us to market, to market to buy … well, to sell our short stories. Ian provided insight on the short story market for speculative fiction, and the process of getting our work out there, and published. It all boiled down to a [...]
For those who weren't able to make it to our June meeting, we road-tested our new venue - the Metis room upstairs at the Canberra City Hellenic Club. This proved to be a bit of a winner, with members taking advantage of the opportunity to grab a coffee or a [...]
What we’ve been discussing at the CSFG... ...and what’s up next. Here at the CSFG we’re always trying to challenge ourselves – push our craft of writing into what might be unfamiliar or challenging areas – and by doing so become more dynamic writers. So, for our May meeting, we [...]
The CSFG Committee agreed at the March meeting to raise annual membership fees. As of 16 March 2017, memberships will be at the following rates: General membership - $30.00 Concessional membership - $20.00 Outer Canberra membership - $10.00 The Committee regrets this unavoidable increase. The hike in membership rates is [...]
Committee News This week's CSFG Annual General Meeting saw the turnover of the Committee and the appointment of a new President: Angus Yeates has succeeded Leife Shallcross as the World Dominator-in-Chief of the CSFG. Congratulations to Angus for stepping up to become our human shield glorious leader! Angus is joined [...]
For anyone that did not catch the news via social media, be advised that CSFG's August meeting will be back in the ACT Writers Centre. 7:30 pm Wednesday 17 August 2016 ACT Writers Centre Meeting Room Gorman House Author Felicity Banks will be there to talk about writing interactive fiction [...]
Due to the renovations going on at the Gorman House Arts Centre, the February general meeting will be held in a new location: The Academy of Interactive Entertainment 49 Phillip Avenue, Watson (You might also know it as the Canberra Technology park). The timing is still 7:30 pm on Wednesday [...]
For any CSFG'ers who might not get their news from the mailing list, this is just a reminder that due to building works at Gorman House, the July 2015 general meeting will be held on Wednesday 22 July. Not the 15th, okay? The 22nd. Don't turn up, because the doors [...]
Please note that due to building work at Gorman House, our next general meeting at the ACT Writers Centre will be at 7:30 pm on WEDNESDAY 22 JULY. This meeting will replace the usual 3rd Wednesday meeting, which would have been held on the 15th. This month's meeting will have [...]