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Founded in 1971, meeting monthly and still going strong, the B.S.F.G. is a non-profit-making organisation that provides an 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.

Next Meeting

Friday 8th March 2024

Tendai Huchu

Tendai HuchuOur February guest is the award-winning Zimbabwean-born author and long-time Edinburgh resident, Tendai Huchu (T. L. Huchu). Following his critically acclaimed first novel THE HAIRDRESSER OF HARARE (2010), his genre and mainstream fiction has been widely published and awarded. He is the author of the Edinburgh Nights series, an original and gripping dystopian fantasy series for a crossover audience, published by Tor UK and Tor US. The first three books (THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, OUR LADY OF MYSTERIOUS ELEMENTS, and THE MYSTERY AT DUNVEGAN CASTLE) are in print now, with a fourth book, THE LEGACY OF ARNISTON HALL, due in October 2024.

T. L. Huchu has also written award-winning short fiction, with stories appearing in the Manchester Review, Interzone, AfroSF, Ellery Queen and others.

His awards include the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2023), an Alex Award (2022), the Children’s Africana Book Award (2021), the Nommo Award for African SFF (2022, 2017), and he has been shortlisted for the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (2019) and the Caine Prize (2014).

Meeting online via Zoom. Paid up members receive free entry and will be emailed a link before the event. Non-members are welcome - cost £3.15. Book via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/852897398077

 

Future Meetings

Friday 12th April 2024 - TBC