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[Partial Recall] Writing About Writing

2009-11-10T09:40:19Z

The “Kirjoita kirjoittamisesta” writing competition (“Write about
writing”) results have been announced. The competition had two
categories, short stories and columns.
The short story category had a total of four winners: Kirjoituskilpailu
(“Writing competition”, a story about two neighbors who challenge each

[Partial Recall] Iron Sky Gets British Stealth Money

2009-11-04T18:41:41Z

On their blog the good folks behind Star Wreck and Iron Sky let us know
the British Stealth Media Group will be handling the world sales of
Iron Sky so the guys making the movie can concentrate on, well, making
the movie. Currently there are distribution deals in place for Finland,
UK, Norway and Poland. Stealth will also be funding the film with a sum

[Partial Recall] Two Fantasy Books Nominated for Finlandia Junior

2009-11-04T10:12:56Z

The nominees for the Finlandia Junior award for best Finnish children’s
or YA book have been announced. Two of the nominees are fantastic
fiction: Omenmean vallanhaltija (“The ruler of Omenmea”) by Siiri
Enoranta tells a tale of morality, friendship, and a dangerous trip on
a six-legged steed. Arra. Legender från Lavora (“Arra. Legends from

[Partial Recall] Pub Meeting on Thursday

2009-11-04T09:43:23Z

The second-to-last pub meeting of the year is tomorrow, in Kultainen
Hirvi at six. Come meet other fen in the Turku area and discuss all
things sf over a beer (or cider, or soda, or coffee)!
There will be fanzines and if you’re interested to see what a Worldcon
program book looks like, I’ll bring the latest one over. There will

[Partial Recall] Kuvastaja Award 2009

2009-11-04T09:33:20Z

This is a bit late, but better late than never, I guess. The 2009
Kuvastaja award for the best Finnish fantasy book was announced October
25 at the Helsinki book fair. The winner is Nainen ja Kuningas (“The
Womand and The King”) by Anni Nupponen. The jury lauded the original,
beautiful language of the book and the colorful world the story is set

[Partial Recall] New Blood for TSFS

2009-10-28T19:08:08Z

The Turku Science Fiction Society today selected a new board for the
next year. The new chairman of the society is Milla Aalto, and with her
on the board are Julia Tamminen, Fanny Viitaharju, Aleksi Laine, Pasi
Karppanen, Kari Pahula, Leila Paananen, Ida Busk, Camilla Kantola, and
Antti Oksanen.
The society had recently announced a problem with finding new active

[Partial Recall] Swecon Is Go

2009-10-17T09:51:34Z

We’re in Stockholm for Imagicon 2, this year’s Swecon. There is a
good-sized delegation of Finns here (12, plus 2 children), including a
couple of first timers which is always great. The ferry trip was fun as
usual, and there was time in Stockholm for a really thorough breakfast,
some shopping (did manage to do almost no impulse shopping at SF

[Partial Recall] Åcon Hotel Prizes Announced

2009-10-15T12:08:06Z

The Åcon 4 hotel info page has been updated with this year’s prices and
info on room reservation. The prices are about the same as before (150
€/person for three nights in a double room, with discounts for an extra
person or for staying just for two nights).
This year there is also a cheaper accommodation alternative officially

[Partial Recall] Sf Comics Antho Looking for Submissions

2009-10-12T08:41:04Z

The Turku Comics Society’s comics anthology for next year fill feature
science fiction as its theme. The publisher is looking for sf comics,
1–8 pages long, b&w. Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2010.

[Partial Recall] Book Fair And Turku Thoughts

2009-10-05T18:28:52Z

The Turku International Book Fair was this weekend and, as usual, much
of it was spent meeting friends and talking about different
fandom-related things.
The Turku science fiction societies’ display booth (it used to be the
“Finnish science fiction” booth, but this year just the local societies

[Partial Recall] Åcon Announces Geoff Ryman as GoH

2009-09-26T14:09:25Z

Åcon 4 has announced their Guest of Honor is British author Geoff
Ryman. This is very good news—Ryman is an excellent writer (Air is one
of the best books I’ve read in years) and also a wonderful and engaging
speaker. As Åcons tend to be very fun conventions where it’s extremely
easy to meet and chat not only with other fen, but also the guest, this

[Partial Recall] Åcon Announces Geoff Ryman as GoH

2009-09-26T14:07:56Z

[Partial Recall] Star Wreck on Amazon

2009-09-25T09:13:05Z

The Finnish fan-made Star Trek (and B5) spoof Star Wreck is available
for pre-order on Amazon.com. (Of course the movie was originally
distributed as a Creative Commons–licensed download, so you can also
find it on many download sites and get it for free, but if you want to
support the creators and maybe have a sequel some day, buy the dvd.)

[Partial Recall] October Mafia

2009-09-25T08:58:11Z

The October meeting is next week (Thursday October 1). Jaana Gustafsson
has kindly offered to host the event, so it will be held at her house
(Vanha Hämeentie 102). You can get there with bus nr 28; get off at the
Kotimäenkatu stop, the yellow house opposite the bus stop.
Jaana and Wenla have promised to bake something to eat, and there will

[Partial Recall] Thesis on Pullman in Tampere

2009-09-22T12:21:43Z

The comparative literature licentiate thesis of Maria Ihonen, MA, on
“Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials as a fantastic, possible, and
intertextual world” will be examined on Thursday, September 24 at the
University of Tampere (details behind the link, in Finnish).