The BSFA's regular monthly meetings attract top authors and provide
a chance to exchange news and views with other BSFA members.
The monthly BSFA meetings take place in The Star Tavern in Belgravia
map.
(see below for directions)
- 26 September 2007 - Juliet McKenna, interviewed by Pat McMurray
- 24th October 2007 - Roz Kaveney, interviewed by Graham Sleight
- 28th November 2007 - Iain Banks, interviewed by Farah Mendlesohn (change
of venue to Imperial College, London)
- (No December meeting, as per usual)
- 23rd January 2008 - Robert Holdstock, interviewed by Paul Kincaid
- 27th February 2008 - Chris Beckett, interviewed by Niall Harrison
Despite the posh location this is a down-to-earth pub that serves decent
beer and good pub food, and has a very nice upstairs room. There are even
books on the shelves -- real books, and not those glued-in-place ones
you find in some places.
Directions:
The Star Tavern, 6 Belgrave Mews West, London, SW1X 8HT map
Tel: 020 7235 3019
Piccadilly line to Knightsbridge; take Sloane Street exit; cross Sloane
Street; take second turning on right -- this becomes Lowndes Street;
follow this round and turn into W. Halkin Street. Belgrave Mews is just
across the road.
Meet downstairs from 5:30, upstairs from 6, interview starts around 7pm.
At most meetings there is a guest writer, who reads from his or her work,
or is interviewed. Guests have included Ken MacLeod, Alistair Reynolds,
Geoff Ryman, China Miéville, James Lovegrove, David Pringle (editor
of Interzone), David Garnett, Diana Wynne Jones, Patrick & Teresa
Nielsen Hayden, Robert Holdstock, Paul McAuley, M. John Harrison, Simon
Ings, Christopher Priest, and Liz Holliday. Admission is free: start time
is 7pm, but fans arrive from 5pm onward.
