You’re invited to a combined holiday party with OSFS and Apaplexy on Saturday, December 28th, 7pm, at the home of Sheila & Ian Brown.  (Address supplied when RSVP received.) Please bring something to share – appetizers, munchies, desserts or beverages. We look forward to seeing you there. 🙂
RSVP required to osfs@ottawasfs.ca or our Meetup site at
www.meetup.com/ottawasfs-ca/
Thursday, November 28, 2013, 6:00pm
1547 Merivale Rd, Nepean, ON K2C 3G6
Phone: (613) 228-0840
Join us for dinner and conversation in the west end, on Merivale Road, a few blocks south of Baseline. (The new Target store just opened in the mall next door.)
We look forward to seeing you then. Please RSVP so we’ll know how many to reserve for either at our Meetup site or by email to events@ottawasfs.ca
If you can’t wait until then to meet the Beings and the Biobots in my science fiction novel, Books on Beechwood has copies or you can contact Alex at alex.binkley@sympatico.ca
Alex will have some books with me at the Ottawa Independent Writers’ meeting Nov. 28 www.oiw.ca and the next meeting of the Ottawa Science Fiction Society. An e-book version will be available.
If you want to learn more about or order the book, see Loose Cannon Press http://www.loosecannonpress.com/Books.html
Colonnade Pizza is at 280 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, ON, at  the corner of Metcalfe and Gilmour.
We’ll likely be at a table in the right hand (north east) corner of the back section of the restaurant. Reservation will be in Alex’s name as well as OSFS.
Once again, keep watching our blog at the official OSFS web site www.OttawaSFS.ca and post any ideas for books, TV shows, movies or Internet links that would interest our membership, which now stands at over 100.
PLEASE RSVP SO WE CAN RESERVE ENOUGH SEATS. Â We hope to see many of you on the 23rd.
Long time member John Park, author of Janus, will be sharing the Saturday 12:00-to-12:55 slot with Matt Moore. The current programming schedule can be seen at http://www.can-con.org/2013/
Can-Con will be held October 4-6, 2013 at the Minto Suite Hotel, Downtown Ottawa. The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, “The cutting edge of science fiction and fantasy,” put on by The Society for Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature. CAN•CON is a science fiction convention with a professional orientation assembling writers, scientists, publishing professionals and fans for panel discussions, presentations, readings, launches, and networking opportunities.
See all the details at www.can-con.org
For the first time in 30 years — and only the fourth time ever — the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) is bestowing a Lifetime Achievement award, and the recipient is Ottawa-born author Robert J. Sawyer. Sawyer is to get his award in Ottawa on Oct. 6. He is one of only eight writers — and the only Canadian — to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year:
Join us for dinner at The Emerald Chinese Buffet, in the Eastview Plaza at Montreal Road near the Rideau River, on Monday, September 30th, 2013, at 6pm.
Place: The Emerald Buffet, 33 Selkirk Ave (at Montreal Road), 613-749-2088
Website:Â www.emeraldbuffet.com
All-You-Can-Eat. Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese dishes. Salad bar, Sushi bar, Dim Sum, Gluten and MSG free options. Check out our dessert bar and fresh fruit. Over 150 items to choose from.
Also if you find interesting books, TV shows and other events, post them on the blog at www.ottawasfs.ca
You are invited to mark the 20th anniversary of paranormal TV series The X-Files with a block party and movie screening at the intersection of Mulder Avenue and Scully Way in Orleans on Friday Sept. 13
After sundown, residents are expected to fill the intersection with lawn chairs as they watch the 2008 flick, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, on a large screen.
Proceeds from admission donations and a 50/50 draw will support Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region. There will be food trucks and washrooms on site.
More info in the Ottawa Citizen article
CAPCON 2013 Scale Plastic Model Show & Contest
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Nepean Sportsplex
The event includes ship, armour, aircraft and space models. It is open to the public. By late morning, most models are on display. The vendor room is usually a treat as well.
8:30AM
Registration begins
Model Room opens for viewing
Vendor Room opens
Silent Auction begins
12:00PM noon
Registration closes
1:00PM
Judging begins
(Model Room closed to public)
4:00PM
Judging ends
Model Room re-opens
Vendor Room closes
Silent Auction ends
5:00PM
Awards Ceremony begins
Space & Science-Fiction theme — “Pre-1960 Storyline” : Celebrating pre-1960’s real space and “classic” science fiction. Subjects reflect story lines originating prior to 1960, Batman subjects (modern or classic) or Time Machine would be eligible as the stories both originated in 1939 and 1895 respectively; Sputnik would be also be an eligible entry. Star Trek (1966) or Star Wars (1977) subjects would not qualify for this theme.
Join us for the premiere of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” on a big-screen TV on Tuesday, September 24th, at
The Fox & Feather Pub and Grill
www.foxandfeather.ca
283 Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1M1
Telephone: (613) 233-2219
The show itself would start at 8 PM, but we want to give time for people to get in and chat a bit beforehand.
Also if you find interesting books, TV shows and other events, post them on the blog at www.ottawasfs.ca