Saturday the 23rd of January 2016 at the Gigamesh bookstore (8, Bailèn Street/Carrer de Bailèn, Barcelona/Catalonia, Spain), Fantàstik and the Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (SCCFF=Societat Catalana de Ciència-ficció i Fantasia) are presenting the 1st edition of the „Fantàstik Day of the Fantastika” Symposium (I Jornada Fantàstik de Gènere Fantàstic: presentació de la SCCFF i Taula Rodona) where you can discover the latest SF&F news and informations and a new edition of the Catalan SF&F magazine Catarsi (Catharsis).
Recently the the Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (SCCFF =Societat Catalana de Ciència-ficció i Fantasia) elected a new board and the „Fantàstik Day of the Fantastika” will present the new team within the framework of this event organized by Fantàstik in collaboration with SCCFF. Well, the day has come to invite you to spend the Saturday afternoon of January 23rd at the Gigamesh bookstore (8, Bailèn Street/Carrer de Bailèn, Barcelona) and to enjoy the Symposium organized by Fantàstik and SCCFF.
Gigamesh Bookstore : Vice & Subculture ! 🙂
The program is as follows:
Saturday 23 January 2016
17:30 – Welcome
Miquel Codony (Fantàstik & Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society/SCCFF) and Eloi Puig (Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society/SCCFF’s President)
17.40h – Presentation of the Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (SCCFF)
Eloi Puig (President of SCCFF), Pep Burillo and Xesca Oliver
1.Presentation of the SCCFF Board
2.Eurocon 2016 and other Projects
18.20h – Roundtable: The Health of Catalan SF&F
Moderator: Miquel Codony (blogger, podcaster, video podcasts)
Marta Torres (Hermenaute Publishing Press), Antoni Munné-Jordà (Pagès Editors) and Eloi Puig (blogger Biblioteca del Kraken/Kraken’s Library)
“Catarsi”, the SFF Magazine of the Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (SCCFF)
19.20h – Presentation of the Catarsi (Catharsis) SFF magazine
Hugo Camacho and Albert Valls
19.50h – Conclusions and farewell
Miquel Codony (Fantàstik & SCCFF) and Eloi Puig (SCCFF’s President)
The new board of the Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (SCCFF) (from left): Ramon Reig, Montserrat Galícia (Vice President), Miquel Codony, Jordi Font-Agustí, Xesca Oliver (Secretary), Eloi Puig (President) and Pep Burillo (Treasurer).
The Catalan Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (La Societat Catalana de Ciència-ficció i Fantasia) was established in 1997 to boost the science fiction section of the Catalan Writers Association and in July 2005 was legalized as a separate entity.
