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- Collectivité
- 1970-1991
The Manitoba Fantasy Book Club was founded in 1970 by a small group of fantasy literature fans based at the University of Manitoba. The group served to connect fantasy readers from across the province by organizing book sharing programs, reading and discussion events, and group trips to fantasy/sci-fi conventions. From 1978 to 1984, the club published a bi-annual fanzine, "Knights and Bisons". In 1985, several members split off from the club to form the Manitoba Sci-Fi Club. The Club went defunct from 1986 to 1987 before several members revived it in 1988. In 1990, the Club organized its first and only convention, BisonCon, at the University of Manitoba. In 1991, the Club voted to merge with the Manitoba Speculative Fiction Society, which itself later split into several regional groups in the following years. In 2010, several of the founding members reunited at the informal BisonCon2010 event to celebrate the Club's forty-year anniversary.