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  • Volunteers needed for Book Fair

    This year’s Helsinki Book Fair is from October 22nd to 25th at Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in Pasila. The Wine & Food Fair is also held at the same venue at the same time. You can find more information about the Book Fair and its program here: https://kirjamessut.messukeskus.com/en/.

    HYSFK and HSFS (the science fiction societies of Helsinki) have a booth at the fair. We need volunteers to sell our stuff and promote our societies. The shifts are usually two hours long and there are two or three volunteers working per shift. In addition, there is also an experienced person in charge in case there are questions or issues. If you volunteer, you get a free ticket that allows you to visit both fairs that day.

    No previous experience is required. Sales are done with cash and iZettle card reader. You get an introduction to iZettle and other practicalities when starting your shift and there is always someone to ask for advice.

    If you are interested in helping, send an email to tapio.salomaa@helsinki.fi by Friday October 16. Tell us when you can be available, and if you want to volunteer for more than one shift or on more than one day. For those with extra interest and time, there is a chance to help carry stuff and assemble and disassemble the booth before and after the fair.

    If you have any questions, send us an email at scifiklubi@gmail.com.

  • Autumn 2026 Program

    Regular activities on Thursdays starting 6 pm at varying locations. Stay up to date on all our events by following our announcement channels (calendar, mailing list, Discord).


    Upcoming events:

    • Sugoi arcade excursion: We will explore the best of Japanese gaming machines at a retro arcade in Malmi.
    • Book club: meets almost every other Thursday at 6 pm at varying locations.
    • Writing group: meets every Wednesday at 6:30 pm on Discord.

    Discord: https://discord.gg/jyAuQuN

  • HYSFK needs volunteers for Ropecon July 24-26

    HYSFK will once again run a booth at Ropecon (https://ropecon.fi/), which will be held July 24–26 at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center, and we’re looking for volunteers to man the table!

    Your duties will involve selling Marvin magazines and occasionally wrestling with the card reader. No prior experience is required, and you’ll receive instruction at the start of the shift. Admission to Ropecon requires a ticket, but if you aren’t planning to attend the event otherwise, we get vendor wristbands from Messukeskus so you can enter (but not participate in the program). We aim to have at least two volunteers on duty at any given time. We’ll try to keep shifts between 1 and 2 hours long. The sales table will be open throughout the weekend if possible. The Ropecon sales area is open Friday from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Saturday from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

    Please let us know on which days and at what times you are available to work shifts, and whether you can work shifts on multiple days. Please sign up by Wednesday (July 22th) by sending an email scifiklubi@gmail.com. We’ll notify volunteers of their shifts on Thursday.

  • HYSFK needs volunteers for Finncon July 11-12

    We are looking for volunteers for the sales table of HYSFK, HSFS and ESC at the Finncon in Turku, a week from now on the weekend of July 11-12.

    Finncon is the largest annual scifi and fantasy event in Finland, and this year it’s held at Turku University on the weekend from July 10th to 12th. The event is free with plenty of program included, see the con’s website for more info:
    https://2026.finncon.org/

    We are maintaining our table on Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm and on Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm, so these are the hours when we need volunteers. No prior experience necessary, the work is easy and we provide instructions at the start of the shift. There are usually two volunteers at a time at the table, and we try to organize it into two-hour shifts. When you sign up, tell us when you’re available or unavailable on Saturday or Sunday or both days and whether you want one or more shifts.

    Sign up by Thursday July 9th by sending an email to tapio.salomaa@helsinki.fi. We will send out the shift schedule on Friday.

  • HYSFK moves to a new clubroom

    HYSFK moves from Clubroom Kissa at Mechelininkatu 3D to a new address Maapadontie 5 on Wednesday the 13th of May starting at 1.30 pm. Helping hands are appreciated on the moving day, since there is going to be a lot of stuff, the whole cluster is moving together. If you want to help us move, send an email to scifiklubi@gmail.com by Monday 11th of May, and we’ll send you more details.

    Thursday 14th of May will be the last clubnight at Kissa. Starting at 6 pm we’ll be packing the rest of our things and reminiscing about the old clubroom. Come to help us pack or just to hang out at Kissa one last time. The coming events will move to public spaces for the time being. Information about events in the new clubroom will be given later, when the new clubroom is ready for use.

  • The Website Has Been Renovated!

    ⚠️ Cyberspace Unit Reports ⚠️

    The HYSFK Cyberspace Unit has completed the months long Website Relocation and Renovation Operation. During this operation, the Cyberspace officers have renovated both the appearance and content of the Club’s website. All HYSFK members, and non-members who are interested in visiting the new website, may do so by utilizing Hypertext Transfer Protocol equipped with Transfer Layer Security to download the website’s Hypertext Markup Language document, by entering the string hysfk.fi to their Cyberspace browser’s address field.

    On the frontpage of the new website, you can easily view the latest announcements and upcoming events. These will still be announced on the current channels (e-mail list and Discord), but the most up-to-date information will be available on the website.

    📅 From the new Event Calendar you can view all of the Club’s upcoming and past events, including their date, time and location. You can also subscribe to the calendar to get the events directly to your Google, Outlook or iCalendar calendar (Note that event titles will be in Finnish!).

    📄 On the Posts page you can view all of the Club’s important and not–so–important announcements.

    📰 Selected editions of the Club’s official publication Marvin are also readable as PDFs on the Marvin – The Lehti page.