Early this morning, October 18th 2021, the Memphis bid for the 2023 Worldcon announced that it has folded. We at Winnipeg offer Memphis our condolences on having to withdraw. We thank them for being a competitive bid. Truly, this is a bombshell moment in Worldcon history. With only two months to go to the final […]
Twitch August 1, 2021
Join us for our regular Twitch broadcast! This week, Laurie (Social Media Host Extraordinaire), will take us into Winnipeg’s food offerings. If you missed last week’s Question Time with the bid chair and vice-chairs of Winnipeg, you can catch it again on our YouTube channel here, along with all of our other videos (11! as […]
Twitch Episode Today!
Join our marvellous social host Laurie E. Smith for our weekly brief about the world and what has caught our attention. The episode will start July 18, 2021 at 1pm CDT. Click on the Twitch icon to join.
Twitch Episode Today
Today our host, Laurie, takes us on an overview of Winnipeg’s myriad fandoms. Come discover some of the diverse interests under our big tent.July 4, 20211:00pm CDTTwtich : https://www.twitch.tv/winnipegworldcon2023
Twitch episode 2 links
In our Twitch episode 2, we mentioned several items of interest. Some of the mentions went by quickly so here’s a transcript with links. ======== Hello everybody, and welcome to our Winnipeg Worldcon Bid in 2023 Twitch TV channel! This June 13th 2021 broadcast will also be propagated to YouTube in the coming days, so […]
First Twitch Episode
Our first Twitch episode Is now up on YouTube. Laurie E. Smith, our primary host, introduces Winnipeg and our bid.https://youtu.be/KgJ20NTA_Nc
Our first YouTube video!
Our first YouTube video is up! Go watch, like and subscribe 🙂https://youtu.be/g3BIAzGoeMY Photograph used with the permission of Tourism Winnipeg (www.tourismwinnipeg.com). Photography by Salvador Maniquiz.
From our first Twitch
“If a stellar Worldcon you’d love to see“Vote for Winnipeg in 2023 — “Friend-ly Manitoba!”
Welcome to Winnipeg – by Laurie E. Smith
Hello, folks — and welcome to the “Winnipeg Worldcon in ’23 Bid” blog! Watch this space for bid news, fannish fun, information about cool things the Bid Committee is planning (a slushy contest, a rap song, a “Winnipeg in ’23” jingle, notifications about our regularly scheduled Discord and Zoom socials, perhaps even a plushy!), and […]