Garth Spencer

(January 5, 1957 –)

Garth Spencer is a Canadian fan who entered fandom in the late 1970s by joining SFAV, the Science Fiction Association of Victoria in British Columbia. He was editor of FTA/Phoenix, its clubzine, in the 1980s.

His first publication was his perzine Scuttlebutt, which ran for eight issues in 1981. He is the only original member of e-APA still publishing in it. He compiled the Canadian Fancyclopedia. From 2000–2009 he edited the BCSFA's clubzine, BCSFAzine. Issue #429 (dated February, 2009) was his last issue as editor.

He has worked on a variety of conventions, including VCON and others in the Pacific Northwest.

He currently lives in Vancouver.

• Website.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• The Art of Garthness
• BCSFAzine [2000–2009]
• Cause Celebre
• The Central Ganglion
• Confabulation
• Enter the Lists [1983]
• FTA/Phoenix [1980s]
• I Guess You Had to Be There
• Maple Leaf Rag
• One Swell Foop
• The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette
• Scuttlebutt [1981]
• Sercon Popcult Litcrit Fanmag
• The World According to Garth.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1986 -- Aurora Award for Fanzine for Maple Leaf Rag
• 1999 -- CUFF
• 2006 -- Aurora Award for Fanzine for Royal Swiss Navy Gazette
• 2011 -- Faned Award for Best Canadian Fan Writer
• 2022 -- CGoH at Corflu 39
• 2023 -- CUFF

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