Next up in announcing their shortlists are the Aurealis Awards. A relative newcomer to the award scene, the Aurealis Awards was founded in 1995 in association with Aurealis magazine. These awards are different from the big players in the field for two reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that these awards are exclusively national awards, only Australian authors are
Read moreHot on the heels of the announcement of the 2016 Nebula Awards comes the announcement from the British Science Fiction Association of their shortlists for 2016. As with the Nebula Awards, the past winners of the BSFA Best Novel award make for quite the reading list. Arthur C Clarke took the 1973 Best Novel award, the same year that he won
Read moreThe world famous Nebula Awards are perhaps the most prestigious of Science Fiction awards on the planet. The inaugural winner of the Best Novel award, back in 1966, was none other than Frank Herbert’s Dune. Some of the notable winners since include some absolute masters of the genre. Isaac Asimov, Ursula Le Guin, Arthur C. Clarke, the list of Best
Read moreAs you may have seen in our recent tweet, it’s that time of year where the awards are coming thick and fast. We may be ahead of the game, with the Zealot Script Book of the Year 2016 already decided, more on that soon, but the big names in Science Fiction and Fantasy awards around the globe are just announcing
Read moreThis is shaping up to be a great week for Fantasy fans! Following shortly on the heels of Pullman’s announcement of The Book of Dust, one of our all time favourite authors here at Zealot Script has announced another exciting sequel. This time after a 20 year gap!
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Frank Dorrian was born in 1987 in Liverpool – his hometown, a post-industrial cityscape, served as poignant inspiration for his creative efforts. He would commence writing in earnest during his teenage years, composing stories to sate desires of both expression and introspection. Today, Frank is a qualified mental health nurse. He works in the field with people suffering severe psychiatric
Read morePhilip Pullman has finally broken his silence on the long awaited follow-up to the outstanding His Dark Materials trilogy.
Read moreOur regular readers will already know what a fan I am of Inkitt, you can check out some earlier posts that highlight what they have to offer here, here and here. A great publisher that opens up the process of reading through submitted manuscripts to the public, a clever use of crowdsourcing in the internet age. Why am I such a
Read more“Butcher, baker, candlestick maker”, and everything in between. Including writing. Contributing writer to assorted business blogs and sites, administrator of six public websites/blogs. Writer, mixed media artist, lover of all of things Nature! It is impossible to separate all that she loves and has passion for, from anything she writes…so to read her work is to know her. She shares her life with her husband,
Read moreDV Berkom is the award-winning author of two action-packed thriller series featuring strong female leads (Leine Basso and Kate Jones). Her love of creating resilient, kick-ass women characters stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, mysteries, and thrillers, and longing to find the female equivalent within those pages. Raised in the Midwest, she earned a BA in political
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