Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series of novels has been an absolute phenomenon in the SFF publishing world. Following monster hunters, known as Witchers, the original short story of “The Witcher” was published all the way back in 1986, winning third place in a competition for Fantastyka. What followed was a series of short stories set in the world of the Witchers,
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The Locus Awards, awarded by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, have recognised some of the biggest names in the business. Past winners include Le Guin, Gaiman and Asimov, among a whole of other household names. The awards cover all the major categories with the standard speculative fiction award staples of Best Science Fiction Novel and Best Fantasy Novel the
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Mimi Yu is an author in high demand, despite not yet having a book published. Already signed up to a two book deal with Bloomsbury, which they had to bid for at an auction, the rights to the UK releases of Yu’s debut works have been snapped up by Gollancz to publish. The first novel, The Girl King, is set
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I’m very excited to bring you an awards announcement of a very different kind this time around. A new award, the D Franklin Defying Doomsday Award is being launched. Hosted by the folks over at Twelfth Planet Press, the award celebrates something very different than the normal “excellence” in the field. Off the back of the wonderful anthology, Defying Doomsday,
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The Shirley Jackson Awards, to recognise outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic, have announced their nominees for the 2016 awards. Founded in 2007, the awards are named in honour of Shirley Jackson, the author of numerous works such as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
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The Martian by Andy Weir is one of the most well known works in Modern Science Fiction and Crown Publishing have just announced the release date for the sequel! Met with near universal acclaim, The Martian won Weir the coveted John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer at the 2016 Hugo Awards and was picked up almost immediately after release
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Breaking from our usual habit of focussing exclusively on literary happenings within SFF, we are pleased to announce that the Parsec Awards have opened their nomination process for the 2017 award ceremony held later in the year. The Parsec Awards are now in their 12th year and are awarded for excellence, not in SFF literature, but in SFF podcasting.
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The Horror Writers Association has announced this year’s winners of the Bram Stoker Awards. Lisa Morton, the President of the HWA and multiple award winner herself, had this to say about the 2017 winners.
Read moreThe Second Annual Dragon Awards are now open for public nominations. With the ceremony to be held at Dragon Con 2017 you have until the 24th July to get your nominations in.
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The annual Sci-Fi Weekender has begun drip-feeding their 2018 line-up into the web and we’re excited to announce that this includes legendary Sci-Fi author Kevin J Anderson. As previous years, the weekend takes place in Pwllheli in Wales and next year will be on the weekend of 22nd-25th March. The event encapsulates all aspects of Science Fiction, with a heavy
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