Lies Sleeping picks up after The Hanging Tree, with Peter Grant newly promoted to Detective Constable, and Martin Chorley, a.k.a. the Faceless Man, pursuing his dire plan, which Nightingale and Peter still don’t know nearly enough about. As they involve … Continue reading
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) of the United Kingdom announced the shortlist for the 2023 CWA Dagger Awards on May 12. The winners will be presented on July 6. GOLD DAGGER This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any … Continue reading
Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour today announced that Mahmud El Sayed is the winner of the 2023 prize, for his novel What the Crew Wants. The runner up is Ali Mahdi, with his novel Light at … Continue reading
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour announced its shortlist for the 2023 prize on May 5. The prize will be judged by: Syima Aslam – founder of Bradford Literature Festival; Aliette de Bodard – … Continue reading
2023 THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR The longlist for the 2023 Theakston old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year has been announced. The prize was created to celebrate “excellence, originality, and the very best in crime fiction from UK … Continue reading
(1) INFLUENCERS. TIME Magazine today posted “TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2023”. Listed actors, icons, and titans with genre connections include Ke Huy Quan, Pedro Pascal, Salman Rushdie, Angela Bassett, Bob Iger. And writer Neil Gaiman, whose tribute was … Continue reading
Peter Grant is back in London, and instead of welcome peace and recovery from his encounter with the Faerie Queen, he’s got a phone call from Lady Tyburn, calling in a favor. Her daughter was at the scene of a … Continue reading
Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour today announced its judging panel for the 2023 prize. Also, the submission deadline has been extended to February 20. This year’s judges are: Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and … Continue reading
Peter was just taking a quick trip to Herefordshire to interview a retired wizard who’s a fellow veteran of Nightingale’s unit in WWII, in regards to a case he most likely has no involvement with anyway—two missing 11-year-old girls. He’s quickly … Continue reading
(1) OUT OF BOUNDS. Priya Sridhar analyzes the ethical and professional issues related to the Susan Meachen story in “’Death Is Not A Marketing Tool’ And Other Sentences We Shouldn’t Have To Say” at Medium. (Via Cat Rambo.) Trigger Warning: … Continue reading