(1) WINTER IS HERE. The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop will host the Winter Writers Series, monthly conversations via Zoom between Clarion alumni and instructors about the art of speculative fiction and their writing careers. The conversations are co-hosted by … Continue reading
(1) GET READY TO LAUNCH. At Nerd and Tie, “Interview: Eliana González Ugarte and Coral Alejandra Moore of Constelación Magazine” conducted by Andrea Johnson, NOAF: I am so excited for Constelación Magazine! When and how, and why did you decide … Continue reading
(1) EARLY RETURNS ON STAR WARS FINAL TRAILER. Jeff VanderMeer is a tough audience: I’m crying over the new Star Wars trailer. I’m bawling and overcome. I’m shaking like a performative baby over this trailer. Finally. Finally it will be … Continue reading
(1) OBERST FROM COAST TO COAST. As reported the other day, Bill Oberst Jr.’s Ray Bradbury Live (forever) will launch with a performance at the South Pasadena Public Library on March 2. The show’s website says the next performances will … Continue reading
(1) DOZOIS REMEMBERED AT NYRSF. Via David Langford comes news that New York Review of Science Fiction #349, a Special Gardner Dozois Memorial Issue, is available as a free download. Memories, anecdotes, appreciations, confessions, and clickbait, from: Michael Bishop • … Continue reading
(1) STFNAL MUSIC. Out of Mind, the new album by the band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, includes two songs inspired by Philip K. Dick and one by Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice. Here are the notes for “When I Was … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Speculative novelizer Greg Cox does Star Trek. Lots of Star Trek. Original series, 7 novels; Khan and Q, 3 each; Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space 9, one each. His Captain to Captain, the first in a … Continue reading
The latest issue of Australia’s distinguished science fiction, fantasy and culture fanzine, SF Commentary 89 (May 2015), is now available from Bruce Gillespie. The 75,000-word magazine runs 76 pages in the portrait format [PDF file] and 123 pages in the landscape … Continue reading
The winners of the 2015 Prix Imaginales have been announced. The awards will be given at Imaginales, the Festival of the Imaginary Worlds in Épinal, France on May 30. The winners were selected by a jury composed of Anne Besson, Jacques Grasser (Président), … Continue reading
The 2014 British Fantasy Award nominees are: Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award) Between Two Thorns, Emma Newman (Angry Robot) Blood and Feathers: Rebellion, Lou Morgan (Solaris) The Glass Republic, Tom Pollock (Jo Fletcher Books) The Ocean at the … Continue reading