World Fantasy Convention 2018 – Baltimore has announced another Guest of Honor, Australian author Kaaron Warren. She joins previously announced Guests of Honor Scott Edelman, Tom Kidd, and Michael J. Walsh, Special Guest Aliette de Bodard, and Toastmaster Linda D. Addison. … Continue reading
The Australasian Horror Writers Association announced the finalists for the Australasian Shadows Awards on March 29. The juried award is given in eight categories for the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australasian within the calendar year. … Continue reading
(1) UKRANIAN WOMEN IN SF. Michael Burianyk’s English-language roundtable interview with Ukrainian Science Fiction and Fantasy writers Daria Piskozub, Svitlana Taratorina, Iryna Hrabovska, Natalia Matolinets and Nataliya Dovhopol has just been published in the British Science Fiction Association blog, Vector: … Continue reading
(1) HELL OF A STORY. Jennifer McMahon discusses nine books where “The Devil Made Me Do It” at CrimeReads. …I was a child of the late seventies. I grew up watching The Exorcist, The Omen and Rosemary’s Baby. Movies that taught me the nature of … Continue reading
The Ditmar Awards were announced at the 2023 Australian National SF Convention in Canberra on September 30. BEST NOVEL BEST NOVELLA OR NOVELETTE [Tie] BEST SHORT STORY BEST COLLECTED WORK BEST FAN PUBLICATION IN ANY MEDIUM BEST FAN WRITER BEST FAN … Continue reading
(1) HWA WORLD OF HORROR INTERVIEW SERIES. The Horror Writers Association is running a worldwide interview series in August. Alan Baxter launched it with “World of Horror: Introduction to International Horror Month 2023”: It has long been recognised that the … Continue reading
The preliminary ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2023 has been made available for comment and correction before becoming final. The nominees are award-eligible works and persons first nominated by fans and members of the Australian NatCon that have been … Continue reading
The Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2022 were presented on October 1 at Conflux 16 in Canberra. This list has been pieced together from Twitter, Cat Sparks’ photo of the winners on Facebook, and assisted by others. BEST NOVEL The Bridge, J.S. … Continue reading
The preliminary ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2022 has been made available for comment and correction before becoming final. The nominees are award-eligible works and persons first nominated by fans and members of the Australian NatCon which have been … Continue reading
Editor Ellen Datlow has unveiled the cover for The Best Horror of the Year volume Fourteen. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier … Continue reading