The Parsec Awards committee has announced the 2017 awardees for excellence in speculative fiction podcasting. Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast Winner: Star Wars Best in Galaxy Season 3 by Mark Restuccia & Patch Hyde Finalists Kakos Industries by Conrad Miszuk … Continue reading
The 2017 Parsec Awards finalists were announced October 12. The juried award recognizes excellence in speculative fiction podcasting. The winners will be honored during a ceremony to be livestreamed in November. Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast Kakos Industries by Conrad Miszuk … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman, Ursula K.Le Guin, Judy Blume and Eric Carle are among the nominees for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million krona, the world’s largest cash prize for children’s literature. The award is given to authors, illustrators, … Continue reading
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is the world’s largest cash prize for children’s literature. Administered by the Swedish Arts Council, the 5 million krona award honors the entire body of an author’s work. It is given authors, illustrators, oral storytellers … Continue reading
(1) SPOILERIFFIC GAME OF THRONES RECAP. Lots of GoT recaps online and I tend to read them at random. I found much to recommend Ben Van Iten’s “The Game of Throne Awards, Season 6, Episode 9: Two Battles for the … Continue reading
(1) WHEN MARS HAD BEACHES. The Daily Galaxy covers the announcement — “NASA: ‘Ancient Mars Had a Vast Ocean Covering Half Its Northern Hemisphere’”. A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists … Continue reading