CrimeFest, a British crime fiction convention in Bristol, announced their 2024 CrimeFest Awards nominees on April 16. These prizes “honour the best crime books released in 2023 in the UK.” The awards will be presented on May 11. The 2024 CrimeFest … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners were announced April 20. Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory: A Novel won the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction category, a book the Times describes as “part horror, part historical fiction in its examination of life … Continue reading
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the five finalists for the Best Novel category of the 44th annual Prometheus Awards. The Best Novel winner will receive an engraved plaque with a one-ounce gold coin. An online Prometheus awards ceremony is … Continue reading
(1) GAIMAN COLLECTION AUCTION RESULTS. March 15 was “The Day Neil Gaiman Swapped His Original Comic Art, Comic Books and Collectibles for More Than $1 Million”. [He offered] 125 prized pieces from his collection — everything from original comic artwork … Continue reading
The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, Booklist, and NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), has announced the sixth annual Summer Scares Reading List, with titles selected by a panel of authors … Continue reading
Future Worlds Prize for Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of Colour announced its 2024 shortlist today, which this year takes readers from a world powered by energy gained from the act of mapping territories to the streets of Hong Kong … Continue reading
The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild has released the 2023 shortlists for the Aurealis Awards. The winners will be celebrated at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in May – more information to follow soon. BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY … Continue reading
The 47th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship, hosted by Eastern New Mexico University, will be held April 11-13 in Portales, NM with guest of honor Martha Wells and emcee Connie Willis. The annual Jack Williamson Lectureship includes a luncheon with presentations by the … Continue reading
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) today announced the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. THE 2023 BRAM STOKER AWARDS® FINAL BALLOT Superior Achievement in an Anthology Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Superior Achievement in a First Novel Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel Superior Achievement … Continue reading
(1) PRH PLANS EDITION OF A FAMOUS POTTER FANFIC. [Item by Anne Marble.] Penguin Random House (through Del Rey) is going to publish a revised version of “Manacled,” a very famous Harry Potter fanfic. This is a Hermione plus Draco … Continue reading