The BBC Audio Drama Awards were presented on March 19 and three out of the four genre finalists came away with awards. End of Transmission by Anita Sullivan won Best Original Single Drama, and the Tinniswood Award. Anton Lesser was named … Continue reading
(1) NEBULA FINALIST UPDATE. Rebecca Gomez Farrell, SFWA Communications Director, today distributed a corrected Nebula Finalist press release. SFWA makes every effort to include all appropriate contributors to Nebula Award finalist works before our initial announcement. However, due to the short … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has released the longlists of nominees for the BSFA Awards for work published in 2022. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s … Continue reading
(1) COSTA BOOK AWARDS RETIRED. “Costa book awards scrapped suddenly after 50 years” reported the Guardian today. The Costa book awards, after running for half a century, have been abruptly scrapped. The coffee shop chain has said the 2021 awards, which … Continue reading
The winners of the 11th BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022 were announced in a virtual ceremony on March 25. None of the nine nominees of genre interest won their categories. The awards are presented by the BBC together with the … Continue reading
(1) ARRIVAL. “On Coming to Ursula K. Le Guin in My Own Time” at Literary Hub, an excerpt from Amal El-Mohtar’s introduction to Worlds of Exile and Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin. … I took Le Guin for granted. When she … Continue reading
2022 ITW THRILLER AWARDS NOMINEES The International Thriller Writers have announced the finalists for the 2022 Thriller Awards. The winners will be revealed at ThrillerFest XVII on Saturday, June 4 in New York City. BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL Megan Abbott – … Continue reading
The finalists for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022 have been revealed. They include several productions and performances of genre interest. Best Actor Toby Jones, Grief is the Thing with Feathers – A family has lost its mother, and black-feathered Crow – … Continue reading
(1) PRIORITIZING THE CREW. Claudia Black weighs in on the death of Halyna Hutchins and set safety. Thread starts here. Some excerpts: (2) LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE. Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Business Musings asks why publishers aren’t pivoting the way … Continue reading
(1) THE TROUBLE WITH KIBBLES. With Camestros Felapton 63 chapters into Debarkle, a chronicle of how the Sad/Rabid Puppies were the sff genre’s reflection of broader right-wing movements, John Scalzi shares his own retrospective “Thoughts on the ‘Debarkle’” at Whatever. … Continue reading