(1) LISTEN UP. At the Horror Writers Association blog, Matthew W. Quinn cites many examples of “How Podcasting Can Help Writers Learn and Network”. Firstly, podcasts provide great opportunities to work with other writers. Thanks to The Science Fiction and … Continue reading
(1) OKORAFOR IS PERSON OF THE YEAR. Nnedi Okorafor was named Person of the Year at the 2018 African Diaspora Awards presented December 1 reports the Amsterdam News. The Society for Africans in Diaspora held their eighth annual African Diaspora … Continue reading
The 2017 Prix Imaginales laureates have been announced. The awards were given at Imaginales, the Festival of the Imaginary Worlds in Épinal, France this weekend. The Prix Imaginales recognize the best works of fantasy of the year published in France in six categories, … Continue reading
The 2017 Prix Imaginales nominees have been announced. The awards will be given at Imaginales, the Festival of the Imaginary Worlds in Épinal, France in May. The Imaginales Awards recognizes the best works of fantasy of the year in six categories, with a … Continue reading
(1) TRUE GRIT. The director of Arrival has signed on make another adaptation of Dune. Denis Villeneuve, best known for his directorial work on Arrival, Sicario and the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, is set to tackle the adaptation of Frank … Continue reading
(1) The UCLA Library’s Special Collections include the Gene Roddenberry Star Trek collection and the Robert Justman Papers. A year ago the Special Collections’ blog posted Justman’s memo to Roddenberry about some wigs and hairpieces that had gone missing. The Captain of … Continue reading
Editor’s Introduction: These thoughts, left this morning as a comment, struck me as so substantial they ought to be shared in a guest post as well. (The author chose the byline, I made up the title.) Author Reid would like to note: “I did … Continue reading
A first edition copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit sold for £137,000 (nearly $210,000) in a Sotheby’s auction on June 4, more that twice the previous record. The copy once belonged to his former student Katherine Kilbride. Tolkien inscribed very … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2015 Mythopoeic Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at Mythcon 46 (July 31–August 3) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Sarah Avery, Tales from Rugosa Coven (Dark Quest) Stephanie Feldman, The … Continue reading
Michael Tolkien, grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be attending The Tolkien Society’s summer event The Return of the Ring as a special guest, speaking about his two new children’s books, Wish and Rainbow, and how they relate to his grandfather’s work … Continue reading