The Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2023 finalists have been announced. The awards will be presented during the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo, France to be held May 27-29. The award’s mission is described on its website with a touch of irony: “Grand Prix … Continue reading
The nominations for the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2023 have been announced. This is in effect a longlist, and in a few weeks the jurors will issue their shorter second round of nominees. The awards will be presented during the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in … Continue reading
(1) IS ENOUGH MONEY POURING IN? [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] “Avatar: The Way Of Water passes $1bn at the global box office” the BBC reports. Arguably something the studio needed as Avatar: The Way of Water is apparently … Continue reading
(1) NUMBER, PLEASE. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny comes to theaters June 30, 2023. It’s the first fifth in the series! Harrison Ford returns as the legendary hero archaeologist in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the iconic … Continue reading
World Fantasy Convention 2022 – New Orleans is now selling tickets to The World Fantasy Award Banquet at the link. The Luncheon Banquet will be held on November 6, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., with the Award Ceremony to follow. This … Continue reading
Fan Fund activities at Chicon 8 brought in a total of $4,649.64 reports Geri Sullivan, a past administrator of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund. Fan funds enable a well-known fan to attend a major science fiction convention in another country or region. The Live Auction … Continue reading
By Hampus Eckerman: Hello everyone! I have tried to compile a list of all Filers appearing in Programming. As I am certain I have missed several of you, please add in the comments if you are participating. Also, please add … Continue reading
(1) THEY COULD HAVE BEEN CONTENDERS. Rich Horton has “Hugo Nomination Recommendations, 1959”, which he says is the next-to-last in the series. …I have cited Jo Walton’s excellent Informal History of the Hugos before, and in that book you can find Jo’s … Continue reading
The 2022 Mythopoeic Award winners were revealed on July 31 at Mythcon 52 in Albuquerque, NM. MYTHOPOEIC FANTASY AWARD FOR ADULT LITERATURE Jo Walton, Or What You Will (Tor 2020) MYTHOPOEIC FANTASY AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE [Tie] Lori M. Lee, Pahua and the … Continue reading
The finalists for the Premio Ignotus 2022 (2022 Ignotus Awards) have been announced by Spain’s Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror. They include works in Spanish translation — Novels by Tamsyn Muir, Jo Walton, Neon Yang, Susanna Clarke, and Nicholas … Continue reading