(1) NAOMI KRITZER Q&A. Hear from Naomi Kritzer in this 2024 Minnesota Book Awards roundup: “Meet the Finalists: GENRE FICTION”. Minnesota Book Award finalist Andrew DeYoung (2023) moderated a discussion between all four 2024 finalists in contention for the Minnesota … Continue reading
(1) SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS HOF CLASS OF 2024. Muddy Colors announces the Greg Manchess and Yuko Shimizu are among the “2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame” inductees. See examples of all the artists’ work at the link. The Society of … Continue reading
(1) SECOND TIME AROUND. Rebecca F. Kuang brings us “The Poppy War (Becky’s Version)”. See the new cover at the link. …I did the best I could for that book. I didn’t know how to ask for things. I made … Continue reading
The Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2024 finalists were announced on April 12. The awards will be presented during La Comédie du Livre – Dix jours en mai to be held May 10-19 in Montpellier, France. The award’s mission is described on its … Continue reading
(1) TODAY’S 40,000. [Item by Anne Marble.] A little Warhammer news… The official Warhammer Official X.com account just posted “In regards to female Custodians, there have always been female Custodians, since the first of the Ten Thousand were created.” (It … Continue reading
(1) ONCE ON HIS SHELVES. San Diego State University is home to the Edward Gorey Personal Library, which they acquired in 2009. The Edward Gorey Personal Library is a special collection at San Diego State University library that comprises 26,000 … Continue reading
(1) HOLMES & WATSON. At Brandon O’Brien’s Afternoon Tea the author takes up the Elementary series: “Lapsang Souchong: Two People Who ‘Love’ Each Other”. I’ve been thinking about this topic idly in my skull for quite some time, and since … Continue reading
(1) TOM DIGBY REMEMBERED. Long-time LASFSian Alan Frisbie shares some of his memories of Tom Digby, who died March 27. Alan Frisbie: I was saddened to hear from Paula Evans that Tom Digby had died. He was one of the … Continue reading
(0) Daniel Dern helped File 770 uphold the theme of the day by scripting our lede. (1) FOR THE FIRST OF APRIL. [Item by Daniel Dern.] A(nother) Awards Proposal: The Shenanigans! I’m thinking that there’s room — and utility — … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association announced the winners of the 2023 BSFA Awards at Eastercon on March 30. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s Eastercon, the national science … Continue reading