The 2020 British Fantasy Awards winners were announced February 22, as selected by the listed jurors. Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award) Jury: Martha Bradley, Stewart Hotston, Hazel Impey, Edward Partridge, Abbi Shaw The Bone Ships – RJ Barker (Orbit) Best Horror … Continue reading
The American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table announced the final Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List on February 2. This inaugural year of the reading list highlights the best graphic novels for adults published in late … Continue reading
The shortlists for the 2020 British Fantasy Awards have been released by Katherine Fowler, BFA Administrator, along with the names of the jurors who will decide the winners. Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award) Jury: Martha Bradley, Stewart Hotston, Hazel … Continue reading
Mastermind creators Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Uncanny X-Men, Thor) and Esad Ribi? (Secret Wars, King Thor) join forces this November to redefine one of Marvel’s most fascinating mythologies in Eternals #1. Readers will experience Jack Kirby’s classic creation in an … Continue reading
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2020, chosen by a panel of judges. The 2020 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of graphic novel reviewer Martha Cornog (Library Journal), comics journalist Jamie Coville (TheComicBooks.com), academic/author … Continue reading
By JJ: CoNZealand has announced the 2020 Hugo Award Finalists. Since the Hugo Voter’s packet will take awhile to arrive, if you’d like to get a head start on your reading, you can use this handy guide to find material … Continue reading
CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, announced the finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards today. As previously reported, CoNZealand received Hugo Awards nominations from 1,584 members. The webcast announcing the finalists is available for viewing on the CoNZealand YouTube … Continue reading
[From a press release.] Dublin 2019 An Irish Worldcon is honoured and proud to have been nominated for ‘Best Irish Comic Related Event’ by Irish Comic News. A wonderful testimony to the huge team who worked so hard to ensure … Continue reading
(1) DONATION BY WORLDCON SCIENCE GOH MAKES HEADLINES. BBC reports Dublin 2019 guest of honor Jocelyn Bell Burnell will donate the money coming to her as winner of a major science prize: “Physics star Bell Burnell gives away £2.3m prize” … Continue reading
Following two rounds of nomination and voting by members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, the British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage. The 2018 shortlisted entrants are: Best Anthology 2084, ed. George Sandison (Unsung Stories) Dark Satanic … Continue reading