(1) WISCON 2024 HIATUS. There will be a WisCon in May 2023, but the signs point to there not being one next year: “WisCon on break in 2024 – A chance to recover and plan” at the WisCon Blog. The … Continue reading
The 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented in-person on October 29 as part of the Boston Book Festival, in partnership with Readercon. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. NOVEL … Continue reading
The 2021 Shirley Jackson Award nominees have been released. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The nominees for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards are: NOVEL All the … Continue reading
(1) SOME LIKE IT HOT. Gwenda Bond, to promote her novel The Date from Hell, got herself appointed the Mayor of Hell for one day. As Bond told told Facebook readers: When I found out you can be Mayor of … Continue reading
(1) AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS RESPOND TO INVASION OF UKRAINE. Shelf Awareness did a roundup of industry statements of support, and announcements of stronger actions. PEN International released a letter signed by more than 1,000 writers worldwide, expressing solidarity with writers, journalists, … Continue reading
(1) EATING THE FANTASTIC. Scott Edelman invites listeners to feast on kabobs with E. Lily Yu in episode 157 of the Eating the Fantastic podcast. [Because Readercon went virtual] the award-winning E. Lily Yu and I each ordered kabob from local restaurants, … Continue reading
(1) STOP THAT IMMEDIATELY! Richard Marpole writes one of those delectably sweeping accusations with the got-to-click-on-it title of “You Are Writing Medieval Fantasy Wrong” at Fantasy-Faction. Here is one segment: TRAVEL WAS RELATIVELY COMMON It’s quite possible that many Medieval … Continue reading
(1) B5. Variety reports J. Michael Straczynski is working on bringing back his keynote show: “’Babylon 5′ Reboot in Development at The CW From Original Creator”. … Original series creator J. Michael Straczynski is onboard to write the project. He will also … Continue reading
The 2020 Shirley Jackson Awards winners were announced August 15 at Readercon 31. The online ceremony began with convention GoH Jeffrey Ford reading his letter to Shirley Jackson inspired by the recently published collection of her letters. The Shirley Jackson Awards … Continue reading
The 2021 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award honoree is D.G. Compton. The selection was announced this weekend at Readercon 31. Compton’s 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile was nominated for the Nebula Award, and his 1974 novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe was filmed as Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier in 1979. … Continue reading