The 2019 Dragon Award Ballot was posted on August 7. Best Science Fiction Novel A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine A Star-Wheeled Sky by Brad R. Torgersen Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson Record of a Spaceborn Few by … Continue reading
Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage. For 2019, the shortlisted entrants are: Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award) The … Continue reading
Public voting on the 2019 BooktubeSFF Awards has started and will remain open through July 8. Booktube is the segment of YouTube dominated by booklovers who use the platform to discuss and share our love of reading. SFF stands for … Continue reading
The Booktube science fiction and fantasy community of YouTube announced the shortlist for its 2019 BooktubeSFF Awards on February 18. The community nominated its favourite works. Following a period devoted to readalongs and chats about the books, the winners … Continue reading
(1) MORE ALA HONORS. We linked the 2019 youth awards from the American Library Association the other day. Here are two more sets of awards and recommended reading lists from the ALA: LITA: The LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young … Continue reading
(1) TIPTREE ON TV? Jennifer Kent, who directed the exceptional horror film The Babadook, and is currently at Sundance screening her second film, the historical drama The Nightingale, is developing a project based on the life and stories of James … Continue reading
Christelle Dabos’ A Winter’s Promise (translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle) is Amazon’s pick as the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy book of 2018. It tops Amazon’s year’s best list posted November 9. A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos … Continue reading
Semi-final round voting has begun in the Goodreads Choice Awards: The Best Books 2018 and will continue through November 11. There are 21 categories overall. Goodreads recommended 15 books in the opening round and allowed write-ins, which have filled another … Continue reading
(1) BEST OF TED. Ideas.Ted.com. features Nnedi Okorafor: “’Write your story, and don’t be afraid to write it’ — a sci-fi writer talks about finding her voice and being a superhero”. During family visits to Nigeria in the 1990s and … Continue reading
The longlists for the 2018 BookNest Fantasy Awards, hosted by the BookNest.eu blog, were announced October 1. Open public voting to pick the shortlist continues until October 14 — to vote, click here. AWARDS PROCESS. The BookNest Fantasy Awards are … Continue reading