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2022 Seiun Awards Nominees – Locus Online
F-CON, the 59th Japan SF Convention, has announced the finalists for the 2022 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Awards), honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan. Best Translated Novel No Enemy but…
2021 Stoker Awards Winners – Locus Online
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners for the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards. Superior Achievement in a Novel Superior Achievement in a First Novel Due to a tie in fifth place, there are six nominees in this category.…
2022 Indie Book Awards Shortlist – Locus Online
The 2022 Indie Book Awards Shortlist has been announced, with several titles and authors of genre interest: Fiction Non-Fiction Children’s Fiction The shortlist also features a Picture Book category. The Indie Book Awards are for paperback books and are “curated…
British Fantasy Awards Call for Jurors – Locus Online
The British Fantasy Society (BFS) is looking for judges for the British Fantasy Awards. “For each category, 3-5 jurors read/watch/examine every entry on the final shortlist (4-6 titles) & then agree between themselves on the final winner.” The BFA constitution…
Weekly Bestsellers, 16 May 2022 – Locus Online
Holly Black’s adult debut, Book of Night (Tor), debuts on four lists, ranking as high as #2 on the New York Times‘ fiction hardcover list. Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT 05.22 LAT 05.15 USAT 05.08 PW 05.16…
The Plight of AI in the Universe of Douglas Adams
If you could, would you want to develop a super intelligent AI to do your bidding? Neil Sharpson, author of When the Sparrow Falls, now out in paperback, explores why this is a BAD idea in the below guest post.…
Mark Lawrence: SPFBO 8 – The Cover Contest!
Each year I run a cover contest for the SPFBO entrants. Each blog chooses its 3 favourite covers from their pool of 30 entrants. The 30 favourites collected from the 10 blogs are then voted on in separate ballots by the bloggers…
The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton
It’s been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind – find the research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper, hid before he was…
Future of Magic – Locus Online
Dhonielle Clayton was born May 26, 1983 in Olney MD and grew up “right in the shadows of DC.” Clayton graduated from Wake Forest University in 2005, earned her MA from Hollins University in 2008, and her MFA in creative…
Acquisition Announcement: the Soulfire Saga by Matthew Ward
Orbit is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new epic fantasy series from Matthew Ward, author of LEGACY OF ASH and the wider Legacy Trilogy, which was described as ‘epic fantasy as it should be; big, bold and very…
People & Publishing Roundup, May 2022 – Locus Online
Kij Johnson (2018) Horror author JOHN SKIPP, 64, has announced his retirement from writing and publishing fiction; his final title is collection Don’t Push the Button (Clash Books). Going forward he will focus on music and film. He has two…
Huge eBook Sale Day!
WHOA! Hot eBook deals incoming! For today, and today only (May 15, 2022), we’ve got an incredible array of Tor Books titles available at discounted prices! You love books? Us too. Check out these deals! Legion: The Many Lives of…