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Newsbites round-up Mar 20th 2007

Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 20th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin

Our latest round-up of shorter news items, including word of a free Dan Simmons audio extract, a free online Andy Heidel piece, 2K's performance of Alice at Foyles, Carol Anne Davis on serial killers, a couple of web-related launches, and more...

Dan Simmons audio extract
The Borders Media website has a free audio extract from the new (and much-feted) Dan Simmons novel The Terror [Apple Quicktime player required]. Thanks to Ed Ashby for the heads-up.
[posted by Ariel]
Andrew Heidel writes...
"Subterranean Press just published my vignette "Boiler Maker" online at subterraneanpress.com; stay tuned, they'll publish my short novella in their next issue of the magazine. Thanks to them getting a review copy of my short story collection Desperate Moon [PS Publishing] they liked my stuff so much they bought two of my unpublished stories." It pays to publicise, people.
[posted by Ariel]
Alice at Foyles
On Friday 13th April, Foyles Bookshop in London plays host to Theatre company 2K, who will present their adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic tale as Alice returns to Wonderland for a second time, meeting such well loved characters as Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee & Tweedledum.
[posted by Ariel]
Nastier than Fiction...
True crime is more horrific than any horror novel says Carol Anne Davis whose latest book, Sadistic Killers, has just been published by Summersdale. "One British killer mercilessly flagellated his female victims whilst another mutilated a victim so badly that the policeman who found the body was off work for months. The American sadists were equally pitiless, sometimes setting up customised torture chambers and abusing their victims over many days." Eww. For further details see her website at www.carolannedavis.co.uk.
[posted by Ariel]
New Award for small presses
The Washington Science Fiction Association has launched a new literary award - the WSFA Small Press Award - to honour the work of small presses in promoting and preserving science fiction.
[posted by Ariel]
Introducing Fantasy Bulletin
Graeme Claasen writes to tell us: "I am starting a website focusing on collating all the fantasy news that is happening each day in one place." Check out www.fantasybulletin.com to see how he's doing...
[posted by Ariel]
ITW launches webzine
The International Thriller Writers collective has launched a blog-based webzine, The Big Thrill, where you can get all the latest updates from ITW's members.
[posted by Ariel]
Quick Eastercon reminder
Although the original Eastercon 2007 - Convoy - had to be cancelled due to hotel trouble, the replacement event, Contemplation is still definitely taking place over the Easter weekend in Chester; it's not too late to book, even if you just want to turn up for a day-pass on the Saturday.
[posted by Ariel]

And finally...

Guardian blogger on sci-fi... well, sort of...
Thanks to Simon Holland for sending in the link to Guardian blogger Sam Jordison's rather confused attempts to decide whether he really ought to - maybe - admit he likes sci-fi, a bit. But hey, not too much... well, maybe a little... you know. Um...
[posted by Ariel]

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