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Date Archive: April 2007
Apr
30
BFS extends 2007 Awards recommendations deadline
Posted in: Press Room on 30th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Just had a note from the British Fantasy Society, the organisers of the 2007 British Fantasy Awards to say that they've extended the deadline for recommendations for this year's awards and all members of the BFS are invited to get their last-minute recommendations in as soon as they can.
Apr
30
German author’s YA pirate trilogy to hit UK shores in May
Posted in: Press Room on 30th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
We've received a press release from specialist children's publisher Egmont Books, about a brand new series by a well-established German author that they'll be publishing in early May.
"On 3rd May 2007 Egmont Press in the UK will publish The Wave Runners [Amazon], a thrilling swashbuckling adventure from internationally acclaimed fantasy writer Kai Meyer which goes head to head with the UK release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End on May 25th.
Apr
29
Dalek I Loved You author interviewed by Cyberman
Posted in: Press Room on 29th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
From an Orion Books press release: "Nick Griffiths' Dalek I Loved You [Amazon] is the hilarious and touching memoir of a love affair, not only with Doctor Who, but also with the evocative memories of a 1970s childhood, the pain of teenage years and culminating with stumbling into a career as a music journalist."
SFREVU said of the book: "Any British male genre fan hovering around the age of forty will come away from reading Nick Griffiths' delightful memoir with a nostalgic tear in his eye and a wry and knowing smile of recognition on his face...
Apr
29
Noctem Aeternus mag launching Jan ‘08, seeking submissions
Posted in: Press Room on 29th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Michael Knost writes to let us know: "January 1, 2008 will be the launch date for his new quarterly PDF magazine. Noctem Aeternus will feature high-quality horror fiction, reviews, interviews and more.
Apr
26
John Clute on The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 26th April 2007 by Sandy Auden
In The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror, John Clute wields his considerable talents to give us an insight into the Horror genre, into what the genre does and why it is important. It's a significant book, small in dimensions but large in voice and captivating in content.
But how does a book that analyses the Horror genre come to be written?
Apr
24
Guy Gavriel Kay on Ysabel Extras
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 24th April 2007 by Sandy Auden
Guy Gavriel Kay's new fantasy novel, Ysabel, has caused quite a stir since its release. It was Number One nationally in Canada for more than five weeks, it was on the National Post and CBC bestseller lists, and was reprinted twice in the US within three weeks of publication.
Apr
22
JJLA welcomes new client: Mark Morris
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 22nd April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The John Jarrold Literary Agency continues to go from strength to strength. Proprietor John Jarrold has been in touch to say that he's delighted to have recently welcomed another well-established British author to his ever-growing client list.
Apr
21
Update: Stephen Gallagher Short Story Airs Tuesday April 24th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 21st April 2007 by Sandy Auden
Last November, we told you about Stephen Gallagher's spooky short story, Life Line, that was going to be one of three stand alone shorts making up a new supernatural BBC series...
Apr
20
New six-book UK & US deal for Raymond E. Feist
Posted in: Press Room on 20th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Canadian fantasy fiction blog Pat's Fantasy Hotlist has word of a new six-book publishing deal for fantasy legend Raymond E. Feist.
Apr
19
Terry Pratchett & Vadim Jeam, FP London, April 23rd
Posted in: What's On on 19th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Apologies for the short notice, but we only just found out about this particular event: "Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Terry Pratchett and Vadim Jean to promote the release of Hogfather on DVD. They will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Monday April 23rd from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m.
Apr
19
Interzone #210 out in May from TTA Press
Posted in: Press Room on 19th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The new, May / June 2007 issue of the UK's longest-running science fiction magazine, Interzone will be available from May 10th from publisher TTA Press.
Apr
18
Alt.Fiction II, Derby Assembly Rooms, April 28th
Posted in: What's On on 18th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Derby's second Alt.Fiction event - a day-long gathering of some of the biggest names in UK genre fiction that's a convention in everything but name - takes place at the city's Assembly Rooms on Saturday April 28th and principle event organiser, the indefatigable Alex Davis, has been in touch with a timely reminder for anyone who hasn't quite bought their ticket yet.
Apr
17
Campbell, Miller, Ruckley: Writers With Bite, Edinburgh, May 12th
Posted in: What's On on 17th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Via Brian Ruckley's News & Views blog, comes word of a triple-header author appearance taking place on May 12th in Edinburgh as part of the Mary King's Ghost Fest event, which runs from May 11th - 20th in the Scottish capital.
Apr
17
Chaz Brenchley signing, Newcastle, April 26th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 17th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Just in by email from Chaz Brenchley, news of a forthcoming book launch for Chaz's new novel, which will be taking place in his home town of Newcastle (upon Tyne, not -under-Lyme) on Thursday, April 26th.
Apr
16
Court of the Air promo movie at SciFind, YouTube
Posted in: Press Room on 16th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
HarperCollins UK's sf & fantasy imprint, Voyager Books, have created a Flash-based promo movie for Stephen Hunt's recently-published fantasy novel, The Court of the Air.
Apr
16
Stan Nicholls receives lifetime achievement award
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 16th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Fantasy writer Stan Nicholls
Posted in: Press Room on 12th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin John Jarrold, of John Jarrold Literary Agency fame, writes to tell us: "Caitlin Blasdell of Liza Dawson Associates in New York, representing the John Jarrold Literary Agency, has concluded a three-book deal with Fleetwood Robbins of Del Rey Books. Posted in: Press Room on 11th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin "It's not always straightforward for us to get across our enthusiasm for a book in an email," George said, in the latest Orbit e-bulletin, "So we decided to go straight to the author and sat Karen down in front of a video camera. This is a bit of an experiment for us, but we're intending to do a lot more of these sorts of videos, and we hope that you'll enjoy this first attempt and will try the book." Posted in: Press Room on 11th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin "Undeniably one of the most popular comic book characters of all time, the previous movies have grossed $1.6 billion with the previous movies. This time, the worlds of Peter Parker and his alter-ego Spider-Man collide with dramatic results as the web-slinger faces nemeses both old and new, including Sandman, Venom and the Green Goblin’s son, in the biggest Spider-Man movie yet. Posted in: Press Room on 11th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin The BBC reports this morning that the producers of popular time-travel (or is it?) series Life on Mars have announced that a sequel series will be made, with filming set to start in the Summer, for broadcast next year. Posted in: What's On on 10th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin It's a collection of fourteen short stories from British horror writer Tony Richards and it's called Going Back. Andrew Hook says of the author: "Tony is a familiar voice within the horror scene, and this collection of 14 stories will add to that reputation." Posted in: Press Room on 10th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin The Pendragon Press press release describes the book: "A collection of two daring and hilarious tales that follow the exploits of the, eponymous hero, gentleman, detective, explorer and raconteur, along with his good friend, Dr Humphrey Pemberton, who together battle ravenous sea-creatures and a giant lizard from the mid-West, whilst at the same time keeping the British end up. Posted in: Press Room on 10th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin Lee Harris, editor of the UK's Hub magazine writes to tell us about major changes to the future formatting and distribution of the magazine. In essence, Hub will be moving to an electronic-only distribution model; effective from the next issue, which was originally due to be the third to see print. Posted in: Press Room on 8th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin Niall Harrison, on-the-spot at Eastercon, is the first blogger we've spotted to report on the winners of the British Science Fiction Association Awards for 2006, over on the Vector Editors blog. Posted in: Press Room on 7th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin "Five hundred years in the future, Mal Reynolds, captain of the ship-for-hire Serenity, ekes out a living with his renegade crew flying under the radar of the Alliance government, just looking for enough money to fuel his ship, put food on the table, and keep flying. If only life was so simple... Posted in: Press Room on 6th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin If you're resident in the UK and subscribe to Sky Movies then you might like to know about their re-vamped online movie guide, and the re-vamped movie channel set-up it accompanies... Posted in: What's On on 6th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin Stuck for something to do this bank holiday weekend? Live within reasonable travelling distance of Chester, UK? Then you might want to head down to the Crowne Plaza Hotel for Contemplation, this year's re-jigged and re-arranged Eastercon. Posted in: What's On on 6th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin "Reynolds had his first science fiction short story published in 1990. Shortly after Reynolds moved to the Netherlands where he joined the European Space Agency. His first novel Revelation Space was published in 2000 and, a further four critically acclaimed novels have followed all set in the Revelation Space universe. Posted in: Site Announcements on 5th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin Hello - Regular readers may have noticed a couple of changes to the site this morning. We do hope you like the new look, and the extra bits & pieces of functionality that we've included. Posted in: What's On on 5th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin "Published by Jonathan Cape in the UK, Alice in Sunderland promises to be another graphic novel blockbuster for Talbot, weaving myth, history and the craft of storytelling to link the northern town with Lewis Carroll and his inspiration Alice Lidell, as well as offering the unlikeliest of walk-on parts courtesy of Carry On film star Sid James! Posted in: What's On on 5th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin The Birmingham SF Group writes to say: "Ken MacLeod, Novacon 36 GoH, is coming to speak to the Birmingham SF Group on Friday 13th April at 7.45pm. The talk will take place at the Britannia Hotel (2nd floor), New Street, Birmingham. Posted in: Press Room on 5th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin Steve Upham of writes to tell us about three recent publications from his Screaming Dreams press. First up, issue #6.5 of the free Estronomicon eZine is now available. See the SD website for more info and you can download a pdf copy direct from the site as well. Apr
12
John Jarrold Literary Agency announces new client deal
Apr
11
Karen Miller’s ‘Innocent Mage’ - meet the author on YouTube
George Walkley of the UK's Orbit Books, writes to tell us about something new they're trying out to promote the first UK-published novel by Karen Miller, The Innocent Mage. Apr
11
Art of Spider-Man #3 released May 4th
From a Titan Books press release: "On May 4th, the world-renowned wall crawler swings back into action in the third movie in the hugely successful Spider-Man franchise starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, from director Sam Raimi.Apr
11
BBC announces ‘Life on Mars’ sequel, set in early ’80s
Apr
10
Going Back by Tony Richards from Elastic Press, April 28th
Andrew Hook, publisher at Norwich-based Elastic Press - who almost uniquely specialise in producing great value collections of short fiction by new, up and coming or mainly independent press authors - sent out a recent e-bulletin that included information about their next title, which is due to be published at the end of the month. Apr
10
Paul Kane’s Dalton Quayle Rides Out from Pendragon Press, May 1st
Chris Teague, head-honcho and publisher at Maesteg-based Pendragon Press writes to tell us about a new title from Brit author Paul Kane, entitled Dalton Quayle Rides Out.Apr
10
Hub magazine to move to all-electronic format
Apr
8
BSFA Awards for 2006: winners announced at Eastercon
Apr
7
Firefly Official Companion #2 released April 27th
From a Titan Books press release: "Before the movie Serenity reaped a whirlwind of critical praise, there was Firefly, the cult TV series that began the story and became a phenomenon, leaving thousands of 'Browncoat' fans in its wake!Apr
6
Sky Movies launches genre-themed channels, web guide
Apr
6
Eastercon reminder: four days in Chester
Apr
6
Alastair Reynolds signing, FP London, April 18th
From a Forbidden Planet press release: "Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Alastair Reynolds to promote the release of his new book The Prefect (Special Offer Price £12.99). He will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Wednesday 18th April from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m.Apr
5
Welcome to the new-look UK SF Book News
Apr
5
Bryan Talbot at Nostalgia & Comics for 30th anniversary
From a recent Nostalgia & Comics press release: "The internationally award-winning comic book creator Bryan Talbot returns to Birmingham on Saturday April 7th for an exclusive West Midlands signing at Nostalgia & Comics to celebrate his new book Alice in Sunderland.Apr
5
Ken MacLeod visiting Birmingham SF Group, April 13th
Apr
5
New titles from Screaming Dreams press
"Metropolis is as dangerous as ever and only one super hero can help rid the City of evil and that super hero is Superman! Each issue will be contain 84 action packed pages featuring three of the greatest Superman tales, including 'Superman for Tomorrow', 'All Star Superman' and 'Superman / Batman Public Enemies'.
Apr
4
Issue #16 of Jupiter SF Magazine out now
Posted in: Press Room on 4th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Just had word from Jupiter SF Magazine's editor, Ian Redman, that the latest issue of the British speculative fiction mag has just been published.
"Jupiter SF issue #16 is out now. Featuring great stories from Gareth D. Jones, Lee Moan, Ralph Greco Jr, Geraint D'Arcy and Caroline Bates. Cover illustration is by R.J. Bartrop.
Apr
4
Headlines from Gollancz’s March newsletter
Posted in: Press Room on 4th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The latest e-bulletin from the UK's Gollancz Books was sent out at the end of March, with some decidedly interesting snippets of new info:
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