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Date Archive: June 2007
Jun
30
British Fantasy Awards Showcase, London, July 7th
Posted in: What's On on 30th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
From a recent BFS e-bulletin: "The British Fantasy Society is proud to announce its annual BFS Awards Showcase 2007.
"This 'meet the nominees' event will take place on Saturday 7th July, from 6.30 p.m. at Ye Olde Cock Tavern, 22 Fleet Street, London.
Another quick round-up of some recent news snippets, including news of a possible Shannara movie, a couple of website (re)launches, a new Simon Spurrier promo short and Ian McDonald interviewed by Jeff Vandermeer:
Jun
29
Waterstone’s puts 1,000 copies of The Lies of Locke Lamora up for grabs
Posted in: Press Room on 29th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
No, it's not a typo. UK booksellers Waterstone's, in association with UK genre publisher Gollancz Books, really are giving away a thousand copies of Scott Lynch's superb debut novel The Lies of Locke Lamora.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of receiving your free copy is visit the appropriate page of the Waterstone's website, fill in and submit the form before the closing date of July 5th (Thursday next) and then cross your fingers: the 1,000 lucky winners will be drawn at random from amongst all the entries received.
Jun
27
Jasper Fforde signing, FP London, July 12th
Posted in: What's On on 27th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
From the Forbidden Planet press release: "Forbidden Planet is delighted to announce a signing by Jasper Fforde to launch his new novel First Among Sequels [Amazon]." He will be appearing at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Monday July 9th from 1.00 to 2.00 p.m.
Jun
26
Solaris announces Lou Anders SF/Crime anthology deal
Posted in: Press Room on 26th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Games Workshop / Black Library Publishing's Solaris Books imprint has announced details of a forthcoming anthology publication, to be compiled by author, editor, journalist and blogger Lou Anders; probably best known for his current work with US genre specialist Pyr Books.
Jun
26
Simon Morden book launch, Newcastle, July 11th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 26th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
N.B. Correction, 28.06.07: Simon has been in touch to say that the launch has been rescheduled from July 10th at 7.00 p.m. to July 11th at 6.30 p.m.. Please update your diaries...
Dark fictioneer Simon Morden writes to tell us about the launch event for his far-futuristic and darkly dystopian new novel, The Lost Art [Amazon], that he's pretty sure he tells us is definitely taking place on July 11th in Newcastle.
"In the absence of a confirmation from the bookstore, but a relatively certain date from Random House... The bookstore have now confirmed a new date and time, so you are cordially invited to a book launch!
Jun
25
JJLA client update: Zivkovic, Savile, Pinborough, Newton and Fenn
Posted in: Press Room on 25th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The UK's newest specialist genre fiction agent - John Jarrold - also appears to be the UK's busiest just at the moment, if a recent barrage of press releases from JJLA HQ is anything to go by: no fewer than five new book deals, plus an award for John's Serbian client, Zoran Zivkovic.
Jun
24
Saga comp winner David Thorpe’s YA SF novel Hybrids published
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 24th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Debut author (as well as established cartoonist, editor, scriptwriter, designer and environmental journalist) David Thorpe has been in touch to let us know about the recent publication of his YA novel Hybrids, which posits the chillingly plausible concept that humans and their favourite gadgets could become fused, merged and generally melded as a result of over-use of the latter by the former.
What's more, Hybrids [Amazon] is already a prize-winner, having been chosen as the outstanding winner of the 2006 Children's Book Writing Competition, run in conjunction with Saga Magazine.
Jun
24
New Tim Lebbon Noreela double novella from Subterranean Press
Posted in: Press Room on 24th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
News fresh in of a brand new double-novella by British horror & dark fantasy writer Tim Lebbon. US genre specialist indie publisher Subterranean Press sent the following news out last week:
"Subterranean Press is proud to present After the War, two novellas set in Tim Lebbon's signature world of Noreela!
Jun
23
UK GoHs at Eurocon 2007, Copenhagen, September 21st - 23rd
Posted in: What's On on 23rd June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The organisers of this year's Eurocon event dropped us a line to let us know about their stellar line-up of guests, namely: the legendary Anne McCaffrey, Brit SF supremo Stephen Baxter, award-winning Serbian writer Zoran Živković, celebrated space artist David A. Hardy, Ghost of Honour Stanislaw Lem and Danish Fan GoH Niels Dalgaard.
Jun
22
Neal Asher signing, FP London, July 7th
Posted in: Press Room on 22nd June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
From a Forbidden Planet press release: "Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Neal Asher to launch the release of his new book, Hilldiggers [Amazon]. He will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Saturday July 7th from 1.00 to 2.00 p.m.
Jun
21
Convention round-up: Fantasycon, Novacon, P-Con V
Posted in: What's On on 21st June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Here's the latest on three forthcoming gatherings of assorted genre glitterati that you might want to add to your diaries: Fantasycon (Nottingham, September), Novacon 37 (Walsall, November) and Phoenix Con V (Dublin, March 2008).
Jun
19
New Titan TV Guides: The 4400, Supernatural and Bones
Posted in: Press Room on 19th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The UK's Titan Books have sent out a trio of press releases recently with details of a string of new TV series guides. Which means that over the next few months we can look forward to behind-the-scenes looks at three series: The 4400, Supernatural and Bones.
Jun
17
PS Publishing announces new titles for late 2007 onwards
Posted in: Press Room on 17th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Multi award-winning independent UK genre publisher PS Publishing sent out their latest e-bulletin yesterday, and announced a batch of new titles that will be due for publication from late 2007 onwards, including brand new work from Steven Erikson, Stephen Baxter, Ian Cameron Esslemont and more.
Jun
16
Mike Ashley on Gateways To Forever, SF magazines of the ’70s
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 16th June 2007 by Sandy Auden
Author Mike Ashley hit a problem when he was researching Gateways To Forever, the 'final' title in his book series about the history of SF magazines - the 1970's were just too complicated to squeeze into one volume…
"The seventies were a time that had to cope with considerable change," said Ashley. "The sf field itself was starting to feel the full effects of the New Wave revolution and though critics today believe that it had dissipated itself by the early seventies that is far from true. The longer term effects continued to develop through the seventies and would eventually feed into the cyberpunk movement of the eighties.
Jun
15
Books Received May 8th - June 15th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 15th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Another round-up of the books that have arrived at the UKSFBN offices since early May. Brand new titles and / or news editions and re-releases from the likes of Katherine Kerr, Trudi Canavan, Natashe Mostert, David Zindell, Steph Swainston, David Anthony Durham, Alastair Reynolds, Kelley Armstrong, Scott Westerfeld, Eric Brown, James Maxey, Martin Millar, Charlie Huston, James Patterson, Paul Kearney, Alan Steele, Richard K Morgan, Laurell K. Hamilton, James Patterson, Ian Irvine, and more.
As always, many thanks to the publishers concerned for bringing all these titles to our attention.
Jun
13
Tartarus Press relocates website suite - new URLs for all
Posted in: Press Room on 13th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Ray Russell of specialist limited edition publisher of interesting fiction that seeks to evoke "a sense of wonder or the supernatural in beautiful, exciting prose", Tartarus Press, dropped us a line recently and asked us to pass on the details of their new collection of web addresses.
Jun
13
Dean Koontz to participate in ‘LongPen’ remote-signing, June 23rd
Posted in: What's On on 13th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
News of a technological first, from UK genre publisher Harpercollins Voyager: "On Saturday 23rd June from 2 p.m. Dean Koontz will be signing copies of The Good Guy [Amazon] from his home in Newport Beach, California for customers at Waterstone’s Piccadilly.
Jun
9
Kim Stanley Robinson on his next novel, The Galileans
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 9th June 2007 by Sandy Auden
Kim Stanley Robinson's next sf novel will be The Galileans, set in Renaissance Italy and centering on the life and theories of Galileo.
"My research for The Years of Rice and Salt included lots of reading about the birth of science," said Robinson. "I learned more than I could use in that book, so I thought it would be good to return to the matter, as being crucial to society today and, if I wrote about it, a particular kind of science fiction. Galileo is central to the scientific revolution, and also he gave me a number of science-fictional angles from which to approach the topic. He's a great character."
Jun
6
Five proofs of the new Peter F. Hamilton novel up for grabs
Posted in: Press Room on 6th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Peter F. Hamilton's UK publisher, Macmillan, has been in touch to let us know about an online giveaway that they're running until the end of June.
Jun
6
Event reminders: Waterstone’s mass-signings, Josh Kirby exhibition
Posted in: What's On on 6th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
A quick reminder about two mass-signing sessions that are happening this week in London and Birmingham, plus a major exhibition of Josh Kirby's artwork (see the article we posted back in January for more information) that kicks off on June 15th in Liverpool...
Jun
4
New Jeffrey Thomas and Justin Gustainis books due from Solaris
Posted in: Press Room on 4th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Back in May one of the rising stars of the UK genre publishing scene, Solaris Books, announced the details of deals for two new titles, for publication at the end of 2007 and early 2008.
Jun
3
Martin Millar on his new novel, Lonely Werewolf Girl
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 3rd June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Martin Millar, author of a number of novels, including Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me, The Good Fairies of New York and Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving - as well as the Thraxas novels (under the name Martin Scott), the first of which won him the World Fantasy Award - has just released his new novel, Lonely Werewolf Girl, under the self-managed publishing imprint Meadow and Black.
The novel's cover has been drawn by 2000AD artist Simon Fraser, and the book is available from all the usual outlets, including Amazon.co.uk, as well as from the author's website, www.martinmillar.com.
We got in touch with Martin to ask him a few questions about the new book and to quiz him on his decision to handle the publishing side of things himself.
Jun
2
Robert Holdstock visiting Birmingham SF Group, June 8th
Posted in: What's On on 2nd June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The Birmingham SF Group have been in touch to let us know about their next author-visit evening: "On June 8th, British fantasist Robert Holdstock is visiting the Birmingham SF Group to talk about what he has been up to recently.
"He first visited us in February but when the snow kept away all but three devoted fans, he vowed to return!"
A quick round-up of some recent news snippets, including interviews with Alastair Reynolds and Alan Lee, a new website for David Gunn, new Dresden Files books coming from Jim Butcher, and more...