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Apr
3
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 03.04.08
Posted in: Press Room on 3rd April 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another hefty round-up of links to articles of interest elsewhere on T'Internet.
Mar
23
Ken MacLeod shortlisted for 2008 Prometheus Award
Posted in: What's On on 23rd March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The Execution Channel by UK author Ken MacLeod has been nominated for this year's Prometheus Award, which will be given by the Libertarian Futurist Society for the best libertarian science fiction novel first published in 2007.
Mar
23
McDonald, MacLeod, Bigwood, Aldiss win 2007 British Science Fiction Awards
Posted in: What's On on 23rd March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The winners of this year's British Science Fiction Awards, for work first published in the UK during 2007, were announced yesterday at the annual British Science Fiction Convention, Eastercon, in London.
Mar
22
M. John Harrison wins 2008 Philip K. Dick Award
Posted in: Press Room on 22nd March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
This year's Philip K. Dick Award for "the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2007 in the U.S.A." has gone to Nova Swing by M. John Harrison.
The results were announced on Friday evening at evening at Norwescon in SeaTac, Washington. Harrison was one of two UK authors on this year's shortlist, the other being Adam Roberts for Gradisil.
Mar
21
2008 Hugo Awards nominees announced; several UK authors shortlisted
Posted in: Press Room on 21st March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The nominees for this year's Hugo Awards have been posted to the 2008 Worldcon website.
Mar
10
BSFA Award-nominated short fiction podcast at StarShipSofa.com
Posted in: Press Room on 10th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
"Starting Monday 10th March - and therefore in plenty of time for you to listen to all five stories well in advance of voting at Eastercon - StarShipSofa will upload one of the narrated stories each day. First off will be Chaz Brenchley narrating his own nominated story, 'Terminal'."
More info: www.starshipsofa.com
Source: Tony Smith, StarShipSofa.com
Mar
10
2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist announced
Posted in: Press Room on 10th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The shortlist for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award was officially announced today.
Mar
2
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 02.03.08
Posted in: Press Room on 2nd March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
A bumper round-up of links to items of potential interest elsewhere on the WWW...
Feb
7
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 07.02.08
Posted in: Press Room on 7th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
More links of genre-fiction related interest scoured from the Internet for your convenience and reading pleasure...
Jan
30
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 30.01.08
Posted in: Press Room on 30th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another quick round-up of external links for your contemplation and delectation...
Jan
24
Stephen Hunt’s ‘The Court of the Air’ chosen for Berlinale pitch
Posted in: What's On on 24th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
This just in from the John Jarrold Literary Agency: "Ten novels (written in a wide variety of languages) have been selected for presentation by the world's main publishers on February 12th 2008 at therBerlin International Film Festival - the world's largest film festival with 200,000 movie and TV professionals attending. One fantasy and science fiction book made the cut, Stephen Hunt's epic fantasy tale, The Court of the Air.
"Organised by the Berlin International Film Festival in cooperation with the Frankfurt Book Fair for the third time, the Breakfast & Books section of the film fair enables representatives from publishing houses, literary agents and producers to meet for a pitching session, followed by breakfast together. Producers interested in the film rights can discuss matters on location with right holders.
Jan
9
2008 Philip K. Dick Award finalists announced
Posted in: Press Room on 9th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The shortlist for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award for 'distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States' in 2007 has been announced, and this year it includes Brit authors Adam Roberts and M. John Harrison.
Jan
7
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 07.01.08
Posted in: Press Room on 7th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Here's another quick round-up of links of potential interest that we've spotted recently:
Jan
4
Albedo One announces 2008 Aeon Award for short fiction
Posted in: Press Room on 4th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Frank Ludlow of Albedo One, Ireland's premiere magazine of speculative fiction, has been in touch to tell us that they've just launched the 2008 International Aeon Award short fiction contest.
Frank has all the details: "The contest is open to submissions of up to 8,000 words (no minimum word limit) in any speculative fiction genre, from Fantasy and Science Fiction to Horror or anything in-between or unclassifiable. The judges have very broad tastes in this regard.
Nov
5
UK Winners - Williams, Finch, Gallagher - at 2007 IHG Awards
Posted in: Press Room on 5th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The 2007 International Horror Guild Awards were announced during the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York last weekend and three UK authors were among the winners.
Oct
17
Germany’s Deutsche Phantastik Preis Awards for 2007 announced
Posted in: Press Room on 17th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The full list of winners can be found on the German SF News website www.phantastik-news.de, the main organisers of the awards.
More info: www.phantastik-news.de
Source: Oliver Naujoks, editor, Phantastik-News.de
Oct
16
2006-07 Aeon Award winner announced at Eurocon, Copenhagen
Posted in: Press Room on 16th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Ian Watson commented that the story was "beautifully written and paced and enigmatic yet in an entirely lucid way". The wrinner receives €1,000 in prize money, and the story will be published in the 34th issue of Albedo One magazine. The second and third-placed stories, 'Isle of Beauty' by Larry Taylor and 'The White Knight' by Devon Code-McNeil will also be published in the magazine.
More info: www.albedo1.com
Source: Frank Ludlow, Albedo One
Oct
12
Hal Duncan wins Gaylactic Spectrum Award for ‘Vellum’
Posted in: Press Room on 12th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
More info: www.spectrumawards.org
Source: www.locusmag.com via www.sfawardswatch.com/
Oct
11
Doris Lessing wins 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature
Posted in: Press Room on 11th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Lessing was philosophical about the award, having been told 40 years ago that the Nobel committee didn't particularly like her: "They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off," said the 88 year old author.
More info: Nobel Prize in Literature
Source: Various blogs, BBC Website
Sep
23
British Fantasy Awards 2007 - Winners Announced
Posted in: Press Room on 23rd September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The Winners of the 2007 British Fantasy Awards were announced during the award ceremony at the culmination of this year's Fantasycon, earlier this afternoon, in Nottingham, UK.
Master of Ceremonies Peter Crowther, of PS Publishing fame, provided the banter and sight-gags as he invited a string of guest presenters (including Chaz Brenchley masquerading as Chris Fowler, Chaz Brenchley as Chaz Brenchley, Mark Morris, Tim Lebbon, Sarah Pinborough, John Grant, Simon Clark, Steven Volk, Stephen Jones, Simon R. Green, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Marshall Smith and Jo Fletcher of Gollancz Books), onto the stage at the Britannia Hotel to announce the winners of the awards to a packed and eager roomful of fantasy and horror fiction fans.
And the award winners are:
Sep
18
Steve Aylett stand-up, London, September 30th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 18th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Steve says: "Simon Munnery (League Against Tedium) headlines, plus Terry Saunders and tbc. From around 7.30pm. Featuring the hellish Lord Pin."
More info: www.steveaylett.com
Source: Steve Aylett
Sep
5
Charles Stross wins 2007 Prometheus Award for libertarian fiction
Posted in: Press Room on 5th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Many congratulations to Mr Stross, who confidently predicts that the winner of next year's award will be Ken MacLeod's The Execution Channel [Amazon].
More Info: The Prometheus Awards
Source: Various, see above.
Sep
2
Hugo Award winners announced at Worldcon, Yokohama
Posted in: Press Room on 2nd September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
More Info: www.thehugoawards.org
Source: www.sfawardswatch.com
Aug
23
Website launch: Science Fiction Awards Watch
Posted in: Press Room on 23rd August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Morgan and Standlee hope that in time the site will grow into an information resource along the lines of the long-running Locus SF Awards Index and provide commentary, criticism and a forum for public debate. They also hope to expand the content of the site beyond the scope of book-based sf, fantasy and horror awards into other media, including film, TV and comics.
More Info: www.sfawardswatch.com/
Source: Cheryl Morgan, Science Fiction Awards Watch
Aug
21
New Hugo Awards website launched at www.thehugoawards.org
Posted in: Press Room on 21st August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
"Past winners of Hugo Awards include authors such as Isaac Asimov, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Anne McCaffrey, William Gibson and Neil Gaiman. Hugo Awards have also been given to movies such as Star Wars, Blade Runner and The Lord of the Rings, and TV shows such as Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who.
"The 2007 Hugo Awards will be presented on September 1, 2007, in Yokohama, Japan, at the 65th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as 'Nippon 2007'. The Hugo Awards website currently lists this year's nominees and will list the winners shortly after the conclusion of this year's Hugo Awards Ceremony."
More Info: www.thehugoawards.org
Source: The Hugo Awards
Aug
13
2007 World Fantasy Award nominees announced
Posted in: What's On on 13th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
More Info: Locus Online
Source: Locus Online, via Antick Musings
Aug
7
2007 British Fantasy Society Awards shortlist announced
Posted in: Press Room on 7th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The British Fantasy Society has announced the short-listed nominees for this year's BFS Awards, for work published or created during 2006.
The overall winner in each category will be announced at the Sunday banquet of this year's British Fantasy Convention, Fantasycon 2007 on September 23rd, 2007, at the Britannia Hotel, Nottingham, UK.
May
3
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2007: Winner Announced
Posted in: Press Room on 3rd May 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Hot off the Clarke Award presses: "Nova Swing by M. John Harrison, published by Gollancz in the UK, is the winner of this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK’s premier prize for science fiction literature.
The announcement was made at the award’s official ceremony held in London, Piccadilly on the evening of Wednesday 2nd May as part of an exclusive event in partnership with the opening of this year's Sci-Fi-London Film Festival.
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
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 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: 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... Posted in: Press Room on 16th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin The Horror Writers' Association - the international writers' collective that promotes the work of horror writers and publishers across the globe - has announced the winner of this year's HWA Award for Best Specialty press: the UK's very own multiple BFS Award-winning PS Publishing. Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 16th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin This year, the inaugural Scribe Awards will be presented to specifically mark the achievements of writers of media tie-in novelisations; original fiction based on characters and story-lines that have already been developed in other media and other milieu, such as TV shows and comics. We dropped British author Steven Savile - nominated in the 'Best Novel - Adapted' category for his first novel set in the world of 2000AD's Slaine the Barbarian - to ask him about the awards, and what being nominated means to him. Our latest round-up of shorter news items, including an extract from Terry Brooks' new novel, Ian Hocking gets to interview David Mitchell, Obi Wan's cloak fetches £54k at auction, a long-lost William Gibson graphic novel adaptation reappears online, the Tolkien Estate clamps down on filesharers, and more... Posted in: What's On on 19th February 2007 by UKSFBN admin Our latest round-up of shorter news items, including Iain Banks TV and national press interviews, Charles Stross' Prometheus nomination, a forthcoming Doctor Who exhibition in Manchester, a change of editorial staff at Weird Tales, a bionic ex-Eastender and a free sci-fi swimsuit calendar for you to download. Who could ask for more..? Our first quick selection of shorter news items for 2007: Posted in: Press Room on 8th November 2006 by UKSFBN admin Great news for the UK indy press scene at the weekend, as first Telos Books and then two publications from PS Publishing were announced as the winners of a couple of genre publishing's most prestigious awards. Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 1st November 2006 by UKSFBN admin Here's a collection of shorter news items submitted to the site in the past week or two or gathered from various online sources. We might be following some of these stories up in future for longer articles, but these ten starters for ten will hopefully pique your interest in the meantime. Posted in: What's On on 12th October 2006 by UKSFBN admin The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce that the 20th Annual Presentation of the Bram Stoker Awards for excellence in horror and fantasy fiction will be presented in conjunction with the World Horror Convention 2007 in Toronto, Canada. Posted in: What's On on 12th October 2006 by UKSFBN admin Darren Nash of Orbit Books has dropped us a line to share some good news about an award nomination for one of their authors; comics creator turned novelist Mike Carey. Posted in: What's On on 25th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin The British Fantasy Society is delighted to announce the winners of the British Fantasy Awards for 2006. The presentations were made at Fantasycon 30 in Nottingham on September 24th. Posted in: What's On on 12th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin Posted in: Press Room on 5th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin As reported on website Life Style Extra, Lord Voldemort has been voted the UK's kids favourite literary villain, in the BigBadRead poll conducted by Bloomsbury, publisher of the Harry Potter series of books, anti-starring one, um... Lord Voldemort. The results of the 2006 Hugo Awards were announced yesterday at a ceremony during L.A. Con IV, the 64th World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California. Posted in: Press Room on 24th August 2006 by UKSFBN admin Living legend of the horror genre Stephen King is among five authors to be nominated in the Best SF/F/H category of the 2006 Quill Awards; given according to the results of an online vote by book readers (and authors... and publishers' publicity departments...) Posted in: Press Room on 21st August 2006 by UKSFBN admin Stan Nicholls, writing on the Write Fantastic group LiveJournal, mentions that fellow author David Lee Stone has put forward the suggestion that a memorial award named for the late, much lamented David Gemmell, be incorporated into future British Fantasy Awards. Posted in: Press Room on 21st August 2006 by UKSFBN admin The Shortlists for the 2006 British Fantasy Awards, for work published in 2005, have been annouced, and are as follows:Apr
8
BSFA Awards for 2006: winners announced at Eastercon
Mar
20
Newsbites round-up Mar 20th 2007
Mar
16
PS Publishing wins HWA Best Specialty Press 2006
Mar
16
Steven Savile on the inaugural Scribe Awards
Feb
19
Newsbites round-up Feb 19th 2007 [+]
Nov
8
British indy presses win World Fantasy / IHG Awards
Nov
1
Newsbites round-up Nov 1st 2006
Oct
12
World Horror Con 2007 to host Bram Stoker Awards
Oct
12
Mike Carey shortlisted for Guildford debut novel award
Sep
25
British Fantasy Awards 2006 - results announced
Sep
12
Poll Results: Will you be going to Fantasycon XXXI?
Sep
5
Lord Voldemort voted nation’s fave Literary Villain
Aug
24
Gabaldon, King, Martin, Mosse, Donohue up for 2006 Quills
Aug
21
David Gemmell Memorial Award mooted
Aug
21
BFS Awards 2006 - Shortlists Announced