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Apr
18
Line-up confirmed for next weekend’s Alt.Fiction Festival, Derby
Posted in: What's On on 18th April 2008 by UKSFBN admin
From an Alt.Fiction news update:
"Derby City Council has confirmed the line-up for Alt.Fiction 2008, the third annual one-day festival of science fiction, fantasy and horror writing, which takes place on Saturday April 26th.
Mar
24
Contemporary Horror Cinema Conference, Manchester, April 3rd-4th 2008
Posted in: What's On on 24th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Manchester Metropolitan University is holding a two-day conference entitled 'New Nightmares: Issues and Themes in Contemporary Horror Cinema and Horror Film Criticism' on the 3rd and 4th of April 2008.
Confirmed keynote speakers are Jay McRoy, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin and editor of Monstrous Adaptations: Generic and Thematic Mutations in Horror Film (Manchester University Press), and Julian Petley, Professor of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University and co-editor of British Horror Cinema (Routledge).
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.
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
23
BFS announces two new Guests of Honour for Fantasycon ‘08
Posted in: What's On on 23rd January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Artist Dave McKean and fantasy author James Barclay will be joining already-announced US guest of honour Christopher Golden and Master of Ceremonies Christopher Fowler for the weekend of author interviews, readings, quizzes, panel sessions, the British Fantasy Awards, and drinking. (Lots of drinking...)
More info: www.fantasycon.org.uk
Source: British Fantasy Society
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.
Dec
13
British Fantasy Society announces Fantasycon 2008
Posted in: What's On on 13th December 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Detail: The British Fantasy Society, the UK's fantasy and horror writers and readers association and organisers of the British Fantasy Awards have confirmed preliminary details of the next annual Fantasycon convention, which will take place in Nottingham from September 19th - 21st next year.
The event will be held at the Nottingham Britannia Hotel - for the third year running - and the first confirmed Guest of Honour is prolific, US-based, dark fantasy, horror, teen thriller, comics and tie-in writer Christopher Golden. The Master of Ceremonies for the weekend (who'll have a hard act to follow after recent performances by the likes of Graham Joyce and Peter Crowther) and further Guests (of Honour or otherwise) will be announced in due course.
More Info: www.fantasycon.org.uk
Source: British Fantasy Society news feed
Nov
28
World Horror Con ‘07 returns surplus funds to staff and supporters
Posted in: What's On on 28th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The World Horror Convention 2007, which was held in Toronto, Canada, at the end of March this year, has announced that, after all the bills have been paid, it has made a small surplus and has reimbursed more than $6,500 in expenses to its hard-working staff and supporters.
Event organiser Stephen Jones says: "These repayments include the return of a start-up donation from SF Canada, an advertisement in support of the 2008 World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, and the return of an initial investment plus a surplus donation to the Friends of the Merril Collection, to help continue its important acquisition of horror-related items for the Toronto Public Library.
Oct
23
Introducing Hi-Ex: the Highland International Comic Expo 2008
Posted in: What's On on 23rd October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
"The two day festival will be held at the newly refurbished Eden Court, and will feature a host of the very best in International comic talent. There are loads of exciting guests confirmed already- but for now, we'll tease you with just a couple of them... Alan Grant (2000AD, Batman, Lobo etc) and Cam Kennedy (2000AD, Punisher, Batman, Star Wars...)"
More info: www.hi-ex.co.uk
Source: Ed Ashby, Peripheral Vision
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
19
BFS announces programme for Fantasycon 2007
Posted in: What's On on 19th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Highlights include an in-conversation session between Guests of Honour Michael Marshall Smith and Stephen Jones, plus fellow GoH Terry Brooks interviewed by Mark Yon of SFFWorld.com fame. There's also the usual mix of readings, launch events, late-night ghost stories, the famous Fantasycon Saturday Night raffle, and on the Sunday afternoon, the fantasycon banquet and the announcement of the British Fantasy Awards for 2007.
More info: www.fantasycon.org.uk
Source: Fantasycon Blog
Derek tells us: "I'm honoured that I will be in the company of such wonderful writers as Alastair Reynolds, Anne McCaffrey and Juliet E. McKenna, to name but a few."
You can find out all the details of the events of the weekend at the official convention website: www.octocon.com
More info: www.derekgunn.com
Source: Derek Gunn
Sep
11
James Cooper collection to launch at Fantasycon
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 11th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
British author James Cooper has been in touch to let us know that his debut short fiction collection, You Are The Fly: Tales of Redemption & Distress [Amazon], will be published by Humdrumming Books on Friday September 21st and will be launched at Fantasycon in Nottingham during the weekend of September 21st - 23rd, where James will be available to sign copies on the Saturday.
Sep
3
Terry Brooks UK Tour, September 17th - 22nd
Posted in: What's On on 3rd September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Terry will be putting in appearances in London, Greenhithe, Basingstoke, Bracknell and Coventry before rounding off his latest visit to these shores with a Guest of Honour appearance at Fantasycon in Nottingham. Full details are available on the Orbit Books website.
More Info: www.orbitbooks.net
Source: George Walkley, Orbit Books
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
Jul
15
Richard Morgan West Coast US Tour, July 23rd - 29th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 15th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Richard Morgan's new novel, Black Man (UK) / Thirteen (US) has been out for just over a month in the US (two months in the UK) and it's certainly made the reviewers think; reactions have focused on the political, racial and social elements of the book's considerable layer of subtext, whilst acknowledging that this is still very much an action novel in the vein of Morgan's earlier Takeshi Kovacs novels and Market Forces, the deeply satirical bastard offspring of Mad Max and The Office.
Morgan will be jetting to the US next weekend for a mini-tour that takes in several major cities on the Pacific coast (or the 'Rim States', as they have become in Black Man / Thirteen). We dropped Richard a line to quickly ask him about the tour and his next book project; a (planned so far) three-volume fantasy saga entitled Land Fit For Heroes (tour dates follow at the end of the article).
Jul
11
Year of the Teledu, Leicester, July 20th - 22nd
Posted in: What's On on 11th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
If you've been to a convention in the UK this year then there's a good chance that you'll have run into a giant badger and friends; distributing leaflets on the subject of the Year of the Teledu. YotT is a Funcon and is taking place in the Stage Hotel, Leicester, over the weekend of July 20th - 22nd.
Funcon? The Year of the Teledu website explains the concept: "'Year of the Wombat' was a one-off science fiction convention held in Nottingham, UK in 1997. Nearly ten years later some of the main organisers decided that they wanted to do something new: an Open Source convention.
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
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).
May
13
Birmingham Tolkien Festival 19 to 20 May 2007
Posted in: What's On on 13th May 2007 by Sandy Auden
The Tolkien Society and Birmingham City Council will be holding their annual Tolkien Festival at The Shire Country Park, Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Road, Birmingham on the weekend of May 19 to 20 2007.
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
6
Eastercon reminder: four days in Chester
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.
Mar
20
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...
Mar
16
PS Publishing wins HWA Best Specialty Press 2006
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.
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...
Feb
19
Newsbites round-up Feb 19th 2007 [+]
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 latest round-up of shorter news items, including news of the Guy Gavriel Kay charity auction, the BFS's 2007 open nights, and a addition to the GoH list for World Horror Con.
Jan
19
Fantasycon 2007: progress report #1, GoH news
Posted in: What's On on 19th January 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Alex Davies, publicity officer for the 2007 British Fantasy Convention has sent around the first convention progress report, complete with early programme outline news, and details of the convention's first two Guests of Honour and Master of Ceremonies.
Our first quick selection of shorter news items for 2007:
Jan
13
New Stephen King story for Postscripts #10
Posted in: Press Room on 13th January 2007 by UKSFBN admin
:: UKSFBN Exclusive :: We've learned from Peter Crowther - of multi- British Fantasy Award, World Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award winning UK small press PS Publishing - that a brand new story, 'Graduation Afternoon', by legendary horror maestro Stephen King will be included in the special tenth edition of the PS magazine, Postscripts.
Dec
16
Contemplation officially becomes Eastercon 2007
Posted in: What's On on 16th December 2006 by Sandy Auden
Bringing you up to date on the Eastercon reshuffle, after the cancellation of Convoy 2007. Turns out there's definitely going to be an event after all…
Another quick selection of shorter news items, with links out to sources of further information.
Nov
30
Newsbites round-up Nov 30th 2006
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 30th November 2006 by UKSFBN admin
Our latest selection of shorter news items, with the usual links out to sources of further information.
Another selection of shorter news items, with the usual links out to sources of further information.
Nov
1
Eastercon 2007 Cancelled, members to be refunded
Posted in: Press Room on 1st November 2006 by Sandy Auden
As reported on Dave Langford's Ansible and elsewhere, the 2007 Eastercon, Convoy, has been cancelled.
Oct
25
Birmingham International Comic Show this December
Posted in: What's On on 25th October 2006 by Malop
The International Comic Show returns to Birmingham on December 9 - 10 2006 with a host of stars from the world of comics.
Oct
12
World Horror Con 2007 to host Bram Stoker Awards
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.
Oct
10
BFS announces Fantasycon 2007 Guests of Honour
Posted in: What's On on 10th October 2006 by UKSFBN admin
The British Fantasy Society, organisers of Fantasycon, the annual British Fantasy Convention, have announced two Guests of Honour and a Master of Ceremonies for next year's event: Michael Marshall (Smith), Stephen Jones and Peter Crowther, respectively.
Oct
4
Les Utopiales convention, Nantes, Nov 2nd-6th
Posted in: What's On on 4th October 2006 by UKSFBN admin
The 7th International Science Fiction Festival of Nantes – Les Utopiales – will be held from the 2nd to the 6th of November 2006 at the Cité Internationale des Congrès of Nantes-Métropole, invites us to discover SF through all its dimensions : cinema, literature, comics, visual arts, games, science and new technologies.
Sep
25
British Fantasy Awards 2006 - results announced
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.
Sep
20
Iain (M) Banks named as GoH for Mecon 2007
Posted in: What's On on 20th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin
As reported on the Iain M. Banks forum, the author of The Crow Road, The Wasp Factory, the Culture novels and many more besides will be the Guest of Honour at next year's Mecon convention, which will be held in Belfast over the weekend of August 3rd - 5th, 2007.
Sep
14
Clive Barker signing, FP London, Sept 21st
Posted in: What's On on 14th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin
Ex-pat horror maestro Clive Barker will be returning to these shores to put in a Guest of Honour appearance at Fantasycon the weekend after next, and he's hoping to confirm a few other signings and appearances around the time of the event to promote the paperback release of Abarat II: Days of Magic, Nights of War.
Sep
12
Poll Results: Will you be going to Fantasycon XXXI?
Posted in: What's On on 12th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin
Legendary fantasy author Raymond E. Feist is over in the UK this month, promoting his new novel Into a Dark Realm [Amazon.co.uk] so check if he's visiting a store near you.