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Tag Archive: zine
Apr
23
Out Now: Issue eight of magical realism e-zine ‘Serendipity’
Posted in: Press Room on 23rd April 2008 by UKSFBN admin
A quick note from the editors of Serendipity:
"In a Herbie-like ball of fun, issue ocho has arrived. Serendipity 8 has some really great stories, notably 'Blue' by Elaine Walker and Stefan White's magical 'Five and a Half Feet of Julie'.
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
31
Books Received March 17th - 31st 2008
Posted in: Books Received on 31st March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Our latest round-up of the books that have been sent in to UKSFBN in the past fortnight. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Click on any of the book covers for ordering information from either Amazon.co.uk or the book's publisher.
Mar
31
Indy Magazine ‘Crikey!’ takes a close look at the British comics scene
Posted in: Press Room on 31st March 2008 by Sandy Auden
Did you grow up on British comics? Want to take a trip down Memory Lane and revisit some of your favourites? Remember TV21? Eagle? Sparky? Maybe Wham! Or Judy? Or the extremely spooky Misty?
If you're answering yes to any of the above then you should be getting the new Crikey! Magazine. Brought to us by Editor Brian M Clarke and Designer Glenn Fleming, Crikey! looks at a huge range of comics, their development, their artwork and their story content; and they even a look at how the comics influenced kids in France.
Mar
24
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 24.03.08
Posted in: Press Room on 24th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another bumper round-up of links of interest we've found elsewhere online.
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
16
SFX Magazine invites you to vote for your favourite SF and Fantasy Authors
Posted in: Press Room on 16th March 2008 by Sandy Auden
SFX Magazine has just opened the voting for a major new poll in which you can vote for 'Your Favourite SF and Fantasy Authors of all time'. Voting is open to anybody who wants to join in, and each voter is invited to name their top five SF and Fantasy authors.
Polls and Awards are a regular occurrence in all aspects of media these days so we politely nailed down SFX Magazine's Dave Golder and asked why this poll was important.
Mar
16
Books Received March 2nd - 16th 2008
Posted in: Books Received on 16th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another round-up of the books and magazines that have been sent in to UKSFBN in the past couple of weeks. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Click on any of the book covers for ordering information from either Amazon.co.uk or the book's publisher.
Mar
13
UKSFBN Quick Links Listing for 13.03.08
Posted in: Press Room on 13th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another quick round-up of links of interest elsewhere on T'Internets.
Mar
12
SF Foundation’s Andy Sawyer visiting the Birmingham SF Group, March 14th
Posted in: What's On on 12th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The BSFG tells us: "In 1993 the Science Fiction Foundation Library found a home in Liverpool. Andy Sawyer will bring us up to date on what's happened since and explain why old paperbacks, lurid magazines, Hugo awards, fanzines and scribbled bits of paper are an essential part of a library of science fiction. Andy Sawyer is the librarian of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection at the University of Liverpool Library, and Course Director of the MA in Science Fiction Studies offered by the School of English as well as teaching an undergraduate module, 'Speculative Fictions'. He is also the Reviews Editor of Foundation: the International Review of Science Fiction."
More info: Birmingham SF Group
Source: Vicky Cook, Birmingham SF Group
Mar
1
Books Received February 17th - March 1st 2008
Posted in: Books Received on 1st March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another quick round-up of the books that have been sent in to UKSFBN in the past couple of weeks. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Click on any of the book covers for ordering information from either Amazon.co.uk or the book's publisher.
Feb
25
Climb aboard StarShipSofa.com for top genre podcasting from the UK
Posted in: Press Room on 25th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
UK-based Podcaster Tony Smith has been in touch to introduce us to his long-running show StarShipSofa, which puts out a mix of author profiles, interviews and narrated short fiction from some of the very biggest and brightest stars in the genre firmament.
Tony told us: "For two years now I've been putting out a weekly show on SF literature. Each week I will take a SF author, either one of the new writers (Iain M. Banks, Charles Stross etc) or one of the golden greats (Heinlein, Moorcock, Vonnegut) and do a in depth show on that particular writer, looking at their lives and work.
Feb
25
BSFA marks 50th anniversary year with £500 short story competition
Posted in: What's On on 25th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
2008 is the 50th anniversary year of the British Science Fiction Association and as part of their year-long celebrations, they've announced the launch of a short story competition for writers from the UK and Ireland, with a £500 first prize for the bets example, as decided by their illustrious panel of judges.
The BSFA's Martin McGrath has been in touch with the pertinent details: "To mark the anniversary we're publishing Celebrations: an original anthology of British SF featuring some of the biggest names in the genre. We've also got the 50th Anniversary BSFA Awards at Eastercon - as well as a range of panels looking back over the last 50 years of fandom at the Con - picking this year's best novel and a 'retro' award for 50 years ago.
"Then there's the new BSFA website, our AGM will feature a panel of fans who were around at the founding of the BSFA, we're having a birthday party in November and we're running a 50th Anniversary short story competition.
Feb
24
Editor Kate Lloyd on launching Titan’s Official ‘Supernatural’ Magazine
Posted in: Press Room on 24th February 2008 by Sandy Auden
Can't get enough of Dean and Sam Winchester, the sexy demon hunters in Supernatural? Want to find out more about the mythologies, stories and action at the centre of this highly successful TV series? Well, your wait is over: Titan will be indulging your senses and answering all your questions in their new Supernatural magazine.
With issue #1 released this month - featuring interviews with stars Dean and Sam, an in-depth article about the boys' Chevy Impala (even the cars can act in this show) and all the latest hot news from behind the scenes - the new magazine is sure-fire winner. So how did magazine head honcho, Kate Lloyd get such a plum of a job?
Feb
22
Out Now: ‘Black Static’ issue #3, from TTA Press
Posted in: Press Room on 22nd February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The third issue of Black Static: Transmissions from Beyond - the magazine of dark, edgy short fiction from TTA Press - is out now and available from the TTA website and all good bookstores and magazine outlets.
TTA's Roy Gray dropped us a line to tell us about the line-up for this latest issue: "Black Static is for readers who enjoy horror that's a little more obscure and mysterious than usual. And we have a great line-up of seven short stories from a good mix of familiar names and rising stars.
Feb
1
Titan Books launches brand new comic strip in Torchwood Magazine
Posted in: Press Room on 1st February 2008 by Sandy Auden
The new Torchwood comic strip is an exclusive feature of Torchwood: The Official Magazine – the BBC monthly companion to the award-winning sci-fi drama out now from Titan Magazines.
The comic series kicks off with The Legacy of Torchwood 1 - the tale of a misguided Torchwood scientist whose creation sets off on a rampage of gruesome violence. As ever, it falls upon the Torchwood team to save the day! The Legacy of Torchwood 1 is written by the legendary Simon Furman (Transformers), and pencilled by SL Gallant (DreamWorks Tales).
Steve White, Senior Comics Editor of Titan Magazines, is in charge of the Torchwood project so we squeezed into his hectic schedule with some burning questions...
Jan
30
TTA Press announces TTA Con #9, London, February 9th
Posted in: What's On on 30th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
TTA Press, the publishers of the UK's longest-running SF short fiction magazine, Interzone, as well as Black Static, Crimewave and The Fix, have announced that they'll be hosting the long-awaited TTACon #9 on Saturday February 9th.
Jan
26
Interzone’s Roy Gray visiting the Birmingham SF group, February 8th
Posted in: What's On on 26th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Roy's job is to obtain useful publicity and advertising for Interzone. Not an easy task. What does he do and how does he do it? Is he any good? How can he do better? Tickets are £3 for BSFG members, £4 for non-members. Further details can be obtained from Vicky the secretary at bhamsfgroup@yahoo.co.uk.
More info: Birmingham SF Group
Source: Birmingham SF Group
Jan
26
Out Now: ‘Sci.Fi and Fantasy Modeller’, volume eight
Posted in: Press Room on 26th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Mike Reccia, editor of UK-based publication Sci.Fi and Fantasy Modeller has been in touch to let us know that the latest volume has recently been published, and it'd packed full of "the very best in genre modelling articles and features from around the globe."
Mike also sent through some additional info on the title: "Sci.Fi and Fantasy Modeller is a quarterly, 100-page, all-colour softback, perfect-bound 'mook' (a combination of a magazine and a book) which is dedicated to coverage of all kinds of genre model-making.
Jan
16
Online now: issue #5 of magic realism zine ‘Serendipity’
Posted in: Press Room on 16th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
There's also a review by David Hebblethwaite of Vera Nazarian's The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass (PS Publishing), and a competition to win a copy of Apex Publications' horror anthology Gratia Placenti.
More info: www.magicalrealism.co.uk
Source: Serendipity e-bulletin
Jan
15
Announcing the first issue of Jason Rennie’s ‘Sci Phi Journal’
Posted in: Press Room on 15th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Australian author Geoffrey Maloney - whose published work includes stories in Albedo One and the Pendragon Press anthology New Writings of the Fantastic, as well as a forthcoming Elastic Press mini-collection entitled Six Silly Stories - has been in touch to tell us about a new publication that he thinks will be of interest to UK readers and writers of F&SF.
Geoffrey tells us: "Editor Jason Rennie has just launched the Sci Phi Journal and Issue One is now available in a variety of formats, including audio book, with readings of the stories and articles professionally done by people such as Nathan Lowell (who is associated with www.podiobooks.com.
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
7
Coming Soon: Interzone #214 - Banks, Stoddard, Priest and more
Posted in: Press Room on 7th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The 214th issue of the UK's longest running and only pofessional short science fiction magazine, Interzone will be available at the end of the week from publisher TTA Press.
Interzone #214 contains the usual blend of original fiction and non-fiction articles, including a feature interview with leading UK sf author Iain M Banks.
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.
Jan
2
Coming Soon: new fiction zine ‘Polluto’, from Dog Horn Publishing
Posted in: Press Room on 2nd January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The editorial duo behind UK independent press Dog Horn Publishing, have been in touch to tell us about the relaunch of the press and the debut publication, at the end of January, of their brand new magazine title Polluto.
Adam Lowe and Liam Keogh tell us: "Dog Horn Publishing is a UK-based, trendsetting publisher of new and innovative fiction in quality, hand-designed limited editions, set to explode as it moves from publishing one novel a year to a packed schedule of fresh books and magazines.
Dec
31
Books Received December 1st - 31st 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 31st December 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Another round-up of the books that have been sent in to UKSFBN in the past few weeks. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Click on any of the book covers for ordering information from either Amazon.co.uk or the book's publisher.
Nov
27
Adventure Books of Seattle launches ‘Escape Velocity’ sf ‘zine
Posted in: Press Room on 27th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Geoff Nelder of Adventure Books of Seattle writes to tell us: "We've realised a dream and launched our own new science fiction magazine, Escape Velocity." The first issue contains twenty new stories, as well as poetry, photos, and articles.
Geoff says: "I'm dead chuffed to have grabbed a NASA worker to spill the beans on what it is like rubbing shoulders with real astronauts. I spent a day with Jon Courtenay Grimwood and have written up his advice for budding sci-fi writers and his views on contemporary science fiction."
Nov
13
The Future Fire e-zine announces $500 Second Life short fiction comp
Posted in: What's On on 13th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Djibril, one of the editors of UK-based ezine The Future Fire, "a magazine of speculative and dark fiction (with an emphasis on the slipstream and socially responsible storytelling)" dropped us a line to let us know that their ninth issue is now available for free download in PDF format, and that they've just launched a $500 short fiction prize competition.
Djibril says: "The ninth issue of The Future Fire includes fiction from Neil Carstairs, Mark Harding and Terrance Jefferson, as well as a range of artwork, non-fiction and reviews.
Nov
12
Hub editor Lee Harris on the greatly-exaggerated death of short fiction
Posted in: Press Room on 12th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Lee Harris, editor of online short fiction 'zine Hub, has issued a press release in response to the current debate about the supposed 'death' of short fiction; highlighting his own publication's success as an example of how, with adaptation and imagination, there's no reason why even smaller short fiction markets cannot continue to thrive.
Lee explains: "Since the recent release of Gardner Dozois' excellent Mammoth Book of Best New SF #20 [Amazon], and its discussion of the state of the short fiction form, there has been much high profile online debate about the readership numbers of contemporary genre magazines. It appears that reader numbers are dwindling in all such offline markets.
Nov
11
Hallowe’en issue of Estronomicon e-zine available to download
Posted in: Press Room on 11th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The latest issue includes fiction from Amy Grech, Garry Charles, Bob Lock, Barry J. House, Cathy & Neil Davies, Gary McMahon, Allyson Bird, Rachel Kendall, Mark Howard Jones and Peter Tennant, along with artwork by Michel Bohbot, David A. Hardy, Paul Mudie, Michael Calandra, Les Edwards, Jason Beam and more.
More info: www.screamingdreams.com
Source: Screaming Dreams press
Nov
8
Out Now: Interzone Magazine issue #213
Posted in: Press Room on 8th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The latest issue of the UK's longest-running short science fiction magazine, Interzone has just been mailed out to subscribers by publisher TTA Press and is available to buy from their website and all good genre fiction outlets.
Oct
16
Out Now: Issue #2 of free online ‘zine Serendipity
Posted in: Press Room on 16th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Issue two is sponsored by Aesthetica magazine and features stories from Patrick Samphire, Brendan Connell, Steve Redwood, Michael A Kechula and Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. There's also an interview with Joanne Harris, reviews of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's latest and Indra Sinha's Booker shortlisted Animal's People, along with a suggested reading list for the coming All Hallow's Eve.
More info: www.magicalrealism.co.uk
Source: Neil, Ben and Rebecca, Serendipity magazine
Oct
15
The Fix - short fiction website launches today!
Posted in: Press Room on 15th October 2007 by Sandy Auden
The brand new online version of The Fix magazine has launched today under the capable guidance of head honcho Eugie Foster.
Dedicated to short fiction (in its numerous forms), the new website is bringing a long overdue focus with reviews, interviews, news and articles on short things from around the globe.
Oct
14
Books Received August 28th - October 14th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 14th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Another round-up of the books that have been sent to UKSFBN towers in the past few weeks. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Oct
7
Ebook edition of Crimewave #9 available at Fictionwise.com
Posted in: Press Room on 7th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Roy Gray of TTA Press tells us: "Crimewave #9 is available as a 'MultiFormat' ebook which means it is unencrypted and available in a variety of formats for handheld devices and computers. At present the e-edition is not available direct from the TTAPress website."
More info: www.fictionwise.com / www.ttapress.com
Source: Roy Gray, TTA Press
Oct
1
TTA’s The Fix to relaunch in online-only format
Posted in: Press Room on 1st October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Andy said: "The Fix website will contain everything that the print magazine contained, only a lot more of it and a lot more often."
More info: www.ttapress.com
Source: TTA Press blog
Sep
27
Genre events at the Manchester Literature Festival October 4th - 14th
Posted in: What's On on 27th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The second Manchester Literature Festival takes place in various venues across the city between October 4th and 14th. We've scoured the festival literature and have found a number of events that should appeal to genre fiction fans.
Sep
18
New online fantasy & magical realism fiction zine Serendipity launches
Posted in: Press Room on 18th September 2007 by Sandy Auden
"Issue one contains stories by Jeffrey Ford, Aliya Whiteley, Rhys Hughes, Catherynne M Valente and some fellow named Charles Dickens. There's also David Mitchell in conversation with Ian Hocking, book reviews, a competition, a call-to-arms editorial and an essay on anthropomorphism in fiction. What more could a man, woman or talking cat want? 'Nothing' I hear you answer. How right you are."
More info: www.magicalrealism.co.uk
Source: Neil Ayres
Sep
13
PS Publishing announces schedule update through to December 2008
Posted in: Press Room on 13th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Award-winning UK independent press PS Publishing has just unveiled its line-up of forthcoming titles in a schedule update that runs through to the end of next year, including 32 31 books that are brand new to the schedule today.
The PS Publishing News Room has a list of all the new titles with links to the relevant catalogue pages, and the forthcoming titles page of the main PS website is similarly endowed with the complete range of new titles, which includes newly-announced titles by Paul Di Filippo, Terry Bisson, Michael Bishop, Zoran Živković, Ian Cameron Esslemont, Jeff Vandermeer, Ed Gorman, Christopher Priest, and many more.
Aug
19
Books Received July 21st - August 16th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 19th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Following a titanic effort today, we've now caught up with all the books and 'zines that have been received here at the UKSFBN offices up to the end of Thursday August 16th. Another batch will follow shortly, but in the meantime, do check out the following to see what's new and interesting.
Aug
14
New quarterly anthology, Murky Depths, launching September
Posted in: Press Room on 14th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The first issue of brand new genre 'zine Murky Depths is due out in September. The mag offers a blend of comics and prose fiction as well as poetry and issue #1 features the first part of a graphic story written and illustrated by Richard Calder.
Murky Depths editor-in-chief Terry Martin says: "For those familiar with Calder's work the title 'Death and the Maiden' will hold no surprises, but perhaps his illustrating will. This is to be a continuing story with five-page episodes and heads up a total of four graphic tales to appear in this hybrid magazine that bylines with 'The Quarterly Anthology of Graphically Dark Speculative Fiction.'"
Jul
3
Interzone #211 out in July from TTA Press
Posted in: Press Room on 3rd July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Issue #211 (July/Aug 2007) of Interzone, the UK's longest-running science fiction magazine, will be a Michael Moorcock special and goes on sale on July 12th.
TTA Press tells us: "Interzone #211's striking new cover design starts with Richard Marchand's 'Lunar Flare' and leads with a special feature on Michael Moorcock, the writer described by the late Angela Carter as 'a lord of misrule, whose work is the nearest thing we have in English to a never-ending carnival.'"
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:
May
1
PS Publishing unveils 2007 Postscripts line-ups
Posted in: Press Room on 1st May 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Peter Crowther of PS Publishing has unveiled the line-ups for three more issues of PS's IGH Award-winning Postscripts magazine - edited by Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers - which are scheduled to be published over the course of 2007 and into early 2008.
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
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
10
Hub magazine to move to all-electronic format
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.
Apr
5
New titles from Screaming Dreams press
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.
From a Titan Magazines press release: "Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it's the first issue of Superman Legends! Titan Publishing is proud to announce that The Man of Steel is back on UK newsstands, and he's here to stay.
"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.