Bloomsbury acquires Take Back the Skies, epic fantasy adventure by Lucy Saxon
18-year-old debut British author sells world rights to epic fantasy trilogy to Bloomsbury... Read more [...]
The Journal of Unlikely Entomology is Molting
The Journal of Unlikely Entomology is splitting into several annual issues with different themes, while simultaneously increasing their pay rates for all three... Read more [...]
Texas artist Vincent Villafranca announced as designer of 2013 Hugo Award trophy base
Chesley-winning sculptor Vincent Villafranca has been announced as the designer of the 2013 Hugo Award trophy base. The design will be revealed at this year's WorldCon... Read more [...]
2013 British Fantasy Awards nominees
The nominees for this year's British Fantasy Awards have been announced. The winners will be chosen by juries and announced in November... Read more [...]
Rysa Walker wins 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Rysa Walker's YA sf novel Timebound is the winner of Amazon's $50,000 advance and publishing contract, while runners up in four other categories (fiction, mystery, romance, and sf) each earn $15,000 advances... Read more [...]
Sturgeon, Campbell, and Lifeboat Award winners
The winners of this year's Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and Lifeboat to the Stars Award are... Read more [...]
Horror Writers Association celebrates 2012 Bram Stoker Award winners
The winners of this year's Bram Stoker Awards are... Read more [...]
Matthew De Abaitua’s The Red Men inspires a short film, so Gollancz republishes in ebook
After it appeared on the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist, Matthew De Abaitua's debut novel The Red Men serves as the inspiration for the short film Dr Easy, which is debuting this summer. Publisher Gollancz is re-releasing the book as an ebook... Read more [...]
Harlan Ellison Hollywood Book Blast
The afternoon of July 13th will see a special Harlan Ellison event in Hollywood: haircuts followed by a reading and signing of some of his recently rediscovered JD fiction... Read more [...]
Rights deals for Chris Beckett’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel
Foreign rights sales for Chris Beckett's Dark Eden and Gela's Ring sell in France, Poland, Russia, and Turkey... Read more [...]
Friends Rally to Raise Funds for Noted Writer/Producer Michael Reaves’ Final Film
Pros including Amber Benson, Neil Gaiman, and Whoopi Goldberg are working to make Michael Reaves' final film, the noir vampire mystery Blood Kiss, a reality... Read more [...]
Superhero Art Show
British gallery Art You Grew Up With is launching a fortnight-long show of Superhero art with artists and characters in attendance... Read more [...]
15 public libraries will win a Harry Potter Celebration to commemorate 15 years of Harry Potter
Calling all librarians: How would you throw a party to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? Share your plans with Scholastic for a chance to win a fabulous party pack... Read more [...]
Great expectations that go unsatisfied in the latest Superman reboot
Man of Steel starts out with the potential to be a great movie (not just a great superhero movie), but then it fails to deliver on that promise, delivering instead nearly interminable battle scenes... Read more [...]
Author Iain Banks Dies
Two months after announcing his impending doom due to gall bladder cancer, Iain Banks (1954-2013) succumbed to the disease... Read more [...]