Tag Archives: Canada

Asylum Press signs distribution deal with SCB Distributors

Graphic novel publisher Asylum Press is entering the standard book trade through its distribution deal with SCB Distributors... Read more [...]

2010 Prix Aurora Award Winners

Posting the winners of the 2010 Prix Aurora Awards (for Canadian sf/f) live as they happen... Read more [...]

How do you know it isn’t happening right now? Robert J. Sawyer’s WWW: Watch

Who says it won't be a sixteen-year-old girl who makes first contact with a nonhuman intelligence? Do you know what we'll do if she does? Once again, Robert J. Sawyer presents an engrossing novel... Read more [...]

Pyr SF celebrates five years by giving away a trip to Dragon*Con

Pyr SF is five years old, and giving away birthday gifts, including their complete catalog and a trip to Dragon*Con, with their "Pyr and Dragons Adventure 5th Anniversary Contest"... Read more [...]

New Toronto convention launching in November 2010

SFContario aims to fill the gap between the summer and spring conventions in Toronto, Ontario. The first iteration of the new con will welcome Guests of Honor Michael Swanwick and Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden... Read more [...]

ChiZine Publications now distributed by Diamond Book Distributors

ChiZine Publications announces another distribution deal, this time offering its books through Diamond Book Distributors... Read more [...]

Actor Lou Jacobi Dies

Actor Lou Jacobi (1913-2009) debuted on the stage in Toronto at age 11, and appeared in film, television, and on the stage on both sides of the Atlantic... Read more [...]

Defying Gravity is not dead, but in limbo

Reports of the ABC space-based drama series' demise may have been exaggerated, but not canceled does not necessarily mean scheduled to air anytime soon... Read more [...]

ChiZine Publications signs with The Literary Press Group of Canada for distribution

ChiZine Publications has signed a deal to distribute its titles through The Literary Press Group of Canada. The first to see wide distribution will be The World More Full of Weeping... Read more [...]

2009 Prix Aurora Award Winners

The Prix Aurora Awards, honoring the best in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, have been handed out at WorldCon. The winners are... Read more [...]

Movie producer/writer Harry Alan Towers dies

British film producer and writer Harry Alan Towers (1920-2009), sometimes credited as Peter Welbeck, worked on Gor, Fu Manchu... Read more [...]

Author Phyllis Gottlieb Dies

Canadian sf author Phyllis Gottlieb (1926-2009) was the author of Sunburst, the novel for which the Canadian award was named, as well as... Read more [...]

2009 Sunburst Award Nominees

The shortlists for this year's Sunburst Awards for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic have been announced. This is the first year there will be a Young Adult award. The winners will be named this Autumn. The nominees are... Read more [...]

Next week will be slower, but come see us!

SFScope will experience a slow-down next week, but you can meet the staff in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a book signing and several talks... Read more [...]

NASA’s next Mars rover has a name

NASA has chosen a name suggested by a12-year-old Kansas student for the next Mars rover—to be launched in 2011—after a contest with more than... Read more [...]