TAFF 2010 nominations now open
The 2010 TransAtlantic Fan Fund, which will send a North American fan to London for the 2010 Eastercon, is now open for nominations. Deadline is 4 October...
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Tag Archives: London
Attendance at the World Science Fiction Convention
Attendance at the World Science Fiction Conventions, graphed over time...
Read more [...] Lavie Tidhar sells three steampunk novels to Angry Robot
Lavie Tidhar sold three steampunk novels, starting with The Bookman (to appear next Spring) to Angry Robot Books via the Zeno Literary Agency...
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British actress Mollie Sugden dies
British actress Mollie Sugden (1922-2009) was best known for her long-running role on Are You Being Served?, but also starred in a short-lived sf series...
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Adam L.G. Nevill sells two untitled horror novels in auction to Pan Macmillan
Adam L.G. Nevill, whose first horror novel, Banquet for the Damned, was published in September 2008, sold two untitled novels in an auction conducted by agent John Jarrold and won by Pan Macmillan...
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Next target of a zombie mash-up: The War of the Worlds
Jumping on the success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Coscom Entertainment is publishing Eric S. Brown's The World of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts, and Zombies...
Read more [...] First Gemmell Award finalists, and awards event announcement
The five nominees for the inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy have been named, and voting is now open to the public. The awards ceremony will be in June... [Edited 22 June to announce the winner.]
Read more [...] Twilight at midnight at Forbidden Planet
London's Forbidden Planet is having a midnight release party Sunday for the arrival of the DVD version of Twilight, with prizes and bonuses for the first few customers...
Read more [...] Cory Doctorow/Charles Stross charity appearance to support Open Rights Group
Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross will be giving a benefit talk for the Open Rights Group, entitled "Resisting the all-seeing eye" on 1 May in London, England...
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Natasha Mostert’s new novel to support “Fighting for Peace”
Some of the proceeds from Natasha Mostert's fifth novel, Keeper of Light and Dust, will go to support the Cooperation for Peace and Unity's "Fighting for Peace", an initiative teaching Afghan women to box...
Read more [...] Lady Trudy Bliss Dies; conservator of Composer Sir Arthur Bliss’s works
The widow of the man who composed the music for Things to Come was a polymath in her own right...
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HarperCollins giving away Neil Gaiman and Fiona McIntosh novels as ebooks
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Fiona McIntosh's Odalisque are both available in a variety of formats for a limited time...
Read more [...] Books Received: June 2008
Books received for review during the month of June 2008. This page is updated throughout the month.
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Author Michael de Larrabeiti Dies
English author Michael de Larrabeiti (1934-2008) was the author of The Borribles trilogy, one of the touchstones of the New Weird...
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Actor Robert Knox Murdered
Actor Robert Knox (1989-2008) has a small role in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...
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