Tag Archives: UK

New audiobook recording of George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows now available from Random House, narrated by Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice has rerecorded A Feast for Crows, the fourth in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice, bringing his trademark voice creation skills... Read more [...]

Three-book world English language rights deal with Tor for UK fantasy novelist David Barnett

British author and journalist David Barnett has sold three books in a new steampunk series, starting with Hero of the Empire, to Claire Eddy at Tor Books... Read more [...]

Orbit Short Fiction to Launch Internationally

Orbit Books' Orbit Short Fiction is expanding beyond its starting US borders, offering original short fiction in electronic form in the UK and elsewhere... Read more [...]

John Berlyne, now representing Ian Tregillis in the UK, sells Milkweed Trilogy to Orbit

US author Ian Tregillis is now represented by John Berlyne of Zeno Literary Agency for the UK and Commonwealth, and he's already sold rights to the Milkweed Trilogy to Orbit... Read more [...]

2012 TAFF Fund balloting now open, to send a Norht American fan to Europe

The 2012 TransAtlantic Fan Fund will send a North American fan to Olympus, the 2012 Eastercon, in London next April. Nominees are... Read more [...]

Stillking Films options Adam L.G. Nevill’s horror novel The Ritual

Stillking Films, which has produced films such as Casino Royale and The Illusionist, has optioned Adam L.G. Nevill's horror novel The Ritual... Read more [...]

Gollancz adds more titles to Gateway

British sf publisher Gollancz and US e-publisher E-Reads have signed a deal to make more than 400 titles available electronically as part of the Gateway initiative... Read more [...]

1965 WorldCon now online, with LOTS of photos

Rob Hansen's fandom site has now posted an incredibly in-depth write up of the 1965 World Science Fiction Convention, accompanied by lots of wonderful photos... Read more [...]

Ian Whates sells German rights to The Noise Within

German rights to Ian Whates' debut novel, The Noise Within, have been bought by Heyne... Read more [...]

J.G. Ballard’s UK home for sale

Following his death in 2009, J.G. Ballard's home in Shepperton, UK, is now on the market for just under £320,000... Read more [...]

Apex Publications signs distribution deal with Diamond Book Distributors

Two weeks after announcing a bid for crowdsourced investors, Apex Publications has signed a distribution deal with Diamond Book Distributors that will place their books in physical bookstores in the US and UK... Read more [...]

2011 British Fantasy Award Nominees

The British Fantasy Society announced the nominees for the twelve categories of British Fantasy Awards. The winners will be announced at the end of September. The nominees are... Read more [...]

Droemer buys German rights to Chris Beckett’s The Holy Machine

Droemer bought German language rights to Chris Beckett's debut novel, The Holy Machine... Read more [...]

Jasper Kent sells Danilov books 4 and 5 to Transworld

Jasper Kent sold world rights to the fourth and fifth books in his Danilov Quintet series to Transworld... Read more [...]

Multistory options School’s Out by Scott Andrews

Scott Andrews' School's Out is the third book in Abaddon's Afterblight Chronicles, and has been optioned by new UK producer Multistory Films... Read more [...]

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