Tag Archives: UK

Leigh Grossman’s Sense of Wonder to be 900-page sf textbook

Leigh Grossman's massive textbook on the teaching of sf will include nearly 150 stories and more than 50 essays... Read more [...]

World Fantasy Convention 2013 returns to the UK

The 2013 World Fantasy Convention is returning to Brighton, England, 31 October-3 November 2013. The convention is headed up by the people responsible for the 1998 and 1997 WFCs and the 2007 and 2010 World Horror Conventions... Read more [...]

Going in Circles—Being Human’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Me Killing You”

A pretty good season finale, and no cliffhangers, but some game-changing storylines. Cautious hopes for next year... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Guy Haley sells a Mars novel to Solaris

Guy Haley sold Champion of Mars to Solaris. The book charts the troubled history of the red planet over millennia... Read more [...]

Charles Stross sells three new novels to Orbit

Charles Stross sold three new novels to Bella Pagan at Orbit Books... Read more [...]

2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award Short-List

The nominees for 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award, for best science fiction novel published in the UK, are... Read more [...]

Christopher Fowler sells new horror novel to Solaris

Solaris will publish Christopher Fowler's horror novel Hell Train simultaneously in the UK and the US in January 2012. The supernatural thriller is a multi-layered fun ride to the dark side... Read more [...]

JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Brett, Green, Harris, Hemry/Campbell, Hines, Huff, Moore, and Sanderson

JABberwocky Literary Agency's latest batch of foreign rights sales includes books by Peter V. Brett, Simon R. Green, Charlaine Harris, John G. Hemry/Jack Campbell, Jim C. Hines, Tanya Huff, John Moore, and Brandon Sanderson in Bulgaria, Czech, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK... Read more [...]

Peter V. Brett sells three fantasy novels to Del Rey, Harper Voyage, and Recorded Books

Peter V. Brett's three new fantasy novels will probably conclude his Demon series and... Read more [...]

1957 WorldCon now online, with LOTS of photos

Rob Hansen's fandom site has now posted an incredibly in-depth write up of the 1957 World Science Fiction Convention, accompanied by lots of wonderful photos... Read more [...]

World SF Blog to publish new fiction every Tuesday

Lavie Tidhar's "World SF Blog" will now be publishing new fiction every Tuesday. First up is Aliette de Bodard's "Mélanie". They're also running a special for blog readers on the book that launched the blog... Read more [...]

PS Publishing launching new website by giving away hundreds of books

PS Publishing is revamping and relaunching its web site on Hallowe'en, and to celebrate the relaunch, they're giving away several hundred books over the next week... Read more [...]

Goyer and Cassutt’s The Heavens Trilogy going British and cinematic

Tor UK bought UK and Commonwealth rights to David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt's The Heavens Trilogy, while Warner Bros optioned the whole trilogy... Read more [...]

Sean Wallace looking to fill The Massive Book of Steampunk

Editor Sean Wallace is gathering content for his recently sold The Mammoth Book of Steampunk. At the moment, he's only seeking reprints, but he'll be reading new stories sometime after the end of the month... Read more [...]

Hammer Films relaunches, and Random House gives them a new imprint

Classic horror film producer Hammer Films returns after a 30-year hiatus, and launches a publishing imprint through Random House's Arrow Books to join the new line of films and other productions... Read more [...]

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