- 2024 CWA Dagger Awards Longlists
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) of the United Kingdom announced the longlists for the 2024 Dagger Awards on April 20. The Daggers were first given in 1955, however, for the first five years CWA called its top honor the Crossed Red Herring Award. The … Continue reading
- 2024 CrimeFest Awards Nominees
CrimeFest, a British crime fiction convention in Bristol, announced their 2024 CrimeFest Awards nominees on April 16. These prizes “honour the best crime books released in 2023 in the UK.” The awards will be presented on May 11. The 2024 CrimeFest … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 4/20/24 Was Cheops A Very Large Cat? Only The Builders Know
(1) UKRANIAN WOMEN IN SF. Michael Burianyk’s English-language roundtable interview with Ukrainian Science Fiction and Fantasy writers Daria Piskozub, Svitlana Taratorina, Iryna Hrabovska, Natalia Matolinets and Nataliya Dovhopol has just been published in the British Science Fiction Association blog, Vector: … Continue reading
- Tananarive Due Wins LA Times Book Prize for SFF
The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners were announced April 20. Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory: A Novel won the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction category, a book the Times describes as “part horror, part historical fiction in its examination of life … Continue reading
- Glasgow 2024 Opens Hugo Awards Voting
Glasgow 2024 today opened online and mail voting for this year’s Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer. All ballots must be received by Saturday, 20th July 2024, 20:17 GMT. The Final Ballot is open … Continue reading
- 2024 Tähtifantasia Award Shortlist
The Helsinki Science Fiction Society has chosen the nominees for the 2024 Tähtifantasia Award, given for the best fantasy book published in Finnish during the previous year. The award jury is composed of critics Jukka Halme and Aleksi Kuutio, Osmo Määttä … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 4/19/24 Pixel And Her Friends
(1) GET READY FOR SELF-PUBLISHED FANTASY BLOG-OFF 10. The ninth contest is about to wrap up, and sponsor Mark Lawrence warns there will be a quick turnaround to start SPFBO 10: SPFBO 10 (SPFBOX) will open to entries on Friday … Continue reading
- Cat Eldridge Review: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere: The Author’s Preferred Text
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere: The Author’s Preferred Text (William Morrow, 2017) Review by Cat Eldridge: There are any number of editions, many in the author’s preferred edition, of Neverwhere from inexpensive paperbacks to really costly hardcover editions signed by Gaiman. And of course, it … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 4/18/24 Quick Is Your Pixel, By Mickey Scrollane
(1) JEMISIN IN KANSAS. KU’s Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction invites readers to join them on April 25, 2024 for the next “KU Common Book Lecture [VIRTUAL]: An Evening with N.K. Jemisin.” Learn more about the influence … Continue reading
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