- Dublin 2029 Worldcon Bid Site Visit
By James Bacon: The Dublin 2029 bid co-chairs Margeurite Smith and Brian Nisbet organized a site visit of the venues where they hope to host the Worldcon in 2029. With fans flying in, it was considerate and clever to co-ordinate … Continue reading
- Golden Joystick Awards 2024 Nominees
The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 nominations are in and gamers can now vote for their favorite games of 2023. Click here to cast your ballot. Voting will be open until November 1, and the winners will be revealed in the online broadcast November 21. … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 10/5/24 O Quam Tu Pixel Es
(1) GERMAN TOLKIEN SOCIETY EVENT. The twentieth seminar of the German Tolkien Society (Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft e.V.) will be a hybrid event. Full details at the link. “Tolkien and His Editors – Tolkien Seminar 2024” It is not only in … Continue reading
- Flann O’Brien Brien and the Railways
James Bacon is one of many whose works are published in two books launched today at the James Joyce Centre in Dublin. Flann O’Brien and the Nonhuman, from Cork University Press; edited by Katherine Ebury, Paul Fagan and John Greaney; … Continue reading
- 2024 Elgin Award Winners
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Elgin Awards. Books of poetry first published in 2022 and 2023 were eligible. CHAPBOOK First Place Second Place Third Place: FULL-LENGTH BOOK First Place Second … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 10/4/24 And When People Run In Pixels It’s A Very Very Mad Scroll
(1) SFWA SECRETARY CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association will open voting on October 9 for candidates to complete the terms of the president and secretary. SFWA today notified members the initial candidate for Secretary, Matthew Reardon … Continue reading
- Wonderland Book Awards 2024 Finalists
The 2024 finalists for the Wonderland Book Awards for excellence in Bizarro Fiction were announced October 3. The 2024 awards, for books published in 2023, will be presented at BizarroCon 2024 on Novembver 9. Wonderland Book Awards 2024 Final Ballot Best Novel … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 10/3/24 I Don’t Think He Knows About Second Pixel Scroll
(1) GOFUNDME FOR HOWARD ANDREW JONES. Friends have started “A Call to Help Howard Andrew Jones and His Family” at GoFundMe. In August, Howard Andrew Jones wrote that he has been diagnosed with brain cancer––multifocal glioblastoma – and that, “People … Continue reading
- 2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
The New Mexico Book Co-Op has announced the winners of the 2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. The complete list is here. The winners of genre interest are: FICTION – SCI FI/FANTASY [Tie] This is the 18th year of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards … Continue reading
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