Survey: Western Authors working in Non-Western Settings?

It occurs to me a list of Western writers setting novels in non-Western settings might be useful, for several reasons. Not sure anything like that is available online, so I wondered if some of our readers might make suggestions. Please use the comments below! It would also be interesting to note if the main protagonists...

Black Coat Press Announces Ambitious “Best of French SF” Program

Black Coat Press have announced their forthcoming plans for an ambitious release of a whole slew of translated French science fiction - here is the press release: This month, Black Coat Press is launching an extensive program of translations of both classic and contemporary works of French science fiction and fantasy, spearheaded by award-winning writer...

Wednesday Editorial: Guy Hasson on Writing for Two Cultures

SF FROM THE RIM: WRITING FOR AMERICANS VS. WRITING FOR “FOREIGNERS” By Guy Hasson Having spent my childhood in both the U.S. and Israel, I am a man who belongs to both cultures and yet remains an outsider in both. I am an author of – and for – two cultures. When writing a story...

British Science Fiction Association Awards shortlist announced

The nominees for the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award have just been announced. The complete list is available at Torque Control. There are a few international nominees, listed below: Short story category - Roberto Quaglia (with Ian Watson), for The Beloved Time of Their Lives (Italy) Non-fiction category - Deepa D for I Didn't...

Monday Original Content: An Interview With Wu Yan

This week on the WSNB, Charles Tan interviews Chinese editor, writer and teacher Wu Yan. Hi! Thanks for agreeing to do the interview. First off, what's the appeal of science fiction for you? When I was a child, science fiction was a colorful rainbow in front of me. It helped me overcome the difficulties of...

Sherry Yao on the 30th Anniversary of China’s SF World Magazine

Over at Concatenation, Sherry Yao, of the editorial staff of the world's largest SF magazine, Science Fiction World in China, talks about the history of the magazine as it celebrates its 30th year of publication: Founded in 1979 magazine Science Fiction World (SFW) is China's leading monthly science fiction magazine. It dominates the Chinese science...

Fábio Fernandes on working in two languages

Over at Tor.com, Brazilian author Fábio Fernandes talks about working in two langauges: And with that, she had just found out a simple thing that many of us, alas, may take an entire life to find – and most never do: the miracle of understanding a language other than your native one. This expands our...

Luna: The Genetic Paradise

Over at the Mad Hatter book blog, I get to talk about one of my favourite obscure books - the Hebrew SF novel Luna: Gan Ha'eden Ha'geneti (Luna: The Genetic Paradise) by Israeli author Ram Moav: I first came across Luna in the school library, and to my horror that must have been almost twenty...

The Dragon and the Stars anthology Cover

The Dragon and the Stars, edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, and featuring stories by ethnic Chinese writers from around the world - including Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Canada and the United States - is now available for pre-order on Amazon, published by DAW Books in May this year. Here is the recently-unveiled...

The WSNB needs YOUR help!

The Apex Book of World SF has been out since November - just under three months - and some returns have started to come in. We've been getting good reviews, some great readers - but we still need your help. Specifically - we need to sell 92 copies until the end of this month. And...