Speculative Fiction from Around the World
I'm delighted to say that last night we - unexpectedly! - won the "Black Tentacle" Award at the Kitschies Award ceremony held in London. The Kitschies are presented to "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic." The Black Tentacle is "a special achievement award. It is... Continue Reading →
Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo is currently nominated for the Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award and, in association with the award, we're delighted to offer here a review of the novel by Charles Human, as well as an exclusive giveaway courtesy of Quercus Books. ETA: The giveaway is now closed, congratulations to the winners! We have two copies... Continue Reading →
I'm delighted to say we've exceeded our goals for the World SF Travel Fund, thanks to so much generosity. We've raised an amazing $5082 which, after peerbackers and paypal fees, comes to $4675. We will be using some of that money for this year's recipients, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz and Csilla Kleinheincz, to travel to World Fantasy Convention in... Continue Reading →
Today's Tuesday Fiction is by Joyce Chng. Joyce lives in Singapore. She blogs at A Wolf's Tale (http://awolfstale.wordpress.com). She writes most of the time and tries to be normal... Her stories have been published in The Apex Book of World SF vol II, Crossed Genres, Bards and Sages Quarterly, M-Brane SF and Semaphore Magazine. Her... Continue Reading →
Author Shimon Adaf won Israel's Sapir Prize last night. The prize, modelled after the British Booker Prize, is worth £30,000 and is considered Israel's premier literary award. The winning novel, Mox Nox, tells the parallel stories of a boy coming of age in difficult upbringing, and of the man he had become, a young author, and... Continue Reading →
Karen Lord writes for the Huffington Post about being a Writer From Another Culture: Almost every interview I have done as an author has presented me with some variation of this question: 'What is it like, being a writer from another culture?'. It's a tricky question and there are no straightforward answers. What is culture?... Continue Reading →
We've hit our initial target of $3000 (yay!) and have done a stretch-goal of another $1000. We're now very close - 94% as I write this! To say thank you, and encourage more donations (hopefully!) we're adding a couple of new rewards. Firstly, the nice people of Dagan Books have offered us their catalogue to giveaway, so,... Continue Reading →
Via Sinisalo's agent: We are thrilled to announce that the World English rights to Johanna Sinisalo‘s award-winning novel The Blood of Angels (Enkelten verta, Teos 2011) have been sold to Sinisalo’s UK publisher Peter Owen. The French rights of The Blood of Angels are sold to Actes Sud for publication in 2013. Johanna Sinisalo’s first novel, Not Before Sundown (Ennen... Continue Reading →
From Locus: Karin Tidbeck was named winner of the 2013 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award for her 2012 collection Jagannath: Stories (Cheeky Frawg Books). The award, which includes a cash prize, is presented annually at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, and is designated for an exceptionally promising writer whose first fantasy book was... Continue Reading →
Today's Tuesday Fiction is by Henrietta Rose-Innes. Henrietta is a South African fiction writer based in Cape Town. Her most recent novel, Nineveh, was published by Random House Struik in 2011, following two previous novels, Shark's Egg and The Rock Alphabet, and a collection of short stories, Homing. Her short stories have appeared in various... Continue Reading →
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