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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.LOCUS ONLINE
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The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the March 2021 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through December 2021. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books! For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the March issue in print or digital editions NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD SHORTLIST The £30,000 award is given to a single story “of 6,000 words or less” published in the UK or Ireland. Judges for 2021 are Romesh Gunesekera, Andrew Holgate, Yiyun Li, David Mitchell, and Curtis Sittenfeld. Five shortlisted authors will receive £1,000 each. The winner will be announced on July 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support PAULA GURAN REVIEWS THE BRIDGE BY J.S. BREUKELAAR The Bridge, J.S. Breukelaar (Meerkat Press 978-1-946154-44-6 $15.95 227pp, tp) June 2021.. J.S. Breukelaar’s The Bridge may be a challenging read for some, but it is certainly a rewarding one.Breukelaar immediately immerses the reader in a complex world with a complicated protagonist. Information is integrated seamlessly into the plot and everything becomes clearer only as oneLOCUS ONLINE
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern. 2021 SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD SHORTLIST The £30,000 award is given to a single story “of 6,000 words or less” published in the UK or Ireland. Judges for 2021 are Romesh Gunesekera, Andrew Holgate, Yiyun Li, David Mitchell, and Curtis Sittenfeld. Five shortlisted authors will receive £1,000 each. The winner will be announced on July 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support PAULA GURAN REVIEWS THE BRIDGE BY J.S. BREUKELAAR The Bridge, J.S. Breukelaar (Meerkat Press 978-1-946154-44-6 $15.95 227pp, tp) June 2021.. J.S. Breukelaar’s The Bridge may be a challenging read for some, but it is certainly a rewarding one.Breukelaar immediately immerses the reader in a complex world with a complicated protagonist. Information is integrated seamlessly into the plot and everything becomes clearer only as one FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. 2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
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2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ).ARSENIKA TO CLOSE
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Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FRENCH EDITOR ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT 20 hours ago · Stéphane Marsan, co-founder of major French SF imprint Bragelonne, has been accused of inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment by more than 20 people, including authors and former employees. The investigative report was published by French journalMediapart in
RICH HORTON REVIEWS SHORT FICTION: UNCANNY AND WEIRD TALES 1 day ago · Rich Horton works for a major aerospace company in St. Louis MO. He has published over a dozen anthologies, including the yearly series The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from Prime Books, and he is the Reprint Editor for Lightspeed Magazine.He contributes articles and reviews on SF and SF history to numerouspublications.
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ). GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS CHAOS ON CATNET BY NAOMI KRITZER Gary K. Wolfe. Chaos on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer ( Tor Teen 978-1-25016-522-0, $18.99, 304pp, hc) April 2021. Naomi Kritzer’s Chaos on Catnet is a direct sequel to her Lodestar Award winner Catfishing on Catnet, and it does exactly what a sequel should do: expand the stakes, introduce a few important new characters, revealsome secrets and
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Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ). GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS CHAOS ON CATNET BY NAOMI KRITZER Gary K. Wolfe. Chaos on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer ( Tor Teen 978-1-25016-522-0, $18.99, 304pp, hc) April 2021. Naomi Kritzer’s Chaos on Catnet is a direct sequel to her Lodestar Award winner Catfishing on Catnet, and it does exactly what a sequel should do: expand the stakes, introduce a few important new characters, revealsome secrets and
IAN MOND REVIEWS RELICS, WRECKS, & RUINS, EDITED BY AIKI Ian Mond. Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart, ed. ( Cat Press 978-0-648-99173-1, $29.99, 460pp) January 2021. On her website, novelist and editor Aiki Flinthart tells us that “after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2019, reached out to asmany of
2021 BSFS POETRY CONTEST WINNERS 1 day ago · PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support RICH HORTON REVIEWS SHORT FICTION: UNCANNY AND WEIRD TALES 1 day ago · Rich Horton works for a major aerospace company in St. Louis MO. He has published over a dozen anthologies, including the yearly series The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from Prime Books, and he is the Reprint Editor for Lightspeed Magazine.He contributes articles and reviews on SF and SF history to numerouspublications.
FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT Congressional Democrats Ted Lieu (California) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico) have introduced a new bill, “The 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project”, which proposes $60 million in funding to non-profit organizations, libraries, news organizations, and writing-related unions to support writers who lost income during thepandemic.
2021 LOHF WRITERS GRANTS 1 day ago · The Ladies of Horror Fiction (LOHF) writers’ organization is accepting applications for its annual grant program now through August 31, 2021. Nine grants of $100 each are available “to all women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes who have reasonably demonstrated a HBG DIVERSITY UPDATE PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support DELLAMONICA, EL-MOHTAR & ROBSON PREMIERE AT OTTAWA FRINGE A.M. Dellamonica, Amal El-Mohtar & Kelly Robson have co-written fantasy/horror play Dressed as People, a “Triptych of Uncanny Abduction,” directed by Mary Ellis, performed by Margo MacDonald, and featuring music by SIESKI. The play premieres during the KAMERON HURLEY: ENDINGS (AND BEGINNINGS) Kameron Hurley is the author of The Stars are Legion and the award-winning essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga.Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, Locus Award, BFA Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.HMH NO MORE
PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support IAN MOND REVIEWS THE CITY OF GOOD DEATH BY PRIYANKA The City of Good Death, Priyanka Champaneri (Restless Books 978-1-632-06252-9, $28.00, 448pp, hc) February 2021.. Priyanka Champaneri’s debut, The City of Good Death, winner of the 2018 Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing, explores the rituals and customs of death from a non-Western perspective.The story is set in the holy city of Banaras, also known as Kashi, on the banks of IAN MOND REVIEWS HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER BY JEFF VANDERMEER Ian Mond Reviews. Hummingbird Salamander. by Jeff VanderMeer. Hummingbird Salamander, Jeff VanderMeer ( MCD 978-0-374-17354-8, $27.00, 368pp, hc) April 2021. With due regard to Jeff VanderMeer’s earlier work, which I adore, his new novel, Hummingbird Salamander, continues an extraordinary run of books that began with thepublication of
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ). GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS CHAOS ON CATNET BY NAOMI KRITZER Gary K. Wolfe. Chaos on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer ( Tor Teen 978-1-25016-522-0, $18.99, 304pp, hc) April 2021. Naomi Kritzer’s Chaos on Catnet is a direct sequel to her Lodestar Award winner Catfishing on Catnet, and it does exactly what a sequel should do: expand the stakes, introduce a few important new characters, revealsome secrets and
IAN MOND REVIEWS RELICS, WRECKS, & RUINS, EDITED BY AIKI Ian Mond. Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart, ed. ( Cat Press 978-0-648-99173-1, $29.99, 460pp) January 2021. On her website, novelist and editor Aiki Flinthart tells us that “after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2019, reached out to asmany of
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ). GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS CHAOS ON CATNET BY NAOMI KRITZER Gary K. Wolfe. Chaos on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer ( Tor Teen 978-1-25016-522-0, $18.99, 304pp, hc) April 2021. Naomi Kritzer’s Chaos on Catnet is a direct sequel to her Lodestar Award winner Catfishing on Catnet, and it does exactly what a sequel should do: expand the stakes, introduce a few important new characters, revealsome secrets and
IAN MOND REVIEWS RELICS, WRECKS, & RUINS, EDITED BY AIKI Ian Mond. Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart, ed. ( Cat Press 978-0-648-99173-1, $29.99, 460pp) January 2021. On her website, novelist and editor Aiki Flinthart tells us that “after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2019, reached out to asmany of
2021 BSFS POETRY CONTEST WINNERS 1 day ago · PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support RICH HORTON REVIEWS SHORT FICTION: UNCANNY AND WEIRD TALES 1 day ago · Rich Horton works for a major aerospace company in St. Louis MO. He has published over a dozen anthologies, including the yearly series The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from Prime Books, and he is the Reprint Editor for Lightspeed Magazine.He contributes articles and reviews on SF and SF history to numerouspublications.
FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT Congressional Democrats Ted Lieu (California) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico) have introduced a new bill, “The 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project”, which proposes $60 million in funding to non-profit organizations, libraries, news organizations, and writing-related unions to support writers who lost income during thepandemic.
2021 LOHF WRITERS GRANTS 1 day ago · The Ladies of Horror Fiction (LOHF) writers’ organization is accepting applications for its annual grant program now through August 31, 2021. Nine grants of $100 each are available “to all women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes who have reasonably demonstrated a HBG DIVERSITY UPDATE PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support DELLAMONICA, EL-MOHTAR & ROBSON PREMIERE AT OTTAWA FRINGE A.M. Dellamonica, Amal El-Mohtar & Kelly Robson have co-written fantasy/horror play Dressed as People, a “Triptych of Uncanny Abduction,” directed by Mary Ellis, performed by Margo MacDonald, and featuring music by SIESKI. The play premieres during the KAMERON HURLEY: ENDINGS (AND BEGINNINGS) Kameron Hurley is the author of The Stars are Legion and the award-winning essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga.Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, Locus Award, BFA Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.HMH NO MORE
PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support IAN MOND REVIEWS THE CITY OF GOOD DEATH BY PRIYANKA The City of Good Death, Priyanka Champaneri (Restless Books 978-1-632-06252-9, $28.00, 448pp, hc) February 2021.. Priyanka Champaneri’s debut, The City of Good Death, winner of the 2018 Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing, explores the rituals and customs of death from a non-Western perspective.The story is set in the holy city of Banaras, also known as Kashi, on the banks of IAN MOND REVIEWS HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER BY JEFF VANDERMEER Ian Mond Reviews. Hummingbird Salamander. by Jeff VanderMeer. Hummingbird Salamander, Jeff VanderMeer ( MCD 978-0-374-17354-8, $27.00, 368pp, hc) April 2021. With due regard to Jeff VanderMeer’s earlier work, which I adore, his new novel, Hummingbird Salamander, continues an extraordinary run of books that began with thepublication of
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ). GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS CHAOS ON CATNET BY NAOMI KRITZER Gary K. Wolfe. Chaos on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer ( Tor Teen 978-1-25016-522-0, $18.99, 304pp, hc) April 2021. Naomi Kritzer’s Chaos on Catnet is a direct sequel to her Lodestar Award winner Catfishing on Catnet, and it does exactly what a sequel should do: expand the stakes, introduce a few important new characters, revealsome secrets and
IAN MOND REVIEWS RELICS, WRECKS, & RUINS, EDITED BY AIKI Ian Mond. Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart, ed. ( Cat Press 978-0-648-99173-1, $29.99, 460pp) January 2021. On her website, novelist and editor Aiki Flinthart tells us that “after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2019, reached out to asmany of
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Forthcoming Books. These are the forthcoming “ Selected Books by Author ” from the June 2021 issue of Locus Magazine, covering June 2021 – March 2022. The list is sorted by month and then by author last name. Also available sorted alphabetically by author and split by US and UK. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see 2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. NEW BOOKS: 13 APRIL 2021 New Books: 13 April 2021. (Tor Teen 978-1-250-31731-5, $15.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, April 13, 2021) A young-adult SF novel and the first in the Unstoppable trilogy, centering around a sleeper-agent alien teenager on Earth whose part in an intergalactic war is bigger than she thinks. “It’s properly, wickedly exciting 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS The 41st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 42) took place virtually March 17-20, 2021, with a theme of “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”. Academics, writers, publishers, editors, artists, students, independent scholars, and more participated, with a record 555 people registered (compared to 2019with 480
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include readings, panels, the donut salon, an online hangout space, and, of 2021 SIR JULIUS VOGEL AWARDS FINALISTS 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists. April 19, 2021. May 4, 2021 locusmag 1 Comment. Finalists for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand ( SFFANZ ). GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS CHAOS ON CATNET BY NAOMI KRITZER Gary K. Wolfe. Chaos on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer ( Tor Teen 978-1-25016-522-0, $18.99, 304pp, hc) April 2021. Naomi Kritzer’s Chaos on Catnet is a direct sequel to her Lodestar Award winner Catfishing on Catnet, and it does exactly what a sequel should do: expand the stakes, introduce a few important new characters, revealsome secrets and
IAN MOND REVIEWS RELICS, WRECKS, & RUINS, EDITED BY AIKI Ian Mond. Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart, ed. ( Cat Press 978-0-648-99173-1, $29.99, 460pp) January 2021. On her website, novelist and editor Aiki Flinthart tells us that “after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2019, reached out to asmany of
2021 BSFS POETRY CONTEST WINNERS 21 hours ago · PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support RICH HORTON REVIEWS SHORT FICTION: UNCANNY AND WEIRD TALES 21 hours ago · Rich Horton works for a major aerospace company in St. Louis MO. He has published over a dozen anthologies, including the yearly series The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from Prime Books, and he is the Reprint Editor for Lightspeed Magazine.He contributes articles and reviews on SF and SF history to numerouspublications.
FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT Congressional Democrats Ted Lieu (California) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico) have introduced a new bill, “The 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project”, which proposes $60 million in funding to non-profit organizations, libraries, news organizations, and writing-related unions to support writers who lost income during thepandemic.
2021 LOHF WRITERS GRANTS 21 hours ago · The Ladies of Horror Fiction (LOHF) writers’ organization is accepting applications for its annual grant program now through August 31, 2021. Nine grants of $100 each are available “to all women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes who have reasonably demonstrated a HBG DIVERSITY UPDATE 1 day ago · PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support DELLAMONICA, EL-MOHTAR & ROBSON PREMIERE AT OTTAWA FRINGE A.M. Dellamonica, Amal El-Mohtar & Kelly Robson have co-written fantasy/horror play Dressed as People, a “Triptych of Uncanny Abduction,” directed by Mary Ellis, performed by Margo MacDonald, and featuring music by SIESKI. The play premieres during the KAMERON HURLEY: ENDINGS (AND BEGINNINGS) Kameron Hurley is the author of The Stars are Legion and the award-winning essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga.Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, Locus Award, BFA Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.HMH NO MORE
PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support IAN MOND REVIEWS THE CITY OF GOOD DEATH BY PRIYANKA The City of Good Death, Priyanka Champaneri (Restless Books 978-1-632-06252-9, $28.00, 448pp, hc) February 2021.. Priyanka Champaneri’s debut, The City of Good Death, winner of the 2018 Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing, explores the rituals and customs of death from a non-Western perspective.The story is set in the holy city of Banaras, also known as Kashi, on the banks of IAN MOND REVIEWS HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER BY JEFF VANDERMEER Ian Mond Reviews. Hummingbird Salamander. by Jeff VanderMeer. Hummingbird Salamander, Jeff VanderMeer ( MCD 978-0-374-17354-8, $27.00, 368pp, hc) April 2021. With due regard to Jeff VanderMeer’s earlier work, which I adore, his new novel, Hummingbird Salamander, continues an extraordinary run of books that began with thepublication of
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The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
FORTHCOMING BOOKS. JUN 2021. KATHERINE ADDISON • The Witness for the Dead • Tor, Jun 2021 (hc, eb) NINA ALLAN • The Good Neighbours • Quercus/riverrun, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) STEPHEN ARYAN • The Coward • Angry Robot, Jun 2021 (eb, tp) NEAL ASHER • Jack Four • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) BEN BOVA • Power Challenges • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Jun 2021 (a, hc, eb) REVIEWS – LOCUS ONLINE The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the March 2021 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through December 2021. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books! For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the March issue in print or digital editions AWARDS – LOCUS ONLINE AWARDS. JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT won the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, honoring children’s and young adult literature, which includes a prize of five million krona ($572,000). MICAIAH JOHNSON ‘s The Space Between Worlds (Del Rey) won the 2021 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award for the “best debut novel in the sciencefiction, fantasy
2021 ENCORE AWARD SHORTLIST Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) and The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (One World) are on the five-title shortlist for the 2021 Encore Award, given by the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) to the best second novel of the year. The judges for 2021 are Sian Cain, Nikita Lalwani, and Paul Muldoon. The winner of the 10,000 will be announced May 20, 2021. WELCOME TO LOCUS MAGAZINE Did you know that Locus is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit? We needyour support!
2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support SUBMISSION GUIDELINES PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support everything PAUL DI FILIPPO REVIEWS NEAL ASHER Dark Intelligence. Neal Asher. ( Night Shade Books 978-1597808248, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover) February 3, 2015. Paul Di Filippo has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and has published almost that number of books. He lives in Providence, RI, with his mate of an even greater number of years, Deborah Newton.LOCUS ONLINE
The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
FORTHCOMING BOOKS. JUN 2021. KATHERINE ADDISON • The Witness for the Dead • Tor, Jun 2021 (hc, eb) NINA ALLAN • The Good Neighbours • Quercus/riverrun, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) STEPHEN ARYAN • The Coward • Angry Robot, Jun 2021 (eb, tp) NEAL ASHER • Jack Four • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) BEN BOVA • Power Challenges • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Jun 2021 (a, hc, eb) REVIEWS – LOCUS ONLINE The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the March 2021 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through December 2021. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books! For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the March issue in print or digital editions AWARDS – LOCUS ONLINE AWARDS. JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT won the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, honoring children’s and young adult literature, which includes a prize of five million krona ($572,000). MICAIAH JOHNSON ‘s The Space Between Worlds (Del Rey) won the 2021 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award for the “best debut novel in the sciencefiction, fantasy
2021 ENCORE AWARD SHORTLIST Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) and The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (One World) are on the five-title shortlist for the 2021 Encore Award, given by the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) to the best second novel of the year. The judges for 2021 are Sian Cain, Nikita Lalwani, and Paul Muldoon. The winner of the 10,000 will be announced May 20, 2021. WELCOME TO LOCUS MAGAZINE Did you know that Locus is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit? We needyour support!
2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support SUBMISSION GUIDELINES PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support everything PAUL DI FILIPPO REVIEWS NEAL ASHER Dark Intelligence. Neal Asher. ( Night Shade Books 978-1597808248, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover) February 3, 2015. Paul Di Filippo has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and has published almost that number of books. He lives in Providence, RI, with his mate of an even greater number of years, Deborah Newton. 2020 NEBULA AWARDS WINNERS The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced winners of the 2020 Nebula Awards at the 56th Annual Nebula Banquet during the 2021 SFWA Nebula Conference.Nalo Hopkinson became the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master, for her contributions to the FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT 1 day ago · Congressional Democrats Ted Lieu (California) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico) have introduced a new bill, “The 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project”, which proposes $60 million in funding to non-profit organizations, libraries, news organizations, and writing-related unions to support writers who lost income duringthe pandemic.
OBITUARIES – LOCUS ONLINE Marvin Kaye (1938-2021) Writer and editor Marvin Kaye, 83, died May 13, 2021 in hospice care in New York. Kaye was best known as a prolific editor and anthologist, and was also an accomplished fiction writer and playwright. Marvin Nathan Kaye was born March 10, 1938 in Philadelphia PA. He attended Penn State, graduating with a BA in 1960and a
DELLAMONICA, EL-MOHTAR & ROBSON PREMIERE AT OTTAWA FRINGE 14 hours ago · A.M. Dellamonica, Amal El-Mohtar & Kelly Robson have co-written fantasy/horror play Dressed as People, a “Triptych of Uncanny Abduction,” directed by Mary Ellis, performed by Margo MacDonald, and featuring music by SIESKI. The play premieres duringthe
KAMERON HURLEY: ENDINGS (AND BEGINNINGS) 20 hours ago · Kameron Hurley is the author of The Stars are Legion and the award-winning essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga.Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, Locus Award, BFA Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.HMH NO MORE
PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support IAN MOND REVIEWS THE CITY OF GOOD DEATH BY PRIYANKA 20 hours ago · The City of Good Death, Priyanka Champaneri (Restless Books 978-1-632-06252-9, $28.00, 448pp, hc) February 2021.. Priyanka Champaneri’s debut, The City of Good Death, winner of the 2018 Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing, explores the rituals and customs of death from a non-Western perspective.The story is set in the holy city of Banaras, also known as Kashi, on the banks of PAUL DI FILIPPO REVIEWS DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Day Zero, C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager 978-0062405807, $27.99, 304pp, hc) May 2021. This era seems a Golden Age for fictional examinations of artificial intelligence, plumbing the deeper meaning of robot consciousness and even silicon emotions. With recent novelssuch as Today I
SPOTLIGHT ON: VERONICA G. HENRY Bacchanal is a richly imagined historical fantasy. Tell us a bit about the book: the world where it takes place, and the characters who inhabit that world. Bacchanal is set against the backdrop of The Great Depression and culminates with the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. At GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS THE MEMORY THEATER BY KARIN TIDBECK The Memory Theater, Karin Tidbeck (Pantheon 978-1-5247-4833-3, $25.95, 240pp, hc) February 2021.. One of the more memorable figures in Karin Tidbeck’s Crawford Award-winning collection Jagganath was the title character of the story “Augusta Prime”, an epically supercilious aristocrat whose idea of entertainment was to smash her croquet ball into the face of an attending page.LOCUS ONLINE
The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
FORTHCOMING BOOKS. JUN 2021. KATHERINE ADDISON • The Witness for the Dead • Tor, Jun 2021 (hc, eb) NINA ALLAN • The Good Neighbours • Quercus/riverrun, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) STEPHEN ARYAN • The Coward • Angry Robot, Jun 2021 (eb, tp) NEAL ASHER • Jack Four • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) BEN BOVA • Power Challenges • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Jun 2021 (a, hc, eb) REVIEWS – LOCUS ONLINE The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the March 2021 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through December 2021. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books! For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the March issue in print or digital editions AWARDS – LOCUS ONLINE AWARDS. JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT won the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, honoring children’s and young adult literature, which includes a prize of five million krona ($572,000). MICAIAH JOHNSON ‘s The Space Between Worlds (Del Rey) won the 2021 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award for the “best debut novel in the sciencefiction, fantasy
WELCOME TO LOCUS MAGAZINE Did you know that Locus is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit? We needyour support!
2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support everything PAUL DI FILIPPO REVIEWS NEAL ASHER Dark Intelligence. Neal Asher. ( Night Shade Books 978-1597808248, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover) February 3, 2015. Paul Di Filippo has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and has published almost that number of books. He lives in Providence, RI, with his mate of an even greater number of years, Deborah Newton.LOCUS ONLINE
The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
FORTHCOMING BOOKS. JUN 2021. KATHERINE ADDISON • The Witness for the Dead • Tor, Jun 2021 (hc, eb) NINA ALLAN • The Good Neighbours • Quercus/riverrun, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) STEPHEN ARYAN • The Coward • Angry Robot, Jun 2021 (eb, tp) NEAL ASHER • Jack Four • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2021 (eb, hc) BEN BOVA • Power Challenges • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Jun 2021 (a, hc, eb) REVIEWS – LOCUS ONLINE The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book, Kate Milford (Clarion Books 978-1-328-46690-7, $17.99, hc, 384pp) February 2021.. Kate Milford returns to the world of her Greenglass House novels with the beguiling puzzle that is The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book.Set in a 19th-century-esque time period, the new title focuses on the 15 people waiting out an endless rain in the Blue Vein Tavern.FORTHCOMING BOOKS
The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the March 2021 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through December 2021. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books! For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the March issue in print or digital editions AWARDS – LOCUS ONLINE AWARDS. JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT won the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, honoring children’s and young adult literature, which includes a prize of five million krona ($572,000). MICAIAH JOHNSON ‘s The Space Between Worlds (Del Rey) won the 2021 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award for the “best debut novel in the sciencefiction, fantasy
WELCOME TO LOCUS MAGAZINE Did you know that Locus is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit? We needyour support!
2021 LOCUS AWARDS TOP TEN FINALISTS PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support FUTURE WORLDS PRIZE OPENS The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour, formerly the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, is open now to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until June 25, 2021.The winner will receive £4,000, one runner-up 2,000, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £800. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support everything PAUL DI FILIPPO REVIEWS NEAL ASHER Dark Intelligence. Neal Asher. ( Night Shade Books 978-1597808248, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover) February 3, 2015. Paul Di Filippo has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and has published almost that number of books. He lives in Providence, RI, with his mate of an even greater number of years, Deborah Newton. 2020 NEBULA AWARDS WINNERS The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced winners of the 2020 Nebula Awards at the 56th Annual Nebula Banquet during the 2021 SFWA Nebula Conference.Nalo Hopkinson became the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master, for her contributions to the OBITUARIES – LOCUS ONLINE Marvin Kaye (1938-2021) Writer and editor Marvin Kaye, 83, died May 13, 2021 in hospice care in New York. Kaye was best known as a prolific editor and anthologist, and was also an accomplished fiction writer and playwright. Marvin Nathan Kaye was born March 10, 1938 in Philadelphia PA. He attended Penn State, graduating with a BA in 1960and a
FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT 1 day ago · Congressional Democrats Ted Lieu (California) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico) have introduced a new bill, “The 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project”, which proposes $60 million in funding to non-profit organizations, libraries, news organizations, and writing-related unions to support writers who lost income duringthe pandemic.
2021 LOCUS AWARDS WEEKEND See our 2020 Locus Awards writeup. and access to digital subscription of Locus magazine, February through August of 2021. Panels will be live online. Readings will potentially be a mix of live and recorded, and may be watched any time after going online. The awards ceremony is at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2021. DELLAMONICA, EL-MOHTAR & ROBSON PREMIERE AT OTTAWA FRINGE 8 hours ago · A.M. Dellamonica, Amal El-Mohtar & Kelly Robson have co-written fantasy/horror play Dressed as People, a “Triptych of Uncanny Abduction,” directed by Mary Ellis, performed by Margo MacDonald, and featuring music by SIESKI. The play premieres duringthe
KAMERON HURLEY: ENDINGS (AND BEGINNINGS) 14 hours ago · Kameron Hurley is the author of The Stars are Legion and the award-winning essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga.Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, Locus Award, BFA Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.HMH NO MORE
PLEASE SUPPORT LOCUS WITH A DONATION TODAY!. Locus is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and relies on donations and subscribers to stay alive. Now losing some of our last bookstores to the trials of 2020, Locus needs your support even more to keep publishing the high quality reviews, book and community news, and articles you read here.Our online readers (there are a lot of you!) could support IAN MOND REVIEWS THE CITY OF GOOD DEATH BY PRIYANKA 14 hours ago · The City of Good Death, Priyanka Champaneri (Restless Books 978-1-632-06252-9, $28.00, 448pp, hc) February 2021.. Priyanka Champaneri’s debut, The City of Good Death, winner of the 2018 Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing, explores the rituals and customs of death from a non-Western perspective.The story is set in the holy city of Banaras, also known as Kashi, on the banks of PAUL DI FILIPPO REVIEWS DAY ZERO BY C. ROBERT CARGILL Day Zero, C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager 978-0062405807, $27.99, 304pp, hc) May 2021. This era seems a Golden Age for fictional examinations of artificial intelligence, plumbing the deeper meaning of robot consciousness and even silicon emotions. With recent novelssuch as Today I
SPOTLIGHT ON: VERONICA G. HENRY Bacchanal is a richly imagined historical fantasy. Tell us a bit about the book: the world where it takes place, and the characters who inhabit that world. Bacchanal is set against the backdrop of The Great Depression and culminates with the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. AtLOCUS ONLINE
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Numerous authors, editors, and publishers are offering free material for readers stuck in isolation, including several of genre interest. J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury, Audible, Overdrive, Pottermore, and Scholastic launched the “Harry Potter at Home” initiative, making the ebook and audiobook of HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE free, and issuing a general read-aloud license for teachers so they can read from the book on video. There are also special activities for...Read More
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AMY GOLDSCHLAGER REVIEWS AUDIOBOOKS: _AN ORC ON THE WILD SIDE_ BY TOM HOLT AND _SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY_ BY K.J. PARKER__ May 23, 2020
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AN ORC ON THE WILD SIDE, Tom Holt; Ray Sawyer, narrator (Hachette Audio 978-1-47898841-0, $24.98, digital download, 14 hr., unabridged)September 2019.
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY, K.J. Parker; Ray Sawyer, narrator (Hachette Audio 978-1-54915698-4, $24.98, digital download, 13.25 hr., unabridged) December 2019. In the late 1980s, I fell in love with Tom Holt’s first novel, EXPECTING SOMEONE TALLER, an amusing work that took the ...Read MoreAwards News
2020 NEUKOM AWARD FOR PLAYWRITING__ May 22, 2020
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The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College has awarded the $5,000 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting to DRIVE by Deborah Yarchun. A second-place prize, with a $750 honorarium, was awarded to OVERRIDEby Elizabeth Keel.
The Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards program was established in 2017 as an open competition to honor and support creative works around speculative fiction. The playwriting award is offered to ...Read MoreAwards News
WOODSON WINS ANDERSEN AWARD__ May 22, 2020
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The International Board on Books for Young People awarded the 2020 Hans Christian Anderson Award to author Jacqueline Woodson. Awarded biyearly, the Hans Christian Anderson Awards “recognize lifelong achievement and are given to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children’s literature.” Woodson’s work of genre interest includes HARBOR ME (2018) and “The Other Half of Me” in TOMORROWLAND: TEN STORIES ABOUT ...Read MoreAwards News
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__ May 22, 2020
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Romance Writers of America is retiring its RITA Awards and introducing a new award called The Vivian. Named after RWA founder Vivian Stephens, the new award “recognizes excellence in romance writing and showcases author talent and creativity. We celebrate the power of the romance genre with its central message of hope–because happily ever afters are for everyone.” A task force will present a proposed format for the Vivian at the ...Read More Reviews Short Fiction KAREN BURNHAM REVIEWS SHORT FICTION: _FIYAH_, _BCS_, _STRANGE HORIZONS_, AND THAT WE MAY LIVE__ May 22, 2020
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Fiyah Winter ’20 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/30/20, 2/13/20 Strange Horizons 2/3/20, 2/10/20 THAT WE MAY LIVE: SPECULATIVE CHINESE FICTION, Sarah Coolidge, ed. (Two Lines) March 2020. The 13th issue of Fiyah is unthemed, letting the stories come unfettered and showcasing several very new authors. The lead is “ALL THAT THE STORM TOOK” by YAH YAH SCHOLFIELD, a harrowing tale of surviving hurricane Katrina. The structure is ...Read MoreBooks Reviews
GARY K. WOLFE REVIEWS THE VISUAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM, VOLUME ONE: THE 1930S BY DAVID RITTER & DANIEL RITTER__ May 21, 2020
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THE VISUAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM, VOLUME ONE: THE 1930S, David Ritter & Daniel Ritter (First Fandom Experience 978-1-7332964-4-1, $150.00, 516pp, hc) February 2020. Fandom may be a billion-dollar industry these days, and the field of fandom studies has drawn enough scholarly attention that it even has its own academic journal, so old-time SF fans might be excused a degree of smugness while claiming – not unreasonably – ...ReadMore
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2020 VIRTUAL BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DATE ANNOUNCED__ May 21, 2020
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The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, will hold a virtual awards ceremony on June 29, 2020. The original award ceremony, planned for May 18, 2020, was postponed due to disruption caused by the COVID-19outbreak.
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2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION SHORTLIST__ May 21, 2020
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The shortlist for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, given by The Orwell Foundation to novels and short story collections published in the UK which explore major political and social themes through a fictional lens, includes three titles of genre interest. * THE WALL, John Lanchester (W. W. Norton & Company) * THE NICKEL BOYS, Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) * GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER, by Bernardine Evaristo (Hamish Hamilton)The judges
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IAN MOND & GARY K. WOLFE REVIEW GHOST SPECIES BY JAMES BRADLEY__ May 21, 2020
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GHOST SPECIES, James Bradley (Hamish Hamilton 978-1-926-42866-6, AU$29.99, 320pp, tp), April 2020.REVIEW BY IAN MOND
Back in February, Jeff Bezos earmarked ten billion dollars for the establishment of the “Earth Fund.” He joins fellow billionaire philanthropists Michael Bloomberg and Bill and Melinda Gates in throwing large sums of money at the climate crisis. While it’s questionable whether these acts of rich-people tokenism will play any role in saving ...Read MoreAwards News
2020 ENCORE AWARD SHORTLIST__ May 20, 2020
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The shortlist for the 2020 Encore Award, given by the Royal Society of Literature to the best second novel of the year, includes one title of genre interest. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the award, each of the four shortlisted authors will receive a £500 prize. * EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED, Luiza Sauma (Viking) The judges for 2020 are Edmund Gordon, Nikita Lalwani, and Eley Williams. The winner of ...Read MoreAwards News
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MOORE WINS SUSTAINABLE ARTS FOUNDATION GRANT__ May 20, 2020
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B. Sharise Moore won a $5,000 grant, one of several given to artists and writers around the world by the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Her debut novel, YA historical fantasy DR. MARVELLUS DJINN’S ODD SCHOLARS, is forthcoming from MVmedia. For more information, including the list of finalists and recipients, see the Sustainable Arts Foundation website. WHILE YOU ARE HERE, please take a moment to support Locus with a one-time or ...Read MoreAwards News
LAI WINS 2020 JIM DUGGINS PRIZE__ May 20, 2020
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Larissa Lai, author of THE TIGER FLU (Arsenal PULP), won the $5,000 Jim Duggins Mid-Career Novelist prize, for “LGBTQ-identified authors who have published multiple novels, built a strong reputation and following, and show promise to continue publishing high quality work for years to come.” Judges were Brian Leung and Shani Mootoo. For more information, see the official announcement. WHILE YOU ARE HERE, please take a moment to support Locus ...Read MoreAnnouncements
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_NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE_ STAFF CHANGES__ May 20, 2020
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John Joseph Adams will step down as editor of Nightmare magazine after issue #100 in January 2021, with with author and editor Wendy N. Wagner taking over. Adams will remain editor of Lightspeed and publisher of both magazines.Adams said:
If you’re a diligent Nightmare reader, you’re already familiar with her editorial contributions: She was the guest editor for our Queers Destroy Horror! special issue back in 2015. But in ...Read MoreBooks Reviews
ADRIENNE MARTINI REVIEWS PALADIN’S GRACE BY T. KINGFISHER__ May 20, 2020
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PALADIN’S GRACE, T. Kingfisher (Red Wombat Studio, $5.99, 400pp, eb)February 2020.
T. Kingfisher (the pseudonym that Hugo Award winning Ursula Vernon uses when writing for adults) works in a similar setting as K.J. Parker. Her world, like his, is full of commoners and princes and courtiers and tradespeople in an imagined pre-industrial past. Where Parker goes heavy on the engineering (with a little bit of humor), Vernon goes ...Read MoreNews Obituaries
YE YONGLIE (1940-2020)__ May 19, 2020
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Chinese SF writer Ye Yonglie, 79, died May 15, 2020 in Shanghai. He published over 50 books, including SF, children’s books, mysteries, and popular science. He was often called the “Chinese Isaac Asimov” for his prolific output of fiction and non-fiction. Ye Yonglie was born August 30, 1940 in Wenzhou, China. He began writing from a young age, with his first poem published at age 11, and attended Beijing University, ...Read MoreNews Workshops
2020 ODYSSEY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS__ May 19, 2020
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The Odyssey Writing Workshop has announced recipients of several of its scholarships available for students attending in 2020. Scott Gray won the Miskatonic Scholarship, funded by George R.R. Martin and covering full tuition and housing for a promising new writer of Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Vikram Ramakrishnan won the Walter & Kattie Metcalf Singing Spider Scholarship, funded by Pam Metcalf Harrington, covering full tuition for “a fantasy writer whose novel excerpt ...Read MoreAwards News
2020 YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD FINALISTS__ May 19, 2020
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The New York Public Library announced its five Young Lions Fiction Award finalists for 2020, which includes Bryan Washington’s LOT (Atlantic). The winner will be announced June 11, 2020. The $10,000 prize is awarded “each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories” by a panel of judges. 2019’s winner was Ling Ma’s SEVERANCE (Farrar, Straus, Giroux). For more information, including ...Read MoreAwards News
WASHINGTON WINS 2020 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE__ May 19, 2020
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Bryan Washington’s LOT (Atlantic) is the winner of the 2020 International Dylan Thomas Prize, announced May 14. INLAND by Téa Obreht (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) had also made the shortlist. The annual Dylan Thomas prize, in partnership with Swansea University, awards £30,000 “to the best published or produced literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under.” The judging panel was chaired by Professor Dai Smith...Read More
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