Events
The David Gemmell LEGEND Awards are for Fantasy Books published in the previous year, in this case 2009, and they are voted on by the general public via the website at gemmellaward.com. The shortlist was recently published and looks like this:
The shortlist for the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature has just been announced and as usual I am filled with awe as I realise that the judges have managed to read almost as many books in a few months as I can cram into a year.
From a very strong field this [...]
Having enchanted UK audiences of over 6.2 million in its inaugural series, it’s no surprise that MERLIN has returned for its second series on BBC One.
Better yet, you have the chance to meet actors Bradley James and Angel Coulby, who play the leading roles of Arthur and Guinevere when they appear at Forbidden Planet, 179 [...]
This years SCI-FI-LONDON Oktoberfest brings together some fine science-fiction authors to debate the relevance of writing about space travel and interplanetary colonisation in a day and age where we know the time taken and costs involved make it largely an irrelevance for most of us. Against this backdrop we have issues such as climate [...]
Vampire fever is about to bite again……
With the film release of ‘New Moon’ just around the corner and ‘True Blood’ getting raves on TV, the fascination and obsession for Vampires continues unabated. Why? What is the appeal?
Vampire myths have existed throughout the ages all over the world and have appeared in some shape [...]
The list of authors attending SCI-FI-LONDON Literary labs this year is nothing short of astonishing! 29 of the top writers of science fiction and fantasy will be sitting on panel discussions on every topic from World Building to Steampunk - for the full programme and to book tickets go here:
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2009/programme/lab/
The full author list is:
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