Tomorrow: Sofia Samatar AMA

Wed 23 May 2018 - Filed under: Not a Journal., | Posted by: Gavin

Tomorrow, Thursday May 24th, Sofia Samatar will be doing an Ask Me Anything for Reddit Fantasy. If you have a Reddit account and drop by to say hi, that would be lovely. Also if you know somebody who might want to ask Sofia something, please let them know! Send along friends, students, random acquaintances, anybody!

Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Winner: Best Worst American by Juan Martinez

Wed 16 May 2018 - Filed under: Not a Journal., , | Posted by: Gavin

Best Worst American cover The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College has announced that Best Worst American by Juan Martinez has been named the recipient of the inaugural Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Debut Speculative Fiction.

The awards will is presented for a debut work in the genre of speculative fiction. Martinez will receive a $5,000 honorarium that will be presented during a Dartmouth-hosted panel to discuss the genre and their work.

The judging was spearheaded by New York Times-bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley, whose wide-ranging work includes speculative fiction for both adult and young readers. Her soon-to-be-released novel The Mere Wife (MCD × Farrar, Straus & Giroux) is a contemporary retelling of the classic “Beowulf.”


Ohioana Award Finalist!

Thu 10 May 2018 - Filed under: Not a Journal.| Posted by: Gavin

A Natural History of Hell cover Congratulations to Jeffrey Ford whose A Natural History of Hell is a finalist for the Ohioana Book Awards!

The awards, first given in 1942, honor outstanding Ohio authors and books in six categories. They are the second oldest state literary prizes in the nation. Past winners include Anthony Doerr, Toni Morrison, Paula McLain, Dan Chaon, and last year’s recipient, Marisa Silver.
In addition to the awards selected by judges, the Ohioana Readers’ Choice Award invites readers to vote online for their favorite book from among all 30 finalists (five in each award category).
Each Ohioana Book Award winner receives a $1,500 cash prize. The Readers’ Choice Award carries with it a $1,000 cash prize.
The winners will be announced in July, and the awards will be presented at a reception and ceremony in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Thursday, October 18.


Space Junk and Toxic Glitter

Fri 4 May 2018 - Filed under: Not a Journal., | Posted by: Gavin

Alien Virus Love Disaster cover - click to view full sizeWe just heard from Joanna Ruocco, author of Dan, who read an advance copy of Abbey Mei Otis’s Alien Virus Love Disaster:

Abbey Mei Otis deposits the reader in bargain bin worlds remaindered from the near futures of the more fortunate, worlds filled with space junk and toxic glitter, gel candy and gutted elk. These are stories for the many, for lovers and mourners, for those who want to split their minds from their bodies and those who know how to merge their organs in a single skin. In Alien Virus Love Disaster, language itself is in phase change. This book is a volatile, dangerous gift.

 


Sarah Pinsker Cover Reveal Tomorrow

Wed 2 May 2018 - Filed under: Not a Journal., , , | Posted by: Gavin

Tomorrow morning on Tor.com there will be a cover reveal of Sarah Pinsker’s forthcoming debut collection, Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea, at which point we will open up preorders for print and ebooks here and on Weightless.

Who is

Here’s a bio:

Sarah Pinsker‘s award winning fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, F&SF, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, as well as numerous other magazines, anthologies, year’s bests, podcasts, and translation markets. She is also a singer/songwriter who toured nationally behind three albums on various independent labels. She has wrangled horses, taught advocacy and SATs to teens (two different jobs), and tended bar badly. She lives with her wife in Baltimore, Maryland. Find her online at sarahpinsker.com and on Twitter @sarahpinsker.

See you tomorrow!


Mary Rickert on Wired’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Wed 2 May 2018 - Filed under: Not a Journal., | Posted by: Gavin

Delighted to listen to Mary Rickert talk about balloon animals, her collection You Have Never Been Here, and much more on the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast: