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Three-book deal with HarperCollins for Neil Gaiman
Publishers Weekly reports that Neil Gaiman has signed a multi-book deal with HarperCollins. The deal involves three YA novels and two picture books. Publishers Weekly states: “Both picture books will...
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Strange Chemistry signs debut YA novelist Ingrid Jonach
Strange Chemistry, the YA imprint of Angry Robot Books, is delighted to announce the signing of Ingrid Jonach, in a one-book World English Rights deal for her debut YA novel, When the World was Flat...
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Joseph D’Lacey signs two-book deal with Angry Robot
Angry Robot has announced the signing of a two-book World All Languages deal with the British Fantasy Award-winning author Joseph D’Lacey. The deal, concluded by Angry Robot Editor Lee Harris and...
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Deborah Harkness event at Waterstones Nottingham
Waterstones Nottingham is pleased to announce an evening talk by Sunday Times bestselling author Deborah Harkness on Wednesday 12 September 2012 starting at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £5, or £3 with...
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Sgt. Rock / Hawkman creator Joe Kubert dies aged 85
Colleagues and fans have been paying tribute to comic-book artist Joe Kubert, who has passed away at the age of 85 after a short illness. Kubert was closely associated with DC Comics with his most...
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Award-winning SF novelist Harry Harrison dies aged 87
The BFS is sad to learn that legendary science fiction writer Harry Harrison has died at the age of 87. The award-winning author penned numerous novels throughout his career, including The Stainless...
View ArticleOloris Publishing seeks art submissions depicting armour, weapons, battle...
Early next year, Oloris Publishing will release Glorious Warriors and That Which They Defend: War and Politics in Middle-earth by Timothy R. Furnish, Ph.D. Applying Primary (Real) World analysis to...
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New World Rights deal for urban fantasy writer Suzanne McLeod
Gillian Redfearn, Gollancz Editorial Director, has acquired World Rights to two supernatural thrillers by Suzanne McLeod. The agent was John Jarrold. The titles offer an exciting new twist to the...
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Ken MacLeod appointed Writer in Residence at Edinburgh Napier University
Award-winning SF author Ken MacLeod has been appointed Writer in Residence at Edinburgh Napier University. His role will be to provide guidance and advice to students on the university’s MA in...
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New fantasy commission with Solaris for Australian novelist
Jonathan Oliver, commissioning editor of Solaris Books, has commissioned a new novel by Australian fantasy writer Rowena Cory Daniells. The agent is John Jarrold, and the deal is for World English...
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Mark Morris limited edition rights to PS Publishing
Peter Crowther and PS Publishing have acquired limited edition rights in a new dark novel, The Black, by Mark Morris. The agent was John Jarrold and the book will be published in 2014. Mark is one...
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Richard A. Lupoff joins the Hippocampus Press family
With the release in trade paperback of his two new collections, Dreams and Visions, Hippocampus Press welcomes Richard A. Lupoff to its family of authors. Each volume contains all the stories from the...
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2011 Nebula Award winner Ken Liu in the next issue of Interzone
These are exciting times for author Ken Liu. First, a new baby. His wife gave birth to their second child a few days before his short story, The Paper Menagerie, won the 2011 Nebula Award from the...
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Further Frazer Lee titles to Samhain Horror plus first UK event for Samhain
BFS member and Bram Stoker Award® finalist Frazer Lee is thrilled to announce that his novel The Jack in the Green and novella The Lucifer Glass have both been sold to Samhain Horror via Executive...
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FantasyCon 2012 welcomes James Herbert
FantasyCon 2012 is delighted to announce a special appearance by best-selling author James Herbert on the Saturday only. James Herbert’s The Rats was published in 1974 with a first printing of...
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Jo Fletcher acquires Viking fantasy trilogy
Jo Fletcher has bought a Viking trilogy by Icelandic writer Snorri Kristjansson from the Geraldine Cooke agency. The first of the series will be Swords of Good Men, published in summer 2013 by Jo...
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Strange Chemistry Signs Bryony Pearce
Strange Chemistry, the YA imprint of Angry Robot Books, is delighted to announce the signing of Bryony Pearce, in a one-book World English Rights deal for her YA novel, The Weight of Souls. Sixteen...
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Sebastian Peake, son and biographer of Gormenghast author, dies
It has been announced by family on the official Mervyn Peake website that Sebastian Peake, son of the Gormenghast writer, passed away on 6 September 2012. The eldest son of the writer, Sebastian Peake...
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Debut author finds Saxon treasure beneath 21st Century England
Solaris is proud to announce a 2013 debut novel that brings the Dark Ages crashing into the 21st Century. Geoffrey Gudgion’s historical supernatural thriller, Saxon’s Bane, will be published in...
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Stephen King’s The Shining sequel – release date announced
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Stephen King‘s novel Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining, will be released on 24 September 2013. The news was released on King’s website earlier. Read the...
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