Shirley Jackson Awards 2013
For the second consecutive time, I’ve served as a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards this year. The shortlist has just been announced. Needless to say, I think it’s a terrific selection, and that...
View ArticleReadercon schedule
I’ll be attending Readercon, just outside Boston, the weekend after next. It is, as it says, ‘an annual conference or convention devoted to “imaginative literature” — literary science fiction, fantasy,...
View ArticleGeoff Ryman interview
I’m just back from a great Readercon, and looking forward to going to Loncon 3, the World Science Fiction Convention, next month. I’ll be posting my Loncon schedule shortly, but in the meantime this is...
View ArticleWorldcon schedule
As noted earlier, I’ll be at Loncon 3, the World Science Fiction Convention being held in London in mid-August. I’ll be on a couple of panels, as per the following schedule. If you’re there, do come up...
View ArticleDays of Fear and Wonder
Just popping in to note that I have an essay in the BFI‘s new compendium Days of Fear and Wonder, put together to mark their major current sf film season. I know I’ve not posted much here lately –...
View ArticleSF Foundation Masterclass
I’m very happy to be able to say that I’ll be one of the teachers for this year’s SF Foundation Criticism Masterclass. My fellow teachers will be Pat Cadigan (Hugo and Clarke-Award-winning author) and...
View ArticleBack…
A couple of pieces of news after what I realise has been long silence here. Firstly, I received this week a finished copy of the new SF Masterworks edition of Vernor Vinge’s A Deepness in the Sky, for...
View ArticleEastercon
I’ll be at Innominate, the 2017 Eastercon being held in Birmingham over the Easter weekend. There are terrific guests of honour – Pat Cadigan, Judith Clute, and Colin Harris – and I’ll be doing a...
View ArticleEastercon 2018
I’m aware that I haven’t updated here for, er, a while. Various reasons for that, which I won’t bother you with, but I hope posting here will now be a bit more regular. To start with, I’m attending...
View ArticleReadercon!
I’m very happy to be back at Readercon (“the conference on imaginative literature”) in Boston the weekend after next – July 12-15. I’ve been away for a few years for life reasons, and am really looking...
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