I’ve known for a while, so I’m thrilled to finally be able to formally announce that Marseguro is among the finalists for an Aurora Award in the category of Best Long-Form Work in English. The Auroras recognize Canadian science fiction and fantasy artwork, writing, and fan activities. Nominated for and voted on by fans, they’re …
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A recommendation from Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer, Canada’s best-known science fiction writer, has written a series of blog posts discussing people and things he believes are deserving of nominations for the Aurora and Hugo Awards, which will be presented at the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal this August. In the last of the series, he recommends work by …
Aurora Awards nominations open
Nominations are now open, and will remain so until February 28, for the Aurora Awards, Canada’s premiere science fiction awards. Anyone who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident in Canada can nominate free of charge. You can nominate your favorite works by Canadian or permanently-resident-in-Canada authors online using this form. My novel Marseguro is …
Announcing the Hayden Trenholm interview
I’m currently interviewing Aurora Award nominee Hayden Trenholm on the discussion board of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Facebook group, and will be all week. You can follow along over there (if you’re on Facebook), or check back here: I’ll be posting the interview here as it develops.
Aurora Award nominations open
This year’s Aurora Awards were just barely handed out, but nominations are already open for next year’s, to be presented at KeyCon, the annual SF convention in Winnipeg (which I hope to attend for the first time ever next year!). Also note that the Auroras have a new website, a considerable step up from the …
Aurora Awards announced
I’m back! I’ll post more about my exploits with the Canadian Chamber Choir (which is what kept me away from the computer and hence from this blog for the last week) soon, but in the meantime, let’s get things rolling forward again with this list of the Aurora Award winners for the best Canadian SF …
Aurora Award finalists announced
The finalists for this years Aurora Awards, Canada’s national awards for science fiction and fantasy, have been announced: Best Long-Form Work in EnglishMeilleur livre en anglais Regeneration : Species Imperative 3, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW Books)Children of Chaos, Dave Duncan (Tor Books)Smoke and Ashes, Tanya Huff (DAW Books)Sun of Suns : Book One of Virga, …