Subterranean Press and author John Scalzi are delaying publication of his Your Hate Mail Will be Graded: Selected Writings 1998-2007 until 2008 to take advantage of...
In conjunction with the annual Clarion West writers' workshop will be the Clarion West Summer Reading Series. Each week, the workshop's guest lecturer will read and sign at...
In the presentation of James Gunn's Grant Master Award at SFWA's Nebula Banquet, former student Thomas Seay read this letter of congratulations from Representatives Nancy Boyda and Dennis Moore...
Tom Purdom's story "The Mists of Time," which will appear in the August issue of Asimov's, marks his 50th anniversary as a "selling writer." In that time...
The International Thriller Writers Association is giving Tor Books' Founder, President, and Publisher Tom Doherty its first Silver Bullet Award, recognizing his...
The schedule for SFWA's mass signing during the Nebula Awards weekend has been set. More than 30 authors will be available during a three-hour period on...
Neil Clarke is closing down Clarkesworld Books, in part because he and his wife lost a baby in early March. He will, however, continue publishing Clarkesworld Magazine, and is launching a new...
British fan Tony Bailey is going to swim the English Channel for charity. Following his other charity stunts (including distance bike riding and skyscraper rappeling), he's hoping to...
Virginia Tech has announced the formation of the Jamie Bishop Scholarship for French majors to honor the memory of Bishop, a victim of the 16 April shootings. Bishop was the son of sf author Michael Bishop.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, Washington, will induct its newest class on 16 June. This year's inductees will include...
Artist Charles Vess is part of the Society of Illustrators 2007 Spring Lecture Series. His presentation, "Part Seen, Part Imagined," is open to the public on...
Milbre Burch will perform a spoken word concert at the Provincetown Playhouse at New York University. The concert, entitled "Transformations: Tales from Fantasy and Faery," is open to the public...
The award-winning documentary film The Mindscape of Alan Moore is a study of the artist and writer and a look at what he means to comics. It's now available on...
Author (and Vietnam War veteran) Joe Haldeman appears briefly in a new documentary about returning Iraqi war veterans. Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experince is currently making the rounds of festivals, and an abridged version will be broadcast...
Software millionaire Charles Simonyi became the fifth paying space tourist when he lifted off today for the International Space Station. He will spend more than a week...
Author Gary K. Wolf and Archbishop John J. Myers are collaborating on a science fiction novel, which will be an homage to Space Hawk, the first book they read together as children. Tor will publish...
When not writing science fiction, author Norman Spinrad has taken to creating brief videos of his work, his political ideas, and everything else that urges him to share his opinions. His "MeTube" site is available at...
Two SFWA members have recently announced that they are standing as write-in candidates in this year's officers' election, which was previously uncontested.
