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2024 Stella Prize
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (Giramondo) is the winner of the AUD$50,000 2024 Stella Prize.
Named for Stella Maria Sarah “Miles” Franklin, the prize celebrates literature by Australian women and non-binary writers.
For more information, including the complete shortlist and longlist, see the official Stella Prize site.
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison
Greatest Hits, Harlan Ellison (Union Square 978-1-4549-5337-1, $19.99, 466pp, tp) March 2024.
Harlan Ellison’s short fiction is undoubtedly far better known than Wyndham’s, but for readers too young to have followed his prolific and rather spectacular career, which peaked from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s, he might be best known for a handful of stories which have been endlessly anthologized, mostly “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” and “I Have No ...Read More
A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: Analog
Analog 1-2/24
The January/February issue of Analog kicks off with “Kagari” by Ron Collins, which follows the young heir to a kingdom of birdlike beings. He is in love with a commoner, and not overly enamored of the strict rules governing his society, but he is given a human named Kagari as a pet who helps him see he might work within the system to effect change. “ ...Read More
Gabino Iglesias Reviews Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 978-0-37410-928-8, $28.00, 336pp, hc) January 2024. Cover by Abby Kagan.
Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is one of the most unique novels I’ve read in a while. A wonderful mix of science fiction and literary fiction, this story is full of humor but also packs a treasure trove of witty observations about the human condition and a sharp dissection of life in small-town America through ...Read More
Liz Bourke Reviews A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
A Magical Girl Retires, Park Seolyeon (HarperVia 978-0-06337-326-6, $21.99, 176pp, hc) April 2024. Cover art by Kim Sanho.
A Magical Girl Retires is award-winning Korean writer Park Seolyeon’s first novel to be translated into English. It’s a weird, delightful little book, simultaneously grim and breezy, and the translation (by Anton Hur) communicates a fluid, straightforward and self-deprecatingly humorous first-person narration. This breezy grit is further illuminated by Kim Sanho’s ...Read More
Ian Mond Reviews Table for One by Yun Ko-Eun
Table for One, Yun Ko-Eun (Columbia University Press 978-0-23119-202-6, $20.00, 280pp, hc) April 2024.
Yun Ko-eun (the pen name for Ko Eun-ju) will be unfamiliar to most English-language readers unless they’ve read her one translated novel, The Disaster Tourist. In South Korea, though, she’s the multiple award-winning author of several novels and short story collections and the host of the EBS Radio show Book Cafe. Thankfully, we now ...Read More
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Travis Heerman (1969-2024)
Author Travis Heerman, 54, died April 26, 2024 in Colorado. He suffered severe head trauma in a motorcycle accident in December 2023, and finally succumbed to his injuries.
Heerman was born October 22, 1969. He was a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, with more than 30 stories published in magazines and anthologies. He was the author of the Ronin Trilogy: Heart of the Ronin (2009), Sword of the Ronin ...Read More
John Trimble (1936-2024)
Fan John Trimble, 87, died April 19, 2024. He was the husband of Bjo Trimble and very active in Los Angeles fandom.
Trimble was born November 17, 1936, and married Bjo in 1960. They had three daughters, Kathryn Arwen, Lora, and Jenn. He was a member and officer of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society and many other fan organizations, and was a founder of the Trans Oceanic Fan Fund. ...Read More
2024 Women’s Prize Shortlist
The six-title shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and includes V.V. Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night (Random House).
“The Women’s Prize Trust’s mission is to change the world through books by women, opening up pathways into reading and writing for the storytellers and booklovers of tomorrow.”
The winner will be announced on June 13, 2024, and will receive £30,000 and a bronze “Bessie” trophy. The 2024 judges
2024 National Book 5 Under 35
Brother Alive by Zain Khalid (Grove Atlantic) and We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White (Astra House) are among the honorees of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35, “a selection of five fiction writers under the age of 35 whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape.”
Each winner will receive $1,000 and will be honored at a ceremony. Selectors for this year were ...Read More
Colleen Mondor Reviews The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown (William Morrow 979-0-063-35957-4, $30.00, 416pp, hc) February 2024.
Gareth Brown’s debut, The Book of Doors, manages to incorporate some time-travel surprises, (and not the ones readers might expect), into an exciting novel of suspense. Told from multiple points of view, readers initially meet Cassie, a clerk in a New York City bookstore, when she discovers a regular customer has quietly died while ...Read More