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Congratulations to Saladin Ahmed and Holly Black on their Nebula and Andre Norton Award nominations!

Gollancz Team: - February 20th, 2013
Events, Fantasy, News, Prize Winners, Saladin Ahmed, Science Fiction

Gollancz is very pleased to discover that two of our authors have been nominated for prestigious awards today.

Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon is shortlisted for the Nebula award for best novel, which is fantastic news. The
Nebula is one of the most high-profile and important awards in the SF community, and it’s great to see Saladin on such  a strong shortlist. Congratulations to all of the nominees.

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The David Gemmell Awards 2012

Gollancz Team: - June 19th, 2012
Events, Fantasy, News, Patrick Rothfuss, Prize Winners, Stan Nicholls

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Last Friday evening the Science Fiction and Fantasy community assembled in the Magic Circle Headquarters, in magnificent attire, for the fourth David Gemmell Legend Award.

The venue promised a magical evening, and magical it was.

Publishers, authors and bloggers galore had gathered to celebrate fantasy literature and commemorate David Gemmell’s enduring contribution to the genre and, fortified with champagne, we did. The award ceremony kicked off with a reading from Waylander by Anne Nicholls and then smoothly moved on to a spirited … More

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Back from Eastercon with big news!

Gollancz Team: - April 10th, 2012
Elspeth Cooper, Events, Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie, Kristen Britain, News, Prize Winners, Science Fiction, SF Gateway

Gollancz is fresh back from a very successful Eastercon, and with an astounding haul of Award wins, and Award nominations!

 

The British Science Fiction Awards

 

Yesterday our very own Christopher Priest won the BSFA award for Best Science Fiction Novel, for his wonderful novel The Islanders.

 

 

 

We were also thrilled to see the SF Encyclopedia recognised as the Best Non-Fiction project of the year. Darren Nashand Malcolm Edwards have worked hand-in-hand with the Encyclopedia, during the creation of our SF Gateway … More

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The Gemmell Awards 2012

Gollancz Team: - April 4th, 2012
Andrzej Sapkowski, Author Post, Brandon Sanderson, Events, Fantasy, Guest Post, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, Pierre Pevel, Prize Winners, Stan Nicholls

Today we’re thrilled to have another guest blogger on the blog. Following the delightful Pornokitsch joining us to talk about the ethos behind their award, today we have Stan Nicholls, Chairman of the David Gemmell Legend Awards, with a little bit about how the award came about, and what it’s designed to do. And watch this space! The David Gemmell Legend Award Shortlists are announced on Sunday!

When David Gemmell died on 28th July 2006, aged … More

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Joe Abercrombie reports on a night at the David Gemmell 2010 Legend Award

Gollancz Team: - June 25th, 2010
Author Post, Cover Art, Fantasy, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, Pierre Pevel, Prize Winners, Stan Nicholls

I failed to win the David Gemmell Legend Award the other night, which went to Graham McNeill for Empire. Curses. But on the upside, Best Served Cold did win for cover art, so congratulations to the artists Didier Graffet and Dave Senior and the designer Laura Brett. Talented people, and much deserved. The one criticism you could make of their covers for that book is that they are too far apart. A ha ha.

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