Gollancz Festival

We are thrilled to share with you the schedule for our #GollanczFest Digital Events. We hope to see many of you taking part in our events throughout the wek of the 30th October – 5th November. Monday 30th October Join us for our weeklong #GollanczFest Challenge on Twitter and Instagram. Tuesday 31st October Share your […]

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 We are thrilled to be able to tell you that the Gollancz Festival is back!  This year we are working with Foyles Charing Cross Road to bring you two incredible days of events. We will have three different bookshop panel events running from 17th-18th September at Foyles Charing Cross Road. These panel events will be […]

Exciting news for all aspiring writers out there! At Gollancz we are proud of our continuing history of publishing the best debut authors each year. We see nurturing and promoting such talent as part of our role in the genre community. We know that it can be intimidating and difficult when you take those first […]

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the finest writers of our time. Her books have attracted millions of devoted readers and won many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Among her novels, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and the six books of Earthsea […]

With Halloween coming we are delighted to share with you an extract from the forthcoming The Witches, out on the 29th October from our sister imprint W&N. While this is a little bit of a different read for the blog, we know fans of US History will be interested in this stunning new book. The Witches explores […]

The Gollancz Festival is here! We couldn’t be more excited to be bringing you three days of action-packed bookshop events and unmissable digital programming. You can find out more about our digital events by visiting our dedicated festival website: gollanczfest.com But there’s more! We are thrilled to be able to offer a special price promotion […]

The Gollancz Festival is here! Join us all day as we celebrate with an exciting programme of digital events. 9:30am– Show us your #FestFace. Share your festival game faces with us on on Pinterest. 10:30am– Have you got a question for the Gollancz Team? Watch our #AskGollancz Hangout here. 12:30pm– Our One Star Reviews are […]

Kicking off Gollanczfest 2015 on Friday 16 October at 10.30am (GMT) is Ask Gollancz, where our editors take on your questions. Ask them anything using #AskGollancz, questions on publishing, sci-fi vs fantasy, writing tips, or what happens on tour . . . whatever pops into your head. Watch the live video from 10.30am on Friday. […]

It’s #GollanczFest15 week! We are thrilled to reveal an action-packed programme of digital activities from Friday 16 October to Sunday 18 October at The Gollancz Festival 2015. Events will take place on nine social media platforms with the hashtag #GollanczFest15. This year’s activities will include: • Google hangouts with Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, and Nalini […]

Gollancz is delighted to share two substantial updates regarding The Gollancz Festival. Firstly, the full schedule of events, including the topics for discussion and selection of panellists, at the events in Manchester, 16 October, and London, 17 October, is now available at gollanczfestival.com. Secondly, Gollancz is launching an additional Waterstones Piccadilly-based event for at aspiring […]

Join Aliette de Bodard, Anna Caltabiano, Alex Lamb and Al Robertson to discuss time travelers vs fallen angels vs space ships vs ventriloquist dummies in the first of a series of hangouts in the run up to The Gollancz Festival 2015.  

We’re delighted to share the news that tickets to the Gollancz Festival 2015 events at Waterstones Manchester Deansgate, 16October 6–9pm, and Waterstones London Piccadilly, 17 October 2–6pm, are now on sale at an early bird price of £8 (£6 for Waterstones loyalty card holders). The ticket price will increase to £10 (£8 for card holders) […]

You asked and we answered! The Gollancz Festival is back! Filled with more events, more venues, more authors, more of everything you asked for and a few surprises! Save the dates for the 16th and 17th October. This year we will be working in conjunction with Waterstones and Future PLC, the publisher of SFX and Total Film […]