Best Novel A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape) 1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.

Best Novel
A Drop of Corruption by @robertjbennett.bsky.social (Del Rey; Hodderscape)

Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social (William Morrow; Gollancz)

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THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN MAY IS TONIGHT

go get em folks

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More than 600 migrants cross English Channel in single day On Saturday, 602 people arrived on nine boats, marking the second busiest day so far this year.

Yesterday, the BBC covered 600 people crossing the channel in small boats on Saturday, noting it was the 2nd highest in a day so far this year. What they'd didn't add was that even including the 600 people, crossings are down 35% compared with the same time last year.

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Tracking UK migration: Small boats, asylum hotels and visas Use our interactive tracker to explore the latest migration statistics for the UK

This BBC page is a good idea, reflecting the themes of the migration review.
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Just submitted a new story for a thing, already hit my batting average of writing one short, and it's only April! Pretty proud of this one as well, proper pseudo-PI/noir plot and everything.

A black and white picture of Beaver Sherlock and Beaver Watson investigating, from the film Hundreds of Beavers.

I watched Hundreds of Beavers last night which had all the Wile E. Coyote bits of my brain giggling throughout. Bonus giggles for the Danny Go-esque log flume chase, the beaver Bond villain lair, and random FOR SALE sign left into the final chase. Glorious nonsense.

this is cool because it's a very obvious concept but it's neat to see it laid out in data!

Shout out to the guy spending Friday night outside Liverpool Street with a megaphone saying, ‘Smart people don’t have kids. Smart people have a life,’ over and over again. Love his style, love the monotone pitch, super love the total lack of irony in the delivery.

Had some statements for books of mine that have earned out (the dream!) so I think it's worth reminding people: if you love an author, seek out her backlist. Ask bookshops to order them if you can. Bookshops these days often won't have older titles, because of space limitations & returns policies🧵

For my tuppence, I think the indie thing is specific to each community. LitRPG doesn't necessarily behave like epic fantasy, supernatural romance, etc. Some do transfer to trad successfully - LitRPG will get a second test with Shirtaloon soon though.

My other favourite thing is where a new trend breaks out and suddenly all the received wisdom changes. No-one will touch a sub-genre until there's a new breakout hit, then suddenly everyone is all over it. Only ever happens organically, but this is the thing Publishing would love to synthesise.

I fully intend on continuing to say nice things about you in public.

TCM is another misnomer of course - the T is a heady euphemism that ignores many, many sales channels. Indie/Self-pub sales via Amazon for instance.

Langmead and McFarlane join Luna with Stellar Anthology, Our Glorious Progeny Luna Press Publishing is delighted to announce they have acquired Our Glorious Progeny, an anthology edited by by Hugo-nominated author Oliver K. Langmead and British Science Fiction Association Award...

A huge welcome for Oliver and Anna! Luna will publish Our Glorious Progeny, an anthology edited by @oliverklangmead.bsky.social & Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social
WEL rights from Alexander Cochran at Greyhound Literary Agents ❤️
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Ahh fair enough - I shall keep an eye on it then. Nice bar that though, for the record.

I normally describe Publishing to outsiders as a bunch of augurs and astrologers wandering around telling each other what good scientists they are. On a good day, we discover we disemboweled the correct chicken 2 years previously.

The ever excellent @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social on the interaction of Nielsen Bookscan/TCM (Total Consumer Market) sales data, reps/buyers behaviours, concomitant publisher Sales team behaviour, and ultimately acquisition decisions from editors. And how all of that comes to irrational conclusions...

Afrori books needs to sell 1000 books in April or they’ll have to close.

afroribooks.co.uk

Hackney?! I could be tempted…

Mike Brooks in Conversation with John French | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Mike Brooks in Conversation with John French today.

This Is Where The Future Bleeds is out at the end of June, and I'm starting to book in some events! So if you want to see me interviewed by @johnfrench.bsky.social, then get your tickets for Nottingham Waterstones on launch day, June 30th! www.waterstones.com/events/mike-...

Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…

*slides a massive reading list of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror across the table* soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

He's a good boy!

We are delighted to reveal the cover for @casskhaw.bsky.social's newest horror novella, FIND ME WHERE IT ENDS! 🖤

A haunting and heartfelt tale of a young woman who wakes to find the black dog of death at her front door...

Coming October 2026! 🐺

Utopia season 1, episode 1: comic book store YouTube video by Paul H

Utopia! Are we doing it right?

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I don't like it, Johnny. I preferred living in the stable, boring bit of history.

Anyway, chin up, sun is shining and all that. I'm still going climbing tonight. But also, lunch may feature some not insubstantial existential dread.

Growing up, I remember my dad telling me how, during certain periods of the Cold War, he fully expected the world to end. Nuclear conflict, WW3 etc. It was always history though. Waking up this morning, checking the news first thing, I begin to understand what it feels like.

Are you searching with the sidebar? Cmd+shift+h on a Mac. If not you want advanced search and replace from the menus, there are advanced settings there that let you fiddle with wildcards, search by formatting etc.