Another Spaced quote there for all the Daisy Steiners among us ( Read more... )

I see that the Clarke Awards shortlist is up.
Congratulations to all the shortlistees!

To paul_skevington and other judges, I highly recommend some nice soothing cool used chamomile teabags for your achy eyes after all that reading. Plus you can drink the tea! Yummy. Not as yummy as hot chocolate, but that's not good for the eyes ( Read more... )

Just a warning... typos may abound in this post. The keyboard is being temperamental about a few letters and some keys are utterly in the wrong place. My speech marks and the at sign are mixed up and the hash has disappeared ( Read more... )

I got contacted by Alison Flood at the Guardian before the shortlists were announced and I almost missed that the article has already appeared online , but I found it today.

Cool stuff.

Pity, though. I'd told my mom I might get a mention. She's going to be awfully disappointed. Never mind the nominees, eh?

I can exhale a little now that all the dust is settled on the BSFA shortlist count, and you can see the results here

... and there has already been a bit of discussion over at Torque Control I am of course purely impartial, but wow - what a list! I’m looking forward to doing a bit of reading, should I find the time, which is one of those ( Read more... )

What a week it has been. Quite frankly, I am exhausted ( Read more... )