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The Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story competition

20. May 2013

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The annual Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Competition returns for another year, I’m pleased to see. Very much an established part of the vibrant British comics scene now, this annual competition encourages some of our talented creators to submit a short four page comics work, with the winning entry bagging a cool thousand pounds and publication [...]

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Books: The Clarke Award, a report by our wandering man of letters, James Bacon

7. May 2013

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In the middle of last week the most prestigious awards ceremony celebrating one of our hugely rich strands of literary heritage, British science fiction, took place, mixing discussion of real science, speculation by scientists of The Shape of Things To Come and the crossover between fiction and real science, as well as the awards themselves. [...]

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Comics: the 9th Art Award at the Edinburgh Book Fest

2. May 2013

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I’ve already blogged a bit about how the Edinburgh International Book Festival – the world’s biggest literary fest – is planning to hugely up their comics related events this August. I’ve been hearing more bits and pieces from various folk which is making me more convinced this year’s Festival is going to be a corker [...]

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Books: Chris Beckett wins the Arthur C Clarke Award

2. May 2013

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Last night in the historic environs of the Royal Society in London the annual Arthur C Clarke Awards, the most prestigious of the UK’s literary science fiction awards, were held. Against stiff competition which included some of the real heavyweights of the genre such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Ken MacLeod, the judges decided to [...]

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Books: the Arthur C Clarke Award nominees

4. April 2013

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The final six shortlisted nominees for the UK’s most prestigious science fiction literature award, the Arthur C Clarke Awards, have been announced: Nod by Adrian Barnes (Bluemoose) Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (Corvus) Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway (William Heinemann) The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (Headline) Intrusion by Ken MacLeod (Orbit) 2312 by Kim Stanley [...]

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Hugo Nominations for Best Comic…. James Bacon reports:

30. March 2013

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James Bacon, reporting for us from London…. The Hugo Nominations for Best Comic are…. a pretty damn good selection. This evening at four science fiction conventions on two continents, from Norwescon in Seatle, to EightSquared in Bradford, the Hugo Nominations for 2012 were announced. Joe had already spoken about his own favourites and had called [...]

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British Comic Awards…. Get your nominations in now!

30. March 2013

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As you may or may not know, the British Comic Awards return for a second year to Thought Bubble in November. The new BCA Committee has been assembled, the judging panel will be announced a little later in the year. I’m on the committee (Richard) as is fellow FPI Blog writer Zainab. The BCA works [...]

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British Comic Awards 2013 – Committee announced…

18. March 2013

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The British Comic Awards Committee for 2013 has been announced over at the BCA website. This year we have a committee of 10 plus award founder Adam Cadwell as chairman. We think we’ve got a great range of skills and interests on the committee, meaning we should be able to cover every aspect of British [...]

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British Comic Awards 2013 – Nominations OPEN

23. February 2013

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Nominations are now open for the 2nd annual British Comic Awards, celebrating the very best in this wonderful world of British Comics that we have the pleasure of writing about every day. You can find all the details you need at the BCA website, but just a quick reminder about the awards and how they [...]

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Awards: Manga Jiman winners announced

19. February 2013

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The nice folk at the Embassy of Japan in London kindly dropped us a line to let us know they have posted up the results of their annual Manga Jiman comics award, which, now in its sixth year, has become one of the fixtures on the UK comics calendar. This year the winning entry was [...]

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