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Minister Faust a Philip K. Dick Award nominee
Edmonton writer Minister Faust is among the nominees for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award.
The nominees are:
- Grey, Jon Armstrong (Night Shade Books)
- Undertow, Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra)
- From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain, Minister Faust (Del Rey)
- Nova Swing, M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra)
- Gradisil, Adam Roberts (Pyr)
- Ally, Karen Traviss (Eos)
Cory Doctorow Wins Locus Award
On June 21st, Cory Doctorow won a 2008 Locus Award for his novella "After the Siege."
The Locus Awards are voted by readers of Locus Magazine in an annual poll.
Hopkinson, Sawyer and Wilson Are Finalists for Campbell Award
Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms (Grand Central Publishing), Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback (Tor) and Robert Charles Wilson's Axis (Tor) are among the 14 finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science-fiction novel.
No Canadians are finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for best short science fiction) this year.
Hopkinson and Kay Are Nominees for Mythopoeic Awards
Nalo Hopkinson and Guy Gavriel Kay are among the finalists for the Mythopoeic Society's 2008 scholarship and literature awards.
All the nominees for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature are:
Phyllis Gotlieb Presented with Lifetime Achievement Award by SF Canada
On Thursday, June 5, 2008, Phyllis Gotlieb was presented the first SF Canada Lifetime Achievement Award at a reception at the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy in Toronto, in recognition of an outstanding and groundbreaking body of work in science fiction.
Ms. Gotlieb, 82, of Toronto is considered to be one of the founders of contemporary Canadian science fiction and has been a prominent voice in the field for over four decades.
Kenneth Oppel Wins Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award
On May 8th, Kenneth Oppel's novel Darkwing won a Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award in the category of YA/Middle Reader.
Darkwing is also shortlisted for a Sunburst.
Nalo Hopkinson Wins Aurora Award
Nalo Hopkinson's 2007 novel The New Moon's Arms (Warner) won the Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English on May 18th at KeyCon 25 in Winnipeg. The full list of Aurora finalists and winners is here.
K.V. Johansen Wins Ann Connor Brimer Award
New Brunswick author K.V. Johansen's YA novel Nightwalker: The Warlocks of Talverdin (Orca Books) received the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature at the 2008 Atlantic Book Awards. The ceremony was held in Dartmouth, NS on May 12th.
Aurora Award Nominees Announced
The final ballot for the 2008 Aurora Awards was announced March 27.
Deadline for receipt of ballots is 7 May; the awards will be handed out at KeyCon 25 (hosting Canvention 28), which takes place from May 16–19 in Winnipeg.
Here is a partial list of nominees.
Minister Faust Wins Special Citation
Minister Faust's From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (Del Rey), which was shortlisted for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award, won a special citation at Norwescon on March 21st.
