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Pictures from 2015 The BSFA Awards, Mancunicon

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Aliette de Bodard talks to journalist David Barnett following her double win of BSFA Awards for Best Novel and Best Short Fiction

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Accepting Awards on stage are Jim Burns, winner of Best Artwork for the cover of Ian Whates's novel Pelquin's Comet, and Ian Whates himself of Newcon Press collecting on behalf of Adam Roberts, whose collection Rave and Let Die: SF & Fantasy of 2014 was the winner in the Best Non-Fiction category.

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Aliette de Bodard remembers she has *two* prizes!

Following the announcement of the BSFA Awards I thought I would share my pictures with you of the happy winners, receiving their trophies at Mancunicon, at Manchester Deansgate's Hilton hotel last week. This was quite special, as Aliette de Bodard became the first person to win both the fiction awards in the same year. Lucky for Jim Burns, too, as this was his thirteenth win in the Best Artwork category. And Adam Roberts was the Best Non-Fiction winner, having previously won the Best Novel Award for 2012 for Jack Glass.

You can read David Barnett's resultant article in The Guardian here.

Win 2 Tickets to Sledge Lit

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Sledge Lit in Derby is Edge-Lit's Christmas Vacation, and it's coming to Derby quad on 21st November from 10am-6pm and tickets are just £25.

CONFIRMED GUESTS OF HONOUR:
Alison Moore, Man Booker shortlisted author of The Lighthouse and He Wants
Adam Roberts, acclaimed SF author of Bete, Yellow Blue Tibia and Jack Glass
Robert Shearman, award-winning short story author, scriptwriter and playwright
Charles Stross, multiple Hugo and Locus award winning SF, fantasy and horror author

- See more here.

We have two tickets to give away to this great event to a lucky BSFA member!

In order to be in a chance of winning simply send an email to chair@bsfa.co.uk with SLEDGE LIT COMP in the subject email, providing your name, contact details and BSFA membership number. You will find your BSFA membership number on the envelope of your recent mailing, if you still have it, but if you don't, we can verify you in our database so long as we have your name and postcode.

The prize is two tickets to this event. In the event that the winner cannot use both tickets, we will be happy to offer the remaining single ticket to another member who has entered the competition. There is no cash or other alternative prize. The winner will be chosen by taking all entries and an independent party will select the winner at random.

The deadline is midnight, Monday 9th November.

Joyful and kind thoughts will be bestowed upon all who retweet and share this competition.

 

 

Adam Roberts Short Stories

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Gollancz have collected together the short stories of Adam Roberts in one collection. Unique, twisted visions from the edges and the centre of sci-fi genres populate the collection. Every story carries Adam Roberts’ trademark elegance of style and restlessly questioning spirit. Each of the 24 stories are guaranteed to make you think, to make you laugh, to make you wonder and to make you uneasy but all will entertain.

“I like the idea of writing at least one thing in all the myriad sub-genres and sub-sub-genres of SF. So the first story here is a ‘robot story’, the second a story about immortality, the third a time-travel story...”

A brilliant collection from a brilliant mind.