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Central Station wins the Campbell!
As announced on Friday, Central Station won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel of the year. Hooray! This would be the 44th year (I think) the award is presented. The...
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Osama hits Czech Republic
Argo, my Czech publishers, have e-mailed to say Osama (Usama in the Czech edition) has gone to print, so hopefully will be out in time for my visit next week to Meltinpot in Ostrava, where I’ll be...
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Hebrew Central Station
The Israeli edition of Central Station should be out next month. Here is the cover, with art by Avi Katz. You can also read the first chapter here.
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Jews vs Zombies / Jews vs Aliens
The new US editions of Jews vs Zombies and Jews vs Aliens, edited by myself and Rebecca Levene, are now available from Ben Yehuda Press in two matching volumes, in both e-book and paperback editions....
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Singapore Writers Festival
I will be at the Singapore Writers Festival on the 4-5 November, where I’ll be participating in the following events: Saturday, 4th November First-Page Challenge Many readers use the first page of a...
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The Jewish Mexican Literary Review Winter 2018 Issue!
The latest issue of The Jewish Mexican Literary Review, edited by myself and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, is now out! Here’s the full TOC: The Jewish Mexican Literary Review Literature, art, poetry and...
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End of Year: 2017
It’s been a strange year – I barely had anything published yet, paradoxically, it’s been my most successful year to date. Mostly to do with things behind the scenes, where it’s been incredibly busy –...
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty Fifth Annual Collection
Gardner Dozois has announced the table of contents for The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty Fifth Annual Collection anthology (35th!!). It’s due out in July 2018. My story “The Road To The Sea” is...
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Central Station out in Germany!
Central Station is out in Germany today, published by Heine Random House, translated by Friedrich Mader. Here’s a handy link to Amazon. Hooray! This is my third book to be published in Germany (The...
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The Book of Magic
Gardner Dozois has announced The Book of Magic, his newest anthology forthcoming from Random House, and a follow up to his earlier The Book of Swords. Gardner has been kind enough to ask me a while...
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Central Station out in Romania
The latest translation of Central Station is out, this time in Romania! Translated by Alina Bilciurescu and Mihai Dan Pavelescu and published by Nemira. This is actually my first book in Romania,...
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Jews vs Zombies vs Italians!
Delighted to say that today sees the launch of the Italian edition of my and Rebecca Levene’s anthology, Jews vs Zombies, in Italy! Ebrei Contro Zombi is published by Acheron Books and translated by...
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¡Estación central en español!
Central Station is out today in Spain from Alethé Ediciones, translated by Alexander Páez! This is my third novel in Spain I think (Osama and A Man Lies Dreaming both previously appeared). Central...
View ArticleThe Very Best of the Best
Editor Gardner Dozois has announced the Table of Contents for THE VERY BEST OF THE BEST: 30 YEARS OF THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, to be published in Dec. 2018 or thereabouts. It includes my story,...
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Philip Kerr, 1956-2018
I was shocked at the sudden news last night that Philip Kerr died. I did not know him well but I knew him some and, more to the point, I simply liked him. I guess I kind of assumed we’d run into each...
View ArticleNew 3-book deal with Tachyon in US
This was posted last week, so I guess it’s official! I have a new 3-book deal with Tachyon in the US – they did an amazing job on Central Station, so when it came to it, it was an easy decision…...
View ArticleCentral Station shortlisted for Neukom Prize
Rather to my surprise, Central Station has been shortlisted for the inaugural Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award, for “Speculative Fiction works that explore the ways in which computational ideas...
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Announcing CANDY!
So the news is out – my next novel is the middle grade detective adventure Candy, published by Scholastic UK in June 2018. That’s less than two months away! (You can pre-order it from Amazon if you’re...
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A Man Lies Dreaming out in Israel!
A Man Lies Dreaming is published in Israel this week, by Keter Publishing! The book has previously appeared in Italy, Spain, France and the Czech Republic, and is forthcoming in Japan. There are also...
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Cover Reveal for Unholy Land
Last week, the B&N Blog revealed the new cover for Unholy Land, as well as some details of the book… The cover is by Sarah Anne Langton, who also, of course, did the BSFA Award winning cover of...
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