Before I get to the column news: calling all BAME SF writers! Tendai Huchu and Raman Mundair are editing a special BAME (Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic) edition of Shoreline of Infinity, due out June 2020 — and they want your submissions! Check out the new call at the link below and get your work in by 8th March:
https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/submissions-bame-special-issue-stories-and-poems-wanted/
Quick blog for you all, especially if you’re a member of the British Science Fiction Association. My column, Noise and Sparks, published by Shoreline of Infinity, has made the Best Non-Fiction longlist in the BSFA Awards for works published in 2019. This is the second year in a row my column has made the longlist, and I’m delighted! My humble thanks to all the BSFA members who have enjoyed my work over the past 12 months!
The cards have been sent, the gifts are all wrapped, and this afternoon I go into Newcastle for my annual Christmas whiskey-drinking session with a local pal. In other words, this is the perfect moment to reflect on the past year.
If you’d like a free copy of Shoreline of Infinity, or a science fiction and fantasy non-fiction reading list from me, then read on.
Well, gobsmacked is how I’d put it.*