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of the Woodwork 142. September 2008 Welcome to our newsletter, it contains up to the minute news and gossip as well as awards details and items requiring help from the collective consciousness. If you wish to contribute please do so! We welcome your thoughts, your news items and any gossip! We do love a bit of gossip here at Fantastic HQ 2008 British Fantasy Award Winners - STOP Press The British Fantasy Society is delighted to announce the winners of the British Fantasy Awards for 2008. The presentations were made at the awards banquet of Fantasycon 2008 in Nottingham on 20th September. The Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award: Scott Lynch BFS Special Award: 'The Karl Edward Wagner Award': Ray Harryhausen Best Non-Fiction: Peter Tennant WHISPERS OF WICKEDNESS WEBSITE REVIEWS (Whispers of Wickedness) Best Artist: Vincent Chong Best Small Press: Peter Crowther, PS Publishing Best Anthology: Stephen Jones THE
MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 18 Best Collection: Christopher Fowler OLD DEVIL MOON (Serpents Tail) Best Short Fiction Joel Lane MY STONE DESIRE (Black Static #1, TTA Press) Best Novella: Conrad Williams THE SCALDING ROOMS (PS Publishing)
Eoin Colfer announced as new Hitchhiker author. Children's author Eoin Colfer has been commissioned to write a sixth instalment of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series. Mostly Harmless, the last Hitchhiker book, was written by its creator, the late Douglas Adams, 16 years ago. Now Adams's widow, Jane Belson, has given her approval to bring back the hapless Arthur Dent in a new book entitled And Another Thing...Eoin Colfer, 43, is best known for the best-selling Artemis Fowl novels. He said he was "terrified" by the prospect of creating a new Hitchhiker book almost a quarter of a century after being introduced to what he described as a "slice of satirical genius" in his late teens. Full BBC story Sunburst Awards Winners Winners of this year's Sunburst Awards, for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, have been announced. The awards go to a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection published in previous calendar year. This year the awards are given in two categories: adult novel, and young adult novel. Winners and finalists are: ADULT
British actor Tim Roth is starring in an adaptation of the award-winning children's novel Skellig. The Oscar nominee heads a cast which includes Kelly MacDonald and John Simm in the film based on David Almond's 1998 book. Roth will take the title role as the part-owl, part-angel Skellig who is discovered in a ramshackle shed. MacDonald, who received an Oscar nomination this year for No Country for Old Men, will play Michael's mother, while Life on Mars' Simm will play his dad. Skellig tells the story of a young boy who discovers the strange creature after moving house and nourishes him back to health, while his baby sister is gravely ill in hospital. Full BBC story Guillermo Del Toro - excliting news. Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has signed a four-picture deal with film studio Universal that will keep him occupied for the next decade. The Hellboy director will remake Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. According to Variety, though, the deal will probably begin with a film of the Charles Dickens-inspired novel Drood. Before that, however, del Toro has to direct two films based on The Hobbit and other works by JRR Tolkien. Produced by New Line and MGM, the Lord of the Rings prequels will be del Toro's main priority for the next four years Full BBC story Gregory Mcdonald author of the "Fletch" series of novels died in Pluaski, Tennessee on 7th September. Independent obituary Dept of smug self satisfaction: (a) Hello, just wanted to let you know that I received my book
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