Anthology Dark Matter: Reading the Bones garners second World Fantasy Award for editor Sheree R. Thomas

On November 6, 2005, Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, an anthology of science fiction and fantasy by black writers, received the World Fantasy Award. The anthology is the second in a series conceived and edited by Sheree R. Thomas and published by Warner Aspect. The first anthology in the series, Dark Matter: a Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, won a World Fantasy Award in 2001.

Okorafor-Mbachu wins magical realism short story contest

Author Nnedimma Okorafor-Mbachu (Zahrah the Windseeker, Ejii the Shadow Speaker) is this year's winner of the Annual Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism Short Story Contest, for her story "Biafra." Click here to read the story online. Yay, Nnedi!

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Octavia Butler launches Fledgling in Toronto

Book Launch for
Fledgling
By Octavia Butler
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 7pm

Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s first new novel in seven years, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of “otherness” and questions what it means to be truly human.


Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue
Admission: $5 - $12 sliding scale, available at TWB
Wheelchair Accessible
Co-sponsored by Seven Stories Press and Publishers Group Canada

Re-release of updated Charles Saunders novels

Amy Harlib interviews Saunders here, where he tells the story of why we stopped seeing books from him, and how we soon will again. In Febuary 2006, Nightshade Books is releasing of Saunders' first Imaro novel, originally published in 1981.