“Zee” Shortlisted for The Janet Savage Blachford Prize

The cover of Zee by Su J. Sokol
Many congrats to SF Canada member Su J. Sokol! Xyr novel “Zee” has just been short-listed for The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature!
Other books shortlisted this year include “Room for One More” by Monique Polak, “The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life” by Dani Jansen, and “Journal of a Travelling Girl” by Nadine Neema.
To learn more about the prize and its previous winners, see this link: The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Silvia Moreno-Garcia wins August Derleth Award

An author photo of Silvia Moreno-Garcia alongside the cover of her novel, Mexican Gothic

 

Heartiest Congratulations to SF Canada member Silvia Moreno-Garcia! She just won the British Fantasy Society’s August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. This year’s award-winner is Mexican Gothic, which spent an impressive 31 weeks on the Los Angeles Times best-sellers list in 2020.

The book is currently being developed into a limited television series for Hulu by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.

“In Veritas” Named Speculative Fiction Book of the Year

Our heartiest congratulations to SF Canada member C.J. Lavigne!
 
Her novel “In Veritas” was named the Speculative Fiction Book of the Year by the Alberta Book Publishers Association.
 
Read more about the other award-winners here: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/awards/
 
To read more about “In Veritas”, published by NeWest Press, see the book summary here: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/titles/in-veritas/