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The Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now First Novel Prize goes to young politics student The prize was launched by Sir Terry in 2011 and found not one, but two winners that year ( Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan and Half Sick Of Shadows by David Logan).This second event opened …

About to graduate from Oxford, 21-year-old Shannon is already tipped to become the next big thing in sci-fi and fantasy. Serkis, who’s picked up the rights through his Imaginarium production outfit, calls the novel “truly, extraordinary and thrilling”. Set in 2059, it follows the life of 19-year-old Paige Maloney who …

Just seven days to order your signed, numbered copy of Mephiston: Lord of Death Here at SFX we’re intrigued by the ingenuity that publishers put into their books. With so much choice of reading matter, especially with the continuing rise of ebooks, how does a new book stand out and …

Every issue, SFX teams up with WHSmith to offer you a special discount on a key new SF/fantasy book. And this month we’ve got offers on two titles. Red Country is the latest book by Joe Abercrombie, a typically bloody fantasy take on the Western, which sees the return of …

Every issue, SFX teams up with WHSmith to offer you a discount on a key new SF/fantasy book. This month’s title is the new novel by Iain M Banks: The Hydrogen Sonata . His latest Culture book, it finally reveals what “Subliming” actually is, and concerns what happens when a …

Are you ready for Deadlocked, the penultimate Sookie Stackhouse novel? Gollancz is delighted to be able to share the book trailer for Deadlocked with SFX. Deadlocked will be available where all good books are sold from the 1 May 2012. Sookie has a murder investigation on her hands. A young …

Yes, we know, “Chicklit”, terrible term isn’t it? We’ve already spanked ourselves very hard for using it. Anyhow, Jenny Colgan is writing an 11th Doctor book! Judging by the roaring chap clutching an axe and flaming longboat on the cover we’re guessing that it will be a historical tale (at …

She finished the draft before her shocking, untimely death, and the book has now been readied for release in November with her family’s blessing