Back from a busy Eastercon that went past in something of a blur — but was very enjoyable for all that. My impression overall was of a busy but well-organised convention with interesting programme throughout; it was a bit of a traipse to get from the dealers’ room and the large programme space in the convention centre to the rest of the programme rooms in the Hilton hotel, but that’s the worst I can find to say of it, and perhaps I noticed more because for the first time Briardene had its own table in the dearlers’ room, rather than parasiting off a larger press. Here’s a pic of all three Briardene authors together with their books:
In the centre we have Paul Kincaid with our latest book, Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, which was launched during the convention; in the photo below you can see me interviewing Paul at his launch; we talked about the reasons to review (and collect reviews of) non-fiction, the meaning behind the book’s title, other authors who might have featured in the book if it had been written later, and much more. We sold a fair few copies, but have plenty more available.
If you’re interested in picking up copies of all three Briardene Books — all signed by the authors — you can visit the Genre For Trans auction, set up over the weekend by Guests of Honour Lauren Beukes and Jeannette Ng. The Briardene lot is here, and at the time of writing it’s the cheapest way to get a set of all three books, but make sure to check out the rest of the auction as well.
Last but not least, Sunday evening brought the BSFA Awards, and the absolute delight of Abigail winning the Best Non-Fiction (Long) category for Track Changes! The category was extremely strong this year, so do check out the other nominees as well; but I could not be more pleased that Track Changes came out the winner and hope that it’s only the first of many accolades. Thank you to everyone who voted in the awards. There were also several other winners I was pleased to see; in particular, Aliya Whiteley’s Three Eight One took home the award for Best Novel, which the SF Awards Database suggests is (incredibly) her first award win.
And that’s a wrap for this year’s Eastercon — but future Briardene plans are afoot, so watch this space for new news in a month or two.
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