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Leena Krohn a World Fantasy Award Finalist
Leena Krohn’s Collected Fiction is a finalist in the 2016 World Fantasy Awards, in the best collection category.The collection is published by the Cheeky Frawg Books, and is available both as a...
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Big Book of Science Fiction
The Big Book of Science Fiction, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, is an undertaking which makes the word ambitious seem woefully inadequate. The book contains no less than 105 short stories and...
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Three Issues of Finnish Weird
This is already old news, but I didn’t mention it at the time, so I’ll fix that oversight now. The third issue of the Finnish Weird zine is out. It once again highlights contemporary Finnish weird...
View ArticleTähtivaeltaja Award Nominees 2017
Helsinki Science Fiction Society has announced this year’s nominees for the Tähtivaeltaja Award for best science fiction book published in Finland last year. The winner will be announced in May.The...
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Lauren Beukes Comes to Finncon
Finncon 2018 has announced its first Guest of Honor: South African writer Lauren Beukes.Beukes has written novels, short-stories, and comics, and also worked as a journalist and a tv scriptwriter. Two...
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Finnish Weird #4
Finnish Weird is a zine that showcases contemporary Finnish Weird fiction. Issue #4 is out, free to download as an ebook or a pdf.This issue features introductions of three Finnish authors, Magdalena...
View ArticleSamovar
Samovar is a new quarterly special issue of Strange Horizons that focuses on translated sf. They publish fiction and poetry in both the original language and an English translation.The first issue of...
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Sinisalo Nominated for Prometheus
Saw this on Twitter a couple of days ago: The Libertarian Futurist Society has released the finalists for the Prometheus Award in the Best Novel category. Among the finalists is our own Johanna...
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Hugo Awards 2017 Finalists
The finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards have been announced. This year’s Hugos are naturally significant for us Finns since the awards will be given in Helsinki in August. But also for a second...
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R.U.R in Tukkateatteri
Tukkateatteri in Tampere has produced a play of Karel Čapek’s R.U.R. The premiere was on April 21, and the performances continue until May 19.
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Sinisalo Interview in Europa SF
Cristian Tamas interviews Johanna Sinisalo for the Europa SF portal.(photo by Katja Lösönen)
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Cultural Award to Turtschaninoff
Maria Turtschaninoff has been awarded by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland. She received their 20 000 € “Big Cultural Prize” yesterday.Turtschaninoff was commended for weaving stories that...
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Swecon 2017
This weekend it was once again time for Swecon, Sweden‘s national science fiction convention. The convention was called Kontur and held at the Clarion Hotel Gillet in Uppsala—a very nice venue for a...
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Tähtivaeltaja Award to Lauren Beukes
The Helsinki Science Fiction Society has announced the winner of this year’s Tähtivaeltaja Award: the best science fiction book published in Finnish in 2016 is Zoo City – Eläinten valtakunta by Lauren...
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Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominees 2018
The shortlist for the Tähtivaeltaja Award has been announced. This year no less than four of the five nominees are Finnish — this is a first (as far as I can remember).The nominees are:Verso by Tuomo...
View ArticleAwards at Finncon
As usual, there were a few awards given out at Finncon last weekend in Turku. Here's a rundown of the results.AtoroxThe Atorox Award for best Finnish sf short story published last year went to Jenny...
View ArticleFinlandia Award Nominees 2018
The Finlandia Award nominees for this year have been announced, and there are a couple of familiar sfnal names in the mix. Magdalena Hai’s Kolmas sisar and Siiri Enoranta’s Tuhatkuolevan kirous are...
View ArticleZine Grants
The Ministry of Education and Culture has announced their annual cultural magazine grants. Unfortunately, from an sfnal perspective, the pickings look noticeably slimmer than in previous years. Neither...
View ArticleBoris Hurtta Awarded
Congratulations to Boris Hurtta for receiving the Union of Finnish Writers’ Suunta award for advancing Finnish literature! Boris was recognized for his decades of work benefitting marginal literature,...
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Tähtifantasia Nominees 2016
The nominees for the Tähtifantasia Award 2016 (for the best fantasy book translated into Finnish in 2015) have been announced. The nominees are:Maailmanloppu ja ihmemaa (Sekai no owari to hadoboirudo...
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