In parochial news, Margo Lanagan’s novel Tender Morsels tied with Jeffrey Ford’s The Shadow Year for Best Novel and Shaun Tan was awarded Best Artist at the World Fantasy Awards. Neither was at the ceremony to collect their awards. Shaun was too busy working on a film and Margo had decided to stay home on the argument that turning up to awards seemed to be the best way to lose them. Looks like she was right.

Other winners: Ellen Asher and Jane Yolen for Life Achievement, Kij Johnson’s “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” for Best Short Story, Richard Bowes’s “If Angels Fight” for Best Novella, Sedia Ekaterina’s Paper Cities for Best Anthology, Jeffrey Ford’s The Drowned Life for Best Collection (yep, that’s a two-fer), Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant’s Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House for Special Award (Professional), and Michael J. Walsh’s Howard Waldrop collections from Old Earth Books for Special Award (Non-professional).

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