Talking Squid would like to congratulate all the Aurealis Award winners and nominees. The results and judges’ reports are here. It was a wonderful evening despite the oppressive heat (it was still terribly uncomfortable walking outside at 3 am!). I had the honour and sweet pleasure of accepting Simon Brown’s award on his behalf; I was also [...]

The Hugo winners are out. There will always be disagreements about the relative merits of awards and their nominees, but I don’t think anyone can complain that the winners (Chabon, Willis, Chiang, Bear, Hartwell, Gelder, Moffat, Martiniere, Prucher, Scalzi, Goldman & Vaughn, Foster, LOCUS, and File 770) don’t represent the highest level of achievement. It [...]