Congratulations to all the DMLA authors who made the BSFA shortlist!
BEST SHORT NON FICTION
Dominant Themes in Afro-Centric Fiction, Eugen Bacon (Aurealis)
BEST SHORTER FICTION (Novellas, novelettes)
Broken Paradise, Eugen Bacon (Luna Press Publishing)
BEST COLLECTION
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (edited by Wole Talabi), Eugen Bacon (Android Press)
No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed (Undertow)
The British Science Fiction Association Awards Longlist has been announced and many congratulations to the following DMLA authors who have been nominated for this year’s award in the following categories!
Best Collection:
Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 – Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Eugen Bacon, Milton Davis (Arc Manor)
Languages of Water – Editor, Eugen Bacon (MVMedia)
The Skin Thief – Suzan Palumbo (Neon Hemlock)
No One Will Come Back for Us – Premee Mohamed (Undertow)
Best Novel:
A Second Chance for Yesterday – RA Sinn (Solaris)
The Saint of Bright Doors – Vajra Chandrasekera (tordotcom)
The Valkyrie – Kate Heartfield (HarperCollins)
Witch King – Martha Wells (tordotcom)
Best Short Fiction:
Paperweight – Eugen Bacon & Claire Rhoden (Mothersound)
Sina the Child with No Echo – Eugen Bacon (Mothersound)
Best Shot Non-Fiction:
Dominant Themes in Afro-Centric Fiction – Eugen Bacon (Aurealis)
Best Shorter Fiction:
Broken Paradise – Eugen Bacon (Luna Press)
Congratulations to our clients appearing on the Locus 2023 Recommended Reading List!
NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION
NOVELS – FANTASY
NOVELS – HORROR
FIRST NOVELS
COLLECTIONS
NOVELLAS
NOVELETTES
SHORT STORIES
Italian rights to Jo Walton’s AMONG OTHERS, to Marco Rana at Edizione E/O, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.
Italian rights to C.L. Polk’s THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN, to Marco Rana at Edizione E/O, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Caitlin McDonald.
Turkish rights to Melissa K. Roehrich’s LADY OF DARKNESS and LADY OF SHADOWS, to Ren Kitap, in a two-book deal, by Merve Öngen at AnatoliaLit Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
French rights to Melissa K. Roehrich’s LADY OF DARKNESS series and LEGACY series, to Guy Tredaniel, at auction, in a very nice deal, in a nine-book deal, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
Hungarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s PRINCESS FLORALINDA AND THE FORTY-FLIGHT TOWER, to Fumax, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
Italian rights to Jeanette Ng’s UNDER THE PENDULUM SUN, to Marco Rana at Edizione E/O, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Jennie Goloboy.
Spanish audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ WITCH KING, to Recorded Books, by Amaiur Fernández at International Editors Co. in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
Orbit UK will publish a stunning epic fantasy trilogy from debut author M. H. Ayinde. The first book in the series, A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST, will be published in spring 2025 and launches a gripping tale of revenge and rebellion in a vividly drawn world inspired by multiple pre-colonial cultures. Editor Emily Byron acquired rights from Jennie Goloboy.
M. H. Ayinde was born in London’s East End. She was the 2021 winner of the Future Worlds Prize, which was created to discover new writers of science fiction and fantasy from ethnically diverse backgrounds. She lives in London with three generations of her family and their Studio Ghibli obsession.
“provocative, assured, compelling debut novel”
“The romance that develops between Myx and Nev is indicative of the nicely divided dual priorities by which Sinn contours the book. Not only is the techno-riddle given full prominence, but so is Nev’s whole familial and adult backstory. She ends up on a path to solve not only the Glitch, but also all the little glitches in her life. The knockout ending knots off both threads nicely.”
“As with so much classic SF, that’s the glory of this suspenseful, fast-moving tale: the ratiocinative human mind pitted against the existential whirlpool of the cosmos.”
Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that will take her to the very brink of sanity.
She will never speak of it again.
Two decades later, Betty Fitzpatrick, newly arrived at college in Dublin, has already fallen in love with the drama society, and the beautiful but troubled Ashling Mallen. As their relationship blossoms, Ashling goes to great lengths to keep Betty away from her family, especially her alcoholic mother, Etain.
As their relationship blossoms, Betty learns her lover’s terrifying family history, and Ashling’s secret obsession. Ashling has become convinced that the horrors inflicted on her family are connected to a seemingly innocent children’s TV show. Everyone in Ireland watched this show in their youth, but Ash soon discovers that no one remembers it quite the same way. And only Ashling seems to remember its star: a small black goat puppet who lives in a box and only comes out if you don’t behave. They say he’s never come out.
Almost never.
When the door between the known and unknown opens, it can never close again.
Congratulations to DMLA author, Eugen Bacon, in winning a British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction for her essay collection, An Earnest Blackness!
Congratulations to DMLA author, Kate Heartfield, for her 2023 Aurora Awards win!
BEST NOVEL
Also, huge shoutout to Premee Mohamed and C.L. Polk for their nominations! Premee Mohamed was nominated for best novel with her work, The Void Ascendant, and C.L. Polk for best novelette with Even Though I Knew the End.
Created by historian and futurist sibling authors, A Second Chance for Yesterday is a clever and time-twisting story exploring life, redemption and quantum entanglements.
Nev Bourne is a hotshot programmer for the latest and greatest tech invention out there: SavePoint, the brain implant that rewinds the seconds of all our most embarrassing moments. She’s been working non-stop on the next rollout, even blowing off her boyfriend, her best friend and her family to make SavePoint 2.0. But when she hits go on the test-run, she wakes up the next day only to discover it’s yesterday. She’s falling backwards in time, one day at a time.
As things spiral out of control, a long-lost friend from college reappears in her life claiming they know how to save her. Airin is charming and mysterious, and somehow knows Nev intimately well. Desperate and intrigued, Nev takes a leap of faith. A friendship born of fear slowly becomes a bond of deepest trust, and possibly love. With time running out, and the whole world of SavePoint users at stake, Nev must learn what it will take to set things right, and what it will cost.