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October 12, 2007
Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) is delighted that Doris Lessing, Guest of Honor at the 1989 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts and longtime IAFA friend, has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Writing on her Children of Violence series, The Guardian states on its website : "By combining literary science fiction with a stringent, pioneering brand of feminism, Lessing gave a glimpse of the qualities for which she was to become famous.” As an author of the fantastic and only the 11th woman to win the award in Nobel's 106-year history, nothing can take the bloom off of this honour. Congratulations on this well-deserved award!
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WorldCon 2009
Congratulations to Montréal for winning the 2009 WorldCon bid [and I'm particularly thrilled as it's only a few hours drive away for me :-)]. Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, Montréal, Québec, will be held Thursday 6 August - Monday 10 August, 2009 at Palais des congrès de Montréal. The attendees include:
Neil Gaiman - Guest of Honour
Elisabeth Vonarburg - Invitée d'honneur
Taral Wayne - Fan Guest of Honour
David Hartwell - Editor Guest of Honour
Tom Doherty - Publisher Guest of Honour
Julie Czerneda - Master of Ceremonies
More information can be found at the Anticipation website.
Devention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, will be held in Denver, Colorado, from Wednesday 6 August - Sunday 10 August, 2008.
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