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  • Patience Agbabi on Arthur C. Clarke Award 2021 shortlist.

    Patience Agbabi on Arthur C. Clarke Award 2021 shortlist.

    Patience Agbabi’s novel The Infinite is on the shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2021 announced on June 30, 2021. The annual Arthur C. Clarke Award, given for the best science fiction novel first published in the UK during the previous year, was founded in 1987. Some previous winners of the award, established with…

  • Namwali Serpell’s “The Old Drift” wins Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020.

    Namwali Serpell’s “The Old Drift” wins Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020.

    Namwali Serpell‘s The Old Drift was announced the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 on September 23, 2020. The annual Arthur C. Clarke Award, founded in 1987, is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the UK during the previous year. Some previous winners of the award, established with a…

  • Namwali Serpell’s “The Old Drift” on Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 shortlist.

    Namwali Serpell’s “The Old Drift” on Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 shortlist.

    Namwali Serpell‘s The Old Drift is on the shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 announced on June 18, 2020. The annual Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year founded in 1987. The award judges are a voluntary body…

  • Tade Thompson is UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 winner.

    Tade Thompson is UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 winner.

    Tade Thompson was announced the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 for his novel Rosewater on July 17, 2019. The Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature is the most prestigious award for science fiction in the United Kingdom. Previous winners, established with a generous grant given by Sir Arthur C. Clarke,…

  • Tade Thompson on UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist.

    Tade Thompson on UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist.

    Tade Thompson is on the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist announced for his novel Rosewater. The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain for a book first published in the United Kingdom. Previous winners of the award, established with a generous grant given by Sir Arthur C.…

  • Lauren Beukes in running for 2nd Arthur C Clarke Award 2014

    Lauren Beukes in running for 2nd Arthur C Clarke Award 2014

    Author Lauren Beukes is the author of several titles including Moxyland, Zoo City and The Shining Girls. Her second book Zoo City which was published in 2010 was the novel that won the Arthur C Clark Prize for science fiction in 2011. The Arthur C Clark is the most prestigious award for science fiction in…