TWO titles shortlisted for the Kitschies!

Today is a very exciting day for us at Angry Robot, as two of our titles have been shortlisted for the Kitschies, and annual award for progressive, intelligent and entertaining genre literature. This years Kitschies is sponsored by Blackwell’s, which is incredibly exciting. Our first shortlisted title, is THE CABINET by Un-Su Kim has been […]
Jeannette Ng wins the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon 2019
The wonderful and inspiring Robot that is Jeannette Ng delivered a fantastic acceptance speech at Worldcon 2019 after winning the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer at the Hugo Award Ceremony on 18th August. We couldn’t be prouder of her and the statements she made. We stand with her always – “Stale. Sterile. […]
Angry Robot invades Dragon Con.
Happy Wednesday fleshlings. It’s time to celebrate because we’ve packed up some authors and shipped them out for a weekend at Dragon Con! Atlanta’s premium pop-culture con, covering sci-fi, fantasy, comics, books, film, gaming and so much more, takes place from the 30th August to 3rd September. Throughout the event we’ve got several writers taking […]
Rod Duncan Wins Leicester Book of the Year Award
Last night, at a wonderful ceremony in Leicester city centre the Leicester Book of the Year Award was bestowed upon Rod Duncan‘s fantastic novel, The Queen of All Crows. The novel follows one of our favourite heroines of all time, Elizabeth Barnabus, from the adventures of The Fall of The Gas-Lit Empire series into this, […]
The Stars are Legion on the Campbell Memorial Shortlist!
We have some news so incredible it might just wipe your memory and leave you stranded on a dying world-ship in the vast emptiness of space. That’s right, Kameron Hurley has been nominated for a John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for her gory, fleshy, downright meaty book The Stars Are […]
We’ve Been Shortlisted for A Locus Award!
Good news, Robot fans! Not only has our Kameron Hurley‘s The Stars Are Legion been shortlisted for Best Sc-Fi Novel at the Locus Awards, we’ve been shortlisted for Best Publisher! Yeeeeeyyyyyyyyy! The Locus Awards are chosen by a survey of readers in an open online poll, which runs from February 1 to April 15. Winners […]
An Accident of Stars Shortlisted for the Norma K Hemming Award!
We have more award good news! The wonderful An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows has been shortlisted for the Norma K Hemming Award for Long Work! In its own words, the award, presented by The Australian Science Fiction Foundation (ASFF), is given to mark excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, […]
Hunger Makes the Wolf, Winner of The Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award!
WE BRING GOOD NEWS, MEATSACKS!! Alex Wells (or Acks, as you might know them) took home The Kitschies Golden Tentacle for Best Debut award last night!! The Red Tentacle was awarded to Nina Allan for The Rift and the Inky to Jack Smyth for his cover illustration for The History of Bees. The Kitschies, sponsored […]
Hugo(ish) Nominations!
Robots!! Join with us and celebrate the wonders that are Jeannette Ng and Foz Meadows! Why, do you ask? Well, in case you’ve missed it, both authors have been shortlisted in this year’s Hugo Awards! The brilliant Jeannette has been nominated for a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for her debut novel […]
Hunger Makes the Wolf Kitschies Shortlisted!
OMFG, you guys! We’re so excited to announce that Alex Wells’ splendid novel Hunger Makes the Wolf has been shortlisted for The Kitschies’ Gold Tentacle Award! *Glitter cannons pop* The Gold Tentacle is awarded to debut novels which best fit the criteria of progressive, intelligent and entertaining. Previous winners include Tade Thompson’s Making Wolf and […]
The Wrong Stars Shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Award
WHOOOOT!!!! Sound the good news alarms, release the d̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ joy drones and set party phasers to ‘stun’ because Tim Pratt‘s The Wrong Stars has been shortlisted for this year’s Philip K Dick Award! The Wrong Stars follows a ragtag crew of the ship the White Raven, as they discover an alien technology that could change […]