This week saw the release of the Best of British SF 2023, which includes ‘Muse Automatique’, my angsty high-concept not-really-a-romp inspired by the life of Galina Dali. The lovely Donna Scott of Newcon Press expertly hosted a virtual launch party, featuring several of contributors from the book’s truly impressive list. For reasons explained during the […]
The Best of British SF is launched
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 20 July 2024 0
Hyped Channels
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 1 July 2024 0
We’re halfway through the year, and I’ve found 2024 to be a mixture highs and lows, with perhaps more of the latter. I’ve written many words but as most were for a video-game that won’t come out, they will remain unseen. The world is a still a shitshow, with humans still screwing each other over […]
Go Me
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 8 May 2024 0
Although I’ve not had a productive year for new fiction, I have enjoyed two notable achievements over the last 12 months: the publication of my collection Strange Attractors and getting a story in the Best of British SF 2023. I was delighted when Strange Attractors was shortlisted for a BSFA award (the award actually went […]
Shortlisted!
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 2 March 2024 0
I was delighted to discover that Strange Attractors has made the British Science Fiction Awards shortlist in the ‘Best Collection’ category. I’m in some very find company on the various shortlists – ‘Best Novel’ will be particularly interesting. I also note that The Book of Gaheris has made the shortlist in the ‘Shorter Fiction’ category, […]
Review: The Book of Gaheris
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 27 February 2024 0
I like Arthurian stories, provided they don’t take liberties. Of course, my definition of ‘liberties’ is subjective, not least because my interest comes from reading a lot of them in my adolescence, and concluding then that I much preferred Mary Stewart to T H White. No idea if that’s still true of course… This book […]
Omitted Channels – 3
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 28 January 2024 0
I finally got my act together to join Threads – I’m @jainefenn there, or you can just click on the shiny new button under my picture on the right. As I write this I’ve only got a handful of followers and have yet to start a new thread – or whatever the jargon is – […]
Oh look, a new year
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 1 January 2024 1
Having let this blog languish for a while, 2023 was the year when I went back to posting semi-regularly. This stemmed in part from the realisation, shared with many others, that within the toxic stew that ferments across the internet, a personal website is a space you own, to do with as you want. Hopefully […]
Gwenevere is out today!
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 24 December 2023 0
If you fancy some short, engaging and visually rather lovely holiday viewing, Philip Reeve’s short film Gwenevere is out on general release today. Readers may, or may not, remember how I made the costumes for this film.
ArmadaCon Guest of Honour
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 13 December 2023 0
I’m pleased to announce that I will be a Guest of Honour at next year’s ArmadaCon, held on the 2nd and 3rd of November at the Future Inns hotel in Plymouth. I’ve attended ArmadaCon before and it’s a casual convention, with a bit of a South West slant (though anyone from anywhere is of course […]
Book Review: the Fallow Sisters novels
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 13 November 2023 0
Liz Williams, the author of these books, is a friend but we’re also capable of critiquing/reviewing each other’s work objectively, and have often done so at Milford SF Writer’s Workshop. I first read at early version of the opening chapters of Comet Weather, the first of the four Fallow Sisters novels, at Milford some years […]