Tesseracts Nine Wins Aurora- Canada's Top SF Award

For Immediate Release

Contact: Janice Shoults -- 780-460-1756
janice@hadespublications.com

(Calgary, AB) -- Canada's largest genre publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy is proud to announce that 'Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction', co edited by award winning authors Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman - won the 2006 Aurora Award for Best Work (Other).

'Tesseracts Nine', which is a collection of the very best of new Canadian short stories, essays and poems from Canada's top Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction and Fantasy) authors, was awarded the honor by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association this weekend at an awards ceremony that was organized by Canvention, in Toronto.

The Aurora Awards (Prix Aurora) are given out annually for the best Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy literary works from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. The awards have been presented annually since 1980.

Competing finalists for the Aurora Award for Best Work (other) included:

'Birth', Michael Lennick and Robert J. Sawyer (writers);
Joe Mahoney(producer) (CBC Radio One, July 8, 2005) [radio drama]

'Fantastic Companions', Julie E. Czerneda, editor (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)[anthology]

'Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine', Karl Johanson, editor
(www.neo-opsis.ca) [sf magazine]

'On Spec', Diane Walton, managing editor
(The Copper Pig Writers Society)(www.onspec.ca) [sf magazine]

'Six Impossible Things, Nalo Hopkinson (host & curator);
Joe Mahoney (series coordinating producer)
(CBC Radio One, May 16-27, 2005) [radio anthology]

"EDGE would like to congratulate all of the Aurora Award finalists. It is very exciting to see Canadian SF & F authors being recognized both nationally and internationally for their hard work, creativity and innovation," says EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy publisher, Brian Hades.

Featured in the award winning 'Tesseracts Nine' collection are works by:

Anthony MacDonald and Jason Mehmel, Jerome Stueart, Yves Meynard, Candas Jane Dorsey, E. L. Chen, Sandra Kasturi, Steve Stanton, Élisabeth Vonarburg, Timothy J. Anderson, Daniel Sernine, Dan Rubin, Nancy Kilpatrick, Alette J. Willis, Rhea Rose, Casey June Wolf, Sarah Totton, Marg Gilks, Claude Lalumière, Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy, Sylvie Bérard, René Beaulieu, Pat Forde, Allan Weiss, Sheryl Curtis, Howard Scott, Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman.

Many contributors to 'Tesseracts Nine' have been previous Aurora Award winners for their own individual works.

About the Tesseracts Series

Since the publication of 'Tesseracts One', edited by the late Judith Merrill, the entire Tesseracts series has presented works from over 150 Canadian speculative fiction writers, many of whom have built brilliant careers, including Margaret Atwood, William Gibson, Robert Sawyer, Claude Lalumière, and Élisabeth Vonarburg.

Every volume in the Tesseracts series has been edited by different Canadian writers, publishers and critics. 'Tesseracts Nine' editors, Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, were themselves selected as representatives of modern Canadian innovative and futuristic fiction and poetry. They, together with the 'Tesseracts Nine' authors, have been recognized by the Aurora Awards committee as the new leaders and emerging voices of Canadian Speculative Fiction.

'Tesseracts Nine', edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, is currently available throughout North America, and through the publisher's website:

www.edgewebsite.com

The 'Tesseracts Nine' collection will be featured at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles in August, 2006 - along with EDGE's other current releases and classic titles.

This is EDGE's second international award this year. The first was an Aurealis - Australia's top Science Fiction award for the Best SF Novel of the Year. This honor was bestowed upon EDGE's author K. A. Bedford for his novel "ECLIPSE".

To book an interview with any of the 'Tesseracts Nine' authors, or editors,please contact:

Janice Shoults, Marketing Director,
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing,
janice at hadespublications.com

Publisher's web site:
http://www.edgewebsite.com

Books from EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
and Tesseract Books are now distributed by:
Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Toll Free 1-800-387-9776, Fax: 1-800-260-9777,
SAN#S1151444) and can be found at Baker and Taylor and Ingram wholesalers.
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EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing

2006 Releases (Canada):
Forbidden Cargo by Rebecca K. Rowe (APRIL)
The Alphanauts by J. Brian Clarke (MAY)
Hydrogen Steel by K. A. Bedford (AUGUST)
i-Robot Poetry by Jason Christie (SEPTEMBER)
Tesseracts Ten edited by Edo van Belkom and
Robert Charles Wilson (OCTOBER)
Righteous Anger by Lynda Williams (NOVEMBER)

2006 Releases (USA):
Eclipse by K. A. Bedford - (MARCH)
A Game of Perfection by Élisabeth Vonarburg - (APRIL)
Stealing Magic by Tanya Huff - (MAY)
Forbidden Cargo by Rebecca K. Rowe (August)
The Alphanauts by J. Brian Clarke (September)


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