Whitehead wins 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award
Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction for his novel The Underground Railroad (Orbit), reports the Guardian. The Underground Railroad—a ‘fantastic reimagining of US slavery’—has...
Hugo Awards nominees criticise Orbit for ebooks decision
In the UK, three authors nominated for this year’s Hugo Awards for science-fiction have criticised their publisher Orbit for not allowing their whole books to be distributed to voters as...
Orbit/QWC speculative fiction manuscript development program
Following last year's announcement that Hachette's speculative fiction imprint Orbit was setting up an Australian division, Orbit and the Queensland Writers' Centre have announced a manuscript development program for aspiring...
Foley goes into Orbit
Hachette Livre Australia publisher Bernadette Foley has been appointed the Australian publisher for the Orbit science fiction list. The new position, which is in addition to Foley's current role, will...