Locus June 2023

The June 2023 issue of Locus has interviews with Connie Willis and Emma Törzs and a spotlight on artist Eli John. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2024. News covers the 2023 Nebula Awards, Nicola Griffith's Bradbury Prize win, HWA awards, the Orbit Works imprint launch, the Aurora Awards ballot, the book ban lawsuit in Florida, and much more. The SFWA Nebula Conference, 2023 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards, and Hal-Con 2023 are covered with reports and photos, plus a photo story on the Bay Area Book Festival. Obituaries remember Martin Amis, Lee Harding, and Sara Schwager. Reviews include new titles by M.A. Carrick, S.L. Huang, K.B. Wagers, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Howard Waldrop, Josh Rountree, Niall Harrison, Christopher Hartland, Leslie Vedder, Jade Song, Matthew Cheney, Dilman Dila, María Fernanda Ampuero, Julianna Baggott, Xian Mao, Claire North, Joe R. Lansdale, Premee Mohamed, Nicholas Binge, Mark Oshiro, Lorraine Avila, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ian R. MacLeod, Connie Willis, T. Kingfisher, Sara Hashem, and editors Chinelo Onwualu, Khadijah Queen, K. Ibura, and Allan Kaster, among others.