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Press Release Index
A press release is an announcement sent to the media. Here are some
press releases about Robert J. Sawyer's science-fiction novels and
the awards that he's been nominated for or won:
New Novels
- January 17, 2007: Rollback ("A New Novel by Canada's Leading Science Fiction Author" press release from H.B. Fenn and Company, Tor's Canadian distributor): Word document
- January 12, 2007: Rollback ("Human Lifespan will be Radically Extended Soon, says Award-winning author"): HTML / PDF
- March 28, 2006: Analog to Serialize Rollback
- January 6, 2003: Humans
- April 9, 2002: Hominids
- January 27, 2000: Calculating God
- May 17, 1999: Flashforward
- May 18, 1998: Factoring Humanity
- November 10, 1997: Illegal Alien
- May 27, 1997: Frameshift
- September 10, 1996: Starplex
- April 8, 1995: The Terminal Experiment
Awards
- June 2, 2007: Sawyer receives Honorary Doctorate
- February 15, 2007: Sawyer wins Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award
- July 7, 2006: Mindscan wins John W. Campbell Memorial Award
- March 14, 2006: Hominids nominated for OLA Evergreen Award
- November 24, 2004: "Identity Theft" wins world's Top Cash Prize for SF
- April 11, 2004: Humans nominated for Hugo Award
- August 30, 2003: Hominids wins Hugo Award
- April 21, 2003: Hominids nominated for Hugo Award
- August 19, 2001: Frameshift wins Seiun Award
- April 27, 2001: Calculating God nominated for Hugo Award
- July 16, 2000: Flashforward wins Aurora Award
- April 23, 1999: Factoring Humanity nominated for Hugo Award
- December 22, 1998: "The Hand You're Dealt" wins Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award
- December 2, 1998: Flashforward wins world's Top Cash Prize for SF
- June 12, 1998: 1998 Aurora Awards a Battle of the SF Titans
- June 12, 1998: Sawyer Nominated for Four Aurora Awards
- April 15, 1998: Illegal Alien nominated for Arthur Ellis Award
- April 10, 1998: Frameshift nominated for Hugo Award
- December 10, 1997: Factoring Humanity wins world's Top Cash Prize for SF
- November 1, 1997: Starplex wins Aurora Award (with photos from the ceremony)
- August 23, 1997: End of an Era wins Seiun Award
- July 28, 1997: End of an Era nominated for Seiun Award
- April 21, 1997: Starplex nominated for Hugo Award
- November 17, 1996: Sawyer short story wins Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
- July 21, 1996: Terminal Experiment wins Aurora Award
- April 27, 1996: Terminal Experiment wins Nebula Award
Other
- February 22, 2003: Rob named Writer in Residence at The Merril Collection
- January 2, 2000: Rob co-hosts "Inventing the Future: 2000 Years of Discovery"
- October 20, 1998: Radio-TV Interview Report: Do Genes Define Our Destiny?
- July 10, 1998: Radio-TV Interview Report: Will Computers Soon Make Humans Obsolete?
- June 1, 1999: Factoring Humanity book tour
- May 4, 1998: Sawyer elected President of SFWA
- April 1, 1998: Bakka SF Bookstore moves
- January 29, 1998: Tesseracts 6 launched
- January 1, 1998: Illegal Alien featured as Coles/Smithbooks "Made in Canada" title
- November 14, 1997: Sawyer Joins Canada's Top Science TV Program
Author Photo
- Publication-quality photograph of Robert J. Sawyer
More Good Reading
Rob's essay on "Getting Good Press" (1,200 words)
Rob on TV
Rob's Newsletter
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