The Star Trek 60th anniversary brings a new Paramount film and a Le Creuset cookware range, the 2026 Dragon Awards hand out rockets to a near-empty room, the HWA dissolves its Executive Director post, and HBO’s Harry Potter finds its Tom Riddle. Genre news, 7-9 September 2026.
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Read MorePhil Tippett’s Berkeley workshop closes for good, Netflix goes looking for Strahd, Worldcon’s business meeting reaches for the red pen, and the Horror Writers Association discovers what happens when you print a column about generative AI.
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