That’s right, three!
Ottawa, April 21, 2026 — Well, holy moly! The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) released its list of nominees for the 2026 Aurora Awards yesterday, and the BumblePuppy Press is thrilled to be able to tell you that our own Rachel A. Rosen has been nominated for not one, not two, but three Auroras.
And, if I’m being fully honest, I am pretty thrilled, too. Call it riding on someone else’s coat-tails if you will, but I can’t help but feel that I was pretty clever to offer Rachel a contract for her first novel, Cascade, way back in 2021. The woman is brilliant in all sorts of ways, and I get the bragging rights to say that I saw that genius first!
But I digress.
Rachel’s second novel, Blight, has been nominated for the Best Novel award; she’s also in the running for best short story, with, “What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire’s Yacht?” published in Antifa Lit Journal Volume 1, and for the podcast she co-hosts with David L. Clink, Wizards and Spaceships.
In the best novel category, Rachel is competing with the likes of such luminaries as Julie E. Czerneda, Heather Fawcett, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Tanya Huff, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Robert J. Sawyer (who, as you can see above, blurbed Blight itself prior to publication). The BumblePuppy Press offers its congratulations to all nominees, but I hope you’ll forgive me if I cross my fingers a little extra tightly on Rachel’s behalf.
The history of the Aurora Awards (albeit under a different name) go back to 1980, when none other than A.E. van Vogt was given a Lifetime Achievement Award for the work he did before he moved to the United States. Since 2012, they have been the Auroras and, as with the American Hugo Awards, you too can vote for the work you loved best in 2025 (if you are a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident). All it takes is an internet connection and a credit card or PayPal account to join the CSFFA. The price is $10.00. Visit their homepage and follow the links to sign up or to renew your membership.
Finally, I guess I’d be remiss if I don’t belabour the obvious: Blight is yours for the buying in our shop.
Excitedly yours,
Geoffrey Dow, publisher
