Telos Publishing Ltd. is a publishing company, originally established by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, with their first publication being a horror anthology based on the television series Urban Gothic in 2001. The name comes from that of the fictional planet Telos from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

History

Since being formed, Telos Publishing Ltd. has published a wide variety of works, from original novellas based on Doctor Who to original horror and fantasy novels. They also produce a variety of unofficial guide books to popular television and film series, as well as the Time Hunter series of novellas. Starburst magazine called them "perhaps the UK's best-known independent publishers of Doctor Who books".[1]

Telos have employed many unknown writers, in addition to works by established and award-winning authors.

Telos, and its co-founders, have been nominated for a variety of awards in their own right, such as the Canadian Prix Aurora Award,[2] and the British Fantasy Awards, where they won the PS Publishing Award for Best Small Press in 2010[3] and 2011.[4] One of their publications, the Doctor Who novella Small Gods by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman, won an Aurealis Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel, the first television tie-in to receive a major science-fiction award.[5] Christopher Fowler's novella Breathe won the British Fantasy Society Award for best novella in 2005.[6] In 2006, Telos' founders Howe and Walker won the World Fantasy Award for Best Non-Professional for their publishing work.[7]

Authors of note published by Telos

Authors published by Telos Publishing have included Juliette Benzoni, William S Burroughs, Simon Clark, Paul Finch, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Hank Janson, Tanith Lee, George Mann, Graham Masterton, Fiona Moore, Simon Morden, Mike Ripley, Alan Stevens, Sam Stone, and co-founders Stephen James Walker and David J. Howe.

List of Doctor Who novellas

Time Hunter novellas

A series focused on "time sensitive" Honoré Lechasseur and "time channeler" Emily Blandish, characters first introduced in Telos' Doctor Who novella The Cabinet of Light.

References

  1. Southall, J.R. (30 March 2012). "Books! The Best Weapons In The World! - A Guide to Independent Doctor Who Publishing". Starburst. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. Willett, Edward. "Prix Aurora Awards nominees (so far) include several SF Canada members". SF Canada. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. Frei, Elaine. "British Fantasy Award winners are announced". Chronicles. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. "And the winners are … BFA winners announced!". British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. Juddery, Mark (1 January 2005). "The spin-off doctors". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  6. "The British Fantasy Awards". Archived from the original on 5 December 2006.
  7. "2006 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". World Fantasy. Archived from the original on 22 July 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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