LoveCrafts raises $33 million to grow its community-based platform for makers

LoveCrafts, an online community and platform for crafts, has raised £26 million ($ 33 million) in a round of funding led by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), with participation from Balderton and Highland Europe. Founded out of London in 2012, LoveCrafts serves as a home and digital marketplace for crafting communities, such as LoveKnitting.com and LoveCrochet.com. It’s basically […]

The new World Fantasy Award helps push back against H.P. Lovecraft’s toxic legacy

There are several huge awards in the speculative-fiction community: science fiction has the Hugos and Nebulas, and fantasy literature has the World Fantasy Award. The WFAs have been handed out at the World Fantasy Convention since 1975, but this year, there’ll be a big change. From its inception in 1975, the award has been a […]