I will be at FantasyCon this weekend at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, catching up with old friends and hopefully making new ones. On Friday at 6pm in Suite 1 I will be discussing Fae-Fi, Folk-Fum: Faerie & Folktale and the influences of folk-lore on Urban Fantasy in particular and on fiction in general,…
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Visionarium – An Interview in German
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Bernhard Reicher for VISIONARIUM issue 3 recently, and if you would like to read the interview (and you read German) you can find it here: The Kindle-version is available at: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00N5SETYC/The printed version is available at: http://www.amazon.de/dp/1500836028/ We talk about influences and inspirations, the source of stories, methods and…
EasterCon – Glasgow 2014
This year’s EasterCon, Satellite 4, was held by the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow over the Easter weekend. This was my first time in Glasgow and as is the way with conventions I didn’t get to see much of the city other than the area around the convention hotel. Having said that, everyone was very…
Signing at Waterstones Bedford and Promotion
The lovely people at Waterstones in Bedford have allowed me to take over a small part of their shop this Saturday 30th November so I can sign books. I will be in the shop from about 10:45 onwards with copies of all 4 books in the Courts of the Feyre series available – at least…
Wood Green Literary Festival 2013
On Saturday 12th October I will be at Wood Green Literary Festival, along with Anne Lyle, author of the Night’s Masque series, and together we will be discussing Mad and Magical London – the London of the unknown and the unseen, and the London of magical and mysterious history. Anne and I will be happy…
Review: Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovich
I haven’t been doing book reviews on this site; I’ve been posting them on GoodReads and I’ve generally reviewed favorite books. There is always room for change, though, and this is a little different because (a) it’s a review of Urban Fantasy, and (b) it’s a book by someone I’ve met. The meeting is a…
EasterCon 2013 – EightSquared Bradford
I’ll be in Bradford for Easter weekend for the 64th EasterCon and I’m thoroughly looking forward to the event. I have a number of sessions programmed throughout the weekend – see below for details: Friday 29th March 6:00 PM – Avalon, Sherwood Forest and Alderley Edge: The Magical British Countryside How does the landscape of…