FantasyCon is a little later in the year than usual and in Brighton instead of Nottingham, giving those in the south of the country and opportunity to come along and meet your favourite genre fiction authors. This year has special guest, Christopher Paolini, famous not only for the Inheritance series but also for his somewhat…
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The Write Fantastic 2011
You will remember last year that it was the 5th Anniversary of The Write Fantastic and that lots of us went along and celebrated with them in Oxford. Well, it was such good fun that we all agreed it should become an annual event. This year’s TWF May Event will be at St Hilda’s College…
Genre for Japan
We have all been made aware of the terrible events in Japan since the earthquake and tsunami on 11th March and many of us have felt that we ought to be able to do something to help. Well thanks to the efforts of a group of genre enthusiasts we can. Genre for Japan is an…
Castle Quay Weekender 2011
On Saturday 19th March at 2pm, I will be joining live Storyteller Mark Steinhardt and poet Ian McEwen for an hour or so of literary entertainment as part of the Castle Quay Weekender. The Bunyan Museum is kindly acting as host for the afternoon and will be offering tours for those with an interest in…
LiveJournal Users Welcome
I would like to particularly welcome any LiveJournal users that are visiting, as from today I will not be updating the account over there and all the latest stuff will be here. You can access all the material that was cross-posted over there from here using the various links on the right or using an…
Bedford Signing Sat 27th Nov
Tomorrow is an anniversary of sorts. Last year, about a month after the launch of Sixty-One Nails, I did a signing session at Waterstone’s Bookshop in Bedford and signed and sold every copy they had apart from the ones in the display window, which I signed for stock later. It was a fun day –…
BristolCon 2010
This Saturday 6th November I am heading to the South West for BristolCon in the fine company of Juliet E McKenna (Irons in the Fire, Blood in the Water, Banners in the Wind) where we will be doing a panel on the tricky business of getting published and we will both be doing readings –…