The Reading signing, this Friday 14th at 6–8pm, will be at the Oracle shopping centre Waterstones, not the Broad Street one I've been at before (1). Saturday's threeway signathon at Forbidden Planet, London, 1–2pm is still on as advertised. I will also be signing somewhat festively at the Leeds Waterstones 12–2 on Friday the 16th […]
Mark Charan Newton, author of the excellent Legends of the Red Sun series has a clip and a muse on the great question almost every author gets at one time or another (1): Where do ideas come from. That got me thinking. Technically, my published long fiction to date represents only a single set of initial ideas — that's […]
The Eye of the Beholder fond mockathon I did a while back started the memories flowing regarding computer RPGs (of the single rather than the MMO (1) variety) that I've had fun with. Now Fantasycon's gone and the Reading and London signings are still coming up, here are a few that I recall having some real fun with back […]
O‑kay, on the back of all that Fantasyconcatenation I have some more confirmed dates for signings. Or at least date. As well as joining Adam Nevill and Mark Charan Newton at Forbidden Planet on the 15th October, 1–2pm, I shall be in Reading the day before at the Waterstones Bookshop (the one on Broad Street as usual) on […]
Firstly, bloody hell but actually getting home from Fantasycon turned out to be the sort of journey that would have Gandalf and assorted hobbits calling in the eagles sort of early. UK rail services continuing to enact their divine duty to turn the lives of anyone daring to travel on the Sabbath to total crap. Anyway, […]
It's that time of year, or one of those times of year, when there's basically too much to blog about (1) First of all, Signings and Events for the near and moderate future now include: This weekend (30th September-1st October) Fantasycon, Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton. Complete programme here and rather like Alt Fiction earlier on, […]
Last week, the BBC debuted a somewhat delayed sequel to Walking With Dinosaurs, Planet Dinosaur (1), and lo! Thumbs up! (3). Dinosaurs were always a big thing for me — starting at the age that kids normally start liking dinosaurs and never really going away. There was probably a crisis point somewhere along the way which might have […]
Firstly, I am very happy to present a complete (to date) set of maps for the world of the Insect-kinden here — and when I say complete, I include a map of the Commonweal, as a sneak preview from Heirs of the Blade. For the news, very briefly: Rebis, one of my all-time favourite publishers, have picked up the rights to the […]
Yes, yes, own trumpet, but even so this is rather nice. Barnes and Noble have set out their picks for September, each of which will get a going over on their site over the next few days. 9th September is Empire in Black and Gold. Some impressive company I'm keeping, too: Martin, Erikson, Sanderson, Abercrombie, Rothfuss […]
Latest news from the world of the insect-kinden: Firstly, I will be at Fantasycon 2011 this year (1) and I've been asked to sit on a panel on Trends in Fantasy Fiction, 10am Saturday. I will hopefully be essaying a reading too, as the five people who came to the last one at Alt Fiction seemed to enjoy it […]
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