Shadows of the Apt

10 things I learned at the SFX Weekender 1. Paul Cornell has the enthusiasm of 1000 fanboys, especially when talking about Dr Who. One can honestly believe that the timelord business was kept going through the "Wilderness Years" entirely by Paul talking very animatedly to absolutely anyone and everyone about it at every opportunity. 2. Apparently I'm […]

And we have some signing dates for the release of Salute the Dark. These are: Weekend of the 5^th February — SFX Weekender convention, at which I will be signing books, either at a pre-arranged time or just mug me as and when the opportunity arises. Mid-panel is probably not recommended. Saturday 13^th February — signing around lunchtime […]

Answer: Neil Gaiman. This isn't (just) me being childish, but I have somewhat taken a shine to the cover of "Prince of Stories", a sort of definitive roundup of pretty much everything Gaiman's done to date. Aside from being an invaluable asset to anyone interested in the man's writings (and all manner of other creativity) (1), well, he's […]

Well it's been something of a long time between posts, but my excuse is that I've been writing, which is obviously the point of the thing. Specifically I've been hacking bits of book 7 into shape, so there. I meant to post before this, if only to extoll the virtues of Thought Bubble, the comics convention held recently […]

Well, as you can tell, I'm back from Poland, where the first ever foreign language edition of Empire in Black and Gold has been transliterated as Imperium Czerni i Zlota (1). I had a whirlwind ride around Poland, or at least Warsaw and Krakow, with just enough time free to see the sights (Warsaw Old Town in […]

For Salute the Dark being none other than book 4 of Shadows of the Apt by some hack or other, is now into pre-sales and you can see some details, as well as the frankly wonderful cover by Jon Sullivan here. My personal feeling is that this is the best cover yet, and Jon managed to […]

Apologies for the gap in posting, but life has been hectic all roung. New job, for example. Yes, day job, still. The whole writing shenanigan is not enough to settle the bills as of yet. (1) However, a new story detailing the murkier side of Collegium academia, because whilst the books are full of academics spying, […]

Another brief B‑road of the information superhighway: I will be signing at Garforth Independent Bookshop at 11.00am til noon, Saturday 29^th August, if you've missed me at Leeds, Reading etcetera. As a final and somewhat further flung item on the tour (1) I will be in Poland from the 5^th to the 8^th November to catch up with the […]

A series of quick-fire notes on the eve of my setting off for London for Official Release Debauchery ™:   I've put up a new short story. Actually I lie: this is the story that was published in Deathray a few months back, that they're happy for me to put up here now that sufficient time has passed. It's The […]

It's that time of year again (1). Blood of the Mantis, Shadows of the Apt book 3, is being let out of its cage on the 7^th of August, and, cometh the book, cometh the signings. We're keeping with our track record (2) of adding an additional venue for each book, and some of the […]