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Happy Halloween! I succesfully survived October – I did lots of things this month. Showed two films, helped organise Bristol HorrorCon at which I interviewed Kim Newman and organised several panels including the hilarious Celebrity Dead Author Match (if I say so myself – but then the panelists supplied the hilarity) .  helped organise BristolContinue reading “That’s a wrap”

So North Bristol Writers came second. The Flash Slam involves teams of 4 writers  and whoever gets the most points goes into the final. The final is a bit of a double edged sword as it means having to come up with a story on the spot. Here’s the one I read out. We wereContinue reading “Bristol Festival of Literature Flash Slam”

As some of you know October is my busiest month, Lit wise, as I help organise Bristol HorrorCon, Bristol Festival of Literature and BristolCon.  I’ll also be taking a break in November so if it goes quiet here it’s just because of this. In the background I’m still editing Seven Deadly Swords as well asContinue reading “October”

Appointment in Arezzo by Alan Taylor “This book is an intimate, fond and funny memoir of one of the greatest novelists of the last century.” Alan Taylor has written a very personal and compelling biography of his friend, the novelist, Muriel Spark. Spark wrote 22 novels which will be coming out from Polygon next year inContinue reading “Appointment in Arezzo – Review”

I shall be at FantasyCon again this year and on some programming: On Friday I shall be doing a reading at 8pm alongside Jan Edwards and Chris Donaldson On Saturday I’ll be on wo panels (there’s a possibility I’ll be on a panel on Sunday too – the list isn’t quite finalised) Saturday 4pm PanelContinue reading “FantasyCon”

This year I’ll be at 9 Worlds once again – I’m not on any programming so I’ll be mostly hanging around the bar or in the audience. Then I’ll be flying off to Finland for WorldCon I’ll be on two panels  – Thursday Aug 10   10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (1 hour) Where:  Messukeskus – 101c Tags: fantasy literature history HistoricalContinue reading “Convention news”

Part one is here Pick up pretty much any ‘How To Write’ book and they’ll tell you that in order to be a proper writer you should write every day.  Some suggest getting up an hour earlier than you need to and write for an hour. Get out of bed a whole hour earlier thanContinue reading “Doing it wrong part two: On writing every day”

A Tiding of Magpies has been shortlisted for the BFS Awards this year. I am stunned and very happy! It has some very stiff competition – Best collection The Parts We Play – Stephen Volk Secret Language – Neil Williamson Sharp Ends – Joe Abercrombie Some Will Not Sleep – Adam Nevill A Tiding ofContinue reading “British Fantasy Awards 2017”