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The SFX Weekender Report
I’m sure in the summer, Prestatyn is a pretty place, full of excited holiday makers, but in winter it feels slightly depressing; bleak and lonely. We arrived in darkness, and morning found us in...
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Eastercon Plans
So it looks like I am going to Eastercon. For a long time it didn’t look likely. First it was severe lack of funds, and then when I started the new job which has an out of hours element it was very...
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The Eastercon 2012 Report
The Raddison Edwardian Heathrow is a strange place. It was either designed by an architect whilst dropping acid or one with an acute hate of right angles. It is possible to take a lift up one floor and...
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Seeing The Olympic Torch Relay
I read something recently that argued that it is harder to write hope than it is to write cynicism. I think that’s probably true. Likewise, I think that it’s easier to be cynical than to be hopeful....
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Fantasy Faction’s High Fantasy Evening
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been blogging a lot less lately. This isn’t intentional. I’ve just had the most crazy couple of weeks and blog updates got sacrificed to the gods of time. I promise to...
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Strange Chemistry Imprint Launch
Last week, I managed to call in some favours to knock off the day job early in order to head up t the British Library to attend the Strange Chemistry imprint launch. Those who’ve ever read my writing...
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Seven Wonders Book Launch
The boss on my day job is absolutely brilliant. Not only does he understand that happy employees mean productive, dedicated employees, but he is really supportive on what little of a writing career I...
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Laura Lam’s Pantomime
Time is just running away from me. It feels like only yesterday I handed in one of my monthly articles and already it’s nearly time to hand in the next. Likewise, I’ve had a note to blog about a...
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Eastercon Schedule
One of the highlights of the SFF calendar in the UK is Eastercon, an annual convention with a literary focus and solid aattendance. I’ve been going for a few years now, and even when the panels haven’t...
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The Eastercon Report
It wasn’t that I expected Bradford to be a bad Eastercon, I just had really low expectations. For that reason, my entire focus leading up to the event was on my panels and trying to ensure they were as...
View ArticleUpcoming Events
Unfortunately, leg-geddon has meant I’ve not been able to attend many events this year but I’m hoping to start to change that with a couple of events coming in the next week. Tomorrow, Saturday 26th...
View ArticleWorldcon Reading – Saturday 5pm
A little late notice but I’m happy to announce that I will be doing a reading as part of the pirate program at this year’s World Science Fiction Convention. I’ll be on sometime between 5pm and 7pm...
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The Worldcon Report
It’s hard to write about something like Worldcon. The multi-day, 10,000 plus attendee event seemed like it lasted a pleasant lifetime for people who were there and we’ve all emerged a little...
View ArticleComic Book Outsiders At Nine Worlds
http://comicbookoutsiders.libsyn.com/ While I was at Nine Worlds I got chance to sit down with Scott & Steve as they were recording their latest Comic Book Outsiders podcast discussing the event...
View ArticleGeoGearHeads 144 Appearance
Just to let everyone know that I’ll be appearing on the Geocaching Show, GeoGearHeads, this Thursday Night (Friday Morning in the UK) to talk about the software tool, GSAK. Chris and Darryl always do...
View ArticleGeoGearHeads 144: GSAK I
For those of you who missed it last week, GeoGearHeads has posted the video of the webchat we had where I talked about the wonders of the Geocaching software application, GSAK. I sound remarkably...
View ArticleEastercon Panel Announcement
Yes, I will be at Eastercon this year, and not only will I be doing a panel, I will be doing a solo panel Eep! It Was A Dark And Stormy Night: In 2014, fantasy author Adrian Faulkner, trained in secret...
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Eastercon 2015 Report
Eastercon is usually a time for me to get enthused for the months ahead. It’s the start of the convention season and usually a time when I’m working toward completing things. Two years ago, when I...
View ArticleBristolcon Schedule
I’ll be attending my first ever Bristolcon on the 26th September. I’ve heard nothing but good things about the event so I’m really excited to attend. More importantly, I’m also going to be on a number...
View ArticleBristolcon 2015 Report
Amongst all the hard work of doing the rewrites, I managed to take a little time out to attend Bristolcon. Bristolcon is a small single-day literary convention held in the titular town. It’s been...
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