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Ytterbium: Eastercon 2019
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Last week I mentioned I was taking on some new projects this year. Well, here’s one of them. I’m part of the Programme Committee for the 2019 Eastercon: Ytterbium, acting as Guest…
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GIFCon 2019: Call for Papers and Event Dates
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Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations (GIFCon), the creative and academic event for scholars and creators of Fantastic works, has just announced dates for next year’s event and a new call for papers. GIFCon…
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On and Off Series – Episode 2
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(Photo by Ruth Booth, taken at The Sound Of Silence, The Old Vic, Saltburn 4th July 2014) The On and Off Series is a series of reading nights hosted by Dan Husson…
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Jason Heller’s Strange Stars Launch
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Glasgow pals, I’ve got one more event before the end of this month. You may know Jason Heller as the former Hugo award-winning editor of Clarkesworld, writer about pop culture for everyone…
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The Anniversary – Support Domestic Abuse Charities
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Robert MacFarlane recently said, “perhaps we shouldn’t think of books as saving the world, but rather as catalyzing uncountable small unknown acts of good.” I don’t see why short stories shouldn’t do…
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Fantasycon 2018: Schedule
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Not long now until Fantasycon, which this year takes place at The Queen Hotel, Chester over 19th – 21st October. The programme is online now, and here’s where you can find me…
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***UPDATED*** Sept & Oct 2018: ‘The Anniversary’ Honorable Mention, plus Justina Robson, From Glasgow to Saturn, and Fantasycon 2018
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Before I get onto upcoming things, some news: ‘The Anniversary’, which first appeared in last year’s Black Static #61, has received an Honorable Mention in Volume 10 of Ellen Datlow’s Best New…
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British Fantasy Awards 2018: Best Short Fiction shortlisting for ‘The Anniversary’
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I’m delighted to announce that ‘The Anniversary’, which first appeared in Black Static #61 last year, has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. Heartfelt thanks to everyone…
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*UPDATED* June ’18: Glasgow Science Festival and Cameron Johnston Book Launch
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Now that Satellite 6 is over, here’s a wee update on how my June is shaping up so far. Cameron Johnston’s The Traitor God Book Launch (5th June) Firstly, I’ll be in…
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Satellite 6 Schedule
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The latest installment of the biennial Scottish SF convention, Satellite Six, kicks off a week tomorrow at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow. And the programme is out now! If you’re joining…