Over on the NewCon Press site, please find details of how to submit stories for Best of British Science Fiction 2025 Here’s the cover – sans writer names. For now…
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I’m like an emotional washing machine as Easter weekend approaches. This will be my first ever trip to Ireland. I had meant to go to Dublin in 2019, but instead I was in hospital, recovering from major surgery on the day that my book Best of British Science Fiction 2018 was launched without me. Six
Belfast Approaching… Read More »
This weekend I have lined up loads of work to be getting on with, and because I’m an idiot I’m doing it with a bit of a sore eye, after I managed to slingshot the spider brooch on my beret into my eye last night just before doing my new character, wine expert “Sam Elier”,
It’s Family, Baby! Read More »
We’re a month and a half into the new year and my feet have barely touched the ground. Firstly, I’ve been working hard on putting together The Slab’s next anthology: Vivid Worlds. This is going to be a solar punk anthology. If you don’t know what solar punk is, it is science fiction about some
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I’ve been thinking a lot about binning most social media platforms given my own seeming addiction to them, and also recent news stories. But then I get cold feet about the idea. Would it be cutting off my nose to spite my face rather than the tech billionaires? I’m the sort of person who overthinks
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Goodreads has decided the year has finished, even though I’ve got a BFS book club book still on the go, and a definite plan to chill and read solely for pleasure like the Norwegians do on Christmas Eve. Never mind, they’ve decided I’m done and have sent me some pretty graphics. Yes, I suppose I
Goodreads, Do You Mind? There Are Still 2 Weeks Left to Read! Read More »
It’s December! I’ve already done one Christmas party, and one Christmas Chocolate Wreath Workshop (at the fabulous Cocoa Amore in Leicester). My Secret Santa gift is bought, and I am looking at the rest of my Christmas budget and thanking the stars I have an empty diary after New Year’s Day until Sci-Fi Weekender next
It’s the Most Structural Time of the Year… Read More »
Edge-lit was fantastic! Out of the two of us, only Neil really got to see any panels, but I ran a flash fiction workshop, which was well attended, and I hope really useful to participants. The only other thing I got to see was the raffle, towards which The Slab Press donated a little prize
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I had an absolutely fantastic time at Worldcon Glasgow this year! The convention was a whirlwind of activities, panels, and socializing, making it an unforgettable experience, and made up for having to miss the Dublin one due to Eric. I had the privilege of being on three panels. The first panel was all about Shakespeare,
The Rest of the Year, the Rest of My Life… Read More »
I’m very shortly off on my travels to Glasgow and I’m pretty excited! This is what I’ve got going on this coming long weekend: That’s quite the mix, isn’t it? Today I have a couple of errands to run, and then the rest of the day is prep, prep, prep. I am watching Luisa Omielan’s
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