A busy time ahead as we finalise the layout for Best of British Science Fiction 2023 for Newcon Press and over at The Slab continue sifting through the enormous submissions pile for Laughs in Space. Artwork by fabulous Northampton artist and musician Paul Alex Condie has also been arranged. All of this goes on amidst …
Friday, 1st March turned out to be a rather smashing day all round. I was getting ready for work and thought I would just check social media and I noticed a link posted to the BSFA Awards, so I checked the link and… Wow, Best of British Science Fiction 2022 has been shortlisted for Best …
Eleven months ago, we lost the awesome science-fiction writer Eric Brown. I have been proud to include several pieces by Eric and his regular co-author Keith Brooke over the years in my Best of British Science Fiction series for Newcon Press. Eric’s writing is very much like the man himself: there is a profound sense …
Last year I took part in the live recording of It Just So Happened at Buxton Fringe – the history podcast hosted by Richard Pulsford, a very clever chap who just so happens to be a former UK Pun Off champion. The aim of the episode is for panelists, usually comedians, to talk about events …
This weekend I went to Huntingdon Library as they were staging a mini-convention – an offshoot of British Library Fantasy Exhibition. Huntingdon library is a smashing place, and I very much like the town of Huntingdon, famously the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell (we did see a cavalier striding down the street while we were there; …
ParSec #9 has been released today, so you can buy it immediately and read stories by M.R. Carey, Tim Lebbon, E.M. Faulds, and the legend himself, Michael Moorcock! Plus, an interview with yours truly. I just received PS Publishing’s newsletter in which my friend, the editor Ian Whates, has written an introduction to this issue …
Locus Recommended Reading List 2023, ParSec #9, and more! Read More »
I’m in ParSec next week talking about the launch of my new publishing company The Slab, the launch of our first book, Dark Horses: A Science-Fiction Anthology by Friends of the Arts Lab, and all things counterculture. I’ve been sent this cover to share, and that’s a pretty exciting list of story contributors on the …
It’s like a round-up, but more generic. Many kinds of milestones have been achieved this year. Some more welcome than others. As a middle-aged childless woman who dotes on her nephews, I would love to say I’m embracing my Sank-Aunt years, but I’m afraid I have entered this new decade with an insistent sense of …
I really feel like I am living a blessed existence at the moment. My new publishing business The Slab Press has been electrified into life and Northampton Arts Lab celebrated with a fantastic launch event on Saturday for Comic Zine, a horror zine, a Dream zine, and my first book – Dark Horses: A Science …
Hello, and welcome to my latest roundup of news! First of all, I have been working hard on a couple of books, soon to be released into the wild. My Best of British Science Fiction series from Newcon Press is going strong, and the latest instalment will be launched on 9th August. You can preorder …
