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Hugo winners – including one of our very own!
The huge Science Fiction Worldcon took place over the weekend in Reno, Nevada, while I was busy enjoying the Book Festival here in sunny Edinburgh, and that means the prestigious Hugo Awards were given out to honour the good and great of science fiction and fantasy. And among the worthy winners this year I am [...]
Continue reading...Grant Morrison at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
22. August 2011
(Grant Morrison in conversation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival at the weekend, all pics from my Flickr) This weekend I enjoyed a late evening literary bash at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as Scots superstar comics scribe Grant Morrison took the stage in front of a packed audience, which, I’m delighted to note, had [...]
Continue reading...Neil Gaiman at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
18. August 2011
(Neil Gaiman and Audrey Niffenegger just before their event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival yesterday afternoon, all pics from my Flickr) On Wednesday I had the pleasure of seeing two excellent authors of both prose and comics works in conversation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as Neil Gaiman chatted to Audrey Niffenegger. It [...]
Continue reading...Starting Tomorrow – Edinburgh Book Festival….
12. August 2011
It all starts in the morning…. and here’s a handy print out and keep list of the events – check the details for ticket availability….. Saturday 13th: Alasdair Gray – details. Monday 15th: Audrey Niffenegger – details. Wednesday 17th: Neil Gaiman with Audrey Niffenegger – details. (Not surprisingly, this one’s sold out) Friday 19th Aug: [...]
Continue reading...Lauren Beukes at the British Library this weekend
11. August 2011
Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City and winner of this year’s prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award will be talking at the British Library as part of their very fine Out of this World science fiction exhibition (reviewed here by James), from 1 to 3.0pm on Saturday 13th, more details here. General pubbery (a vital component [...]
Continue reading...Suvudu talks SF&F
10. August 2011
Suvudu has posted up some interesting videos chatting to some top writers from the world of science fiction and fantasy, including the hugely bestselling George RR Martin, author of A Game of Thrones (currently wowing TV viewers with a quite excellent adaptation too): 2011 Event Video: George R. R. Martin from Suvudu on Vimeo. Patrick [...]
Continue reading...Edinburgh Book Festival – the comic events….
8. August 2011
Oh, we forgot to do this this year – the annual roundup of the comic book related events at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Highlights obviously are the headliners – the twin threat of Morrison and Gaiman…. but if I were going, I’d make a beeline to hear Pat Mills talk to Rodge Glass about Dougie’s [...]
Continue reading...Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison having a chat
28. July 2011
So Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison are chatting on the phone about Grant’s new book Supergods (out now from Jonathan Cape), and Entertainment Weekly just happened to be listening in (in a nice, authorised manner, not in some shady News of the World nasty way, I hasten to add!): (Grant signing in the Glasgow Forbidden [...]
Continue reading...Interview With the Vampire goes Graphic – again
21. July 2011
Publisher’s Weekly announces that Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire novel is to go graphic, with a new adaptation from manga publisher Yen Press, who also did the graphic adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s incredibly popular vampire novel Twilight. I should really say Rice’s novel is going graphic again, as Interview, along with the Vampire Lestat [...]
Continue reading...Picture Book This: Penguin
16. July 2011
Sometimes in Picture Book This we look at picture books that are beautiful and allow me to make references to the blurred boundaries between comics and picture books. Sometimes we just look at pretty picture book….. this is one of those times: Penguin By Polly Dunbar Walker Books I’d heard Polly Dunbar’s name and how [...]
Continue reading...Grant Morrison at Foyles – James reports
13. July 2011
Grant Morrison the man is friendly, down to earth and incredibly engaging, and his affection for the superhero genre is infectious. The Gallery space comfortably fits about 130 people intimately, and the wooden beam rafters are a reminder that this is not a new building dispute the modernity of the shop. Foyles bookstore is an [...]
Continue reading...Grant Morrison signing in FPI Glasgow tomorrow
13. July 2011
Don’t forget the brilliant Grant Morrison will be making his hometown signing for his new book Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero tomorrow in our Glasgow store (right by the Buchanan Street Underground) from 5 to 7.30pm. We’ve got piles of the books in from Jonathan Cape and having been treated to [...]
Continue reading...Picture Book This: FArTHER
3. July 2011
FArTHER By Grahame Baker-Smith Templar Publishing I’m a soppy, sentimental sort. Always have been. There’s a familiar thrill to the catch in your throat, the welling up of sentiment and feeling in your chest. It comes from books, from film, occasionally from comics. But nothing prepared me for the wave of emotions that swept over me [...]
Continue reading...Women and Science Fiction – Are you a misogynist?
27. June 2011
There has been quite an amount of traffic on the subject of women and science fiction writing in the last four weeks. Inspired by the British Library Exhibition (see report here on the blog), BBC 4 Woman’s Hour had a segment on the perception of science fiction as a male-dominated genre which aired at the [...]
Continue reading...Geoff Grandfield
27. June 2011
Will Morris put me on to artist and designer Geoff Grandfield’s site – it isn’t comics art, per se, but I imagine anyone who enjoys the visual arts will enjoy a browse through some of Geoff’s work on his site (such as his Mount Actmore, above, or Ball & Chain Gown, below)), there are some [...]
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