Welcome, Mr B, the bard of Hartlepool, the dazzler of Bydgoszcz, intoxicating scribe of darkly funny tales, like the mordantly funny but gruesome Drunk on the Moon. What’s better than a werewolf PI? How about six more rip-snorting, can’t-put-’em-down stories about Roman Dalton, all just a bargain at 99¢? Best of all, lucky number seven…
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Know-vember: Jeanne Andrew
Meet the fabulous Jeanne Andrew, a most amusing and lovely woman. I met her on Twitter, part of the extended network of Scots that I have somehow found myself amongst. She’s a “stand down” comedian and budding screenwriter and writes a blog appropriately named “Funny Girl” — and she’s a lot of fun. 1. What’s…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Best of Myles
After the harrowing process of moving and desperately trying to unload many of my books, I have sworn to buy no more books and to adapt wholeheartedly to my gypsy life. Of course that lasted until I visited Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, a Galway institution. I was there for a reading, but I couldn’t quite resist…
BitchBuzz and Over the Edge
I’m fighting off a cold that seemed to ride my coattails from London but if I’m feeling not too bad, I plan to head off to Over the Edge’s reading tonight at the library (where I am now mayor 🙂 and perhaps try out a new piece at the open mic if there’s room. A…
BitchBuzz: Writers as Content Providers
I tried to sneak a random Fall reference into my column today, but my editor generally nixes my loopy titles in favour of those that actually convey the subject of the piece. Go fig. Kudos to the fabulous Nancy Holzner for providing this week’s content (see, talk to me and you’ll end up in a…
BitchBuzz: Butterfly World Project
I’m heading off to Philadelphia for Authors After Dark with Kit Marlowe this morning; doubtless I’ll have stories to share from there. Hope to see Todd and Alex while I’m in town. My column today features a lovely place that I can’t wait to see first hand. I learned about it from the fabulous photographer…
News & The Ongoing Madness
I don’t know what I fundamentally do not understand about the process but the yardsale, as many already heard on Facebook and Twitter, was pretty much a bust. I sold a few things but I ended up abandoning the cause and leaving folks to loot as much as they wanted for free. Not all of…
Readercon: Of Tin Foil Hats
Among the events today was the Tin Foil Hat event, where strange theories were floated as possibilities. As you can see, one intrepid panelist actually produced a tin foil hat, too. It was a “you had to be there” kind of event. Many theories both bizarre and plausible were floated. My own consisted of the…
My Readercon Schedule
Just to whet your appetite, here’s my list of events at Readercon, July 14-17 in Burlington MA; looks like there will be some entertaining fun (as usual): Thursday July 148:00 PM G We All Produce, We All Consume. Paul Di Filippo, Gemma Files, Robert Killheffer, K.A. Laity (leader), Jamie Todd Rubin. In a 2008 blog…
Alt-Fiction
Alt.Fiction Festival 201125th-26th JuneQUAD, Market Place, Derby Saturday 25th June, 10am – MidnightSunday 26th June, 10am – 5pm Weekend pass £45Saturday pass £30Sunday pass £20 Alt.Fiction marks its fifth year with a fantastic weekend for readers and writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Bringing together some of the UK’s leading talent in the genre,…