Mon, 07 May 2012 British Fantasy Awards 2012 – nominees
The short-lists have been announced for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards:
Novel
11.22.63 by Stephen King (Scribner)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor Books)
Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith (NewCon Press)
A Dance with Dragons by George R R Martin (Bantam)
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
The Ritual by Adam Nevill (Pan)
There will be two awards in the best Novel [...]
Fri, 17 February 2012 In Dublin and Maynooth
Later today I’m taking the road to Dublin, as Stephen Byrne, Robert Curley and I will be signing copies of Róisín Dubh in the Library Bar in the Central Hotel, Dublin from 7pm onwards.
Tomorrow the three of us will be attending Epic-Con in Maynooth, where we’ll be talking about the project and appearing on a [...]
Thu, 19 January 2012 Epic Con 2012
I’ll be attending Epic Con in Maynooth as a guest along with Róisín Dubh teammates Stephen Byrne and Robert Curley.
The event is going on the weekend of 18-19 February in Maynooth, and the three of us will be there all day on Saturday, 18 February.
Epic Con is run by the Omega Society, NUI Maynooth’s sci-fi, [...]
Mon, 16 January 2012 Highland fling
Since starting to write comics I’ve been fortunate to meet many new people and come to call them friends. Two such gems are Vicky Stonebridge and Richmond Clements, who run Hi-Ex: the Highlands International Comic Expo.
Not only are they warm and generous people they are also talented creators in the comic book industry, and run [...]
Thu, 17 November 2011 thought bubble 2011
I’m heading out later today to travel to Leeds to attend Thought Bubble, the city’s Comic Art Festival – which runs in conjunction with its International Film Festival.
The guest list is impressive, and I’m hugely excited at the propspect of meeting (however briefly) some of the great talents in the comic book industry at the [...]
Fri, 11 November 2011 ComicsWest
ComicsWest is a one-day comic book fair going on in Bailey Allen Hall, Áras Na MacLéinn in the National University Of Ireland, Galway from noon until 10pm. It’s organised by NUIG’s Comic Book Society.
There will be an all-day comic book fair as well as events and workshops featuring Irish comic book writers and artists. I’ll [...]
Thu, 13 October 2011 Octocon 2011
One of my favourite Irish conventions of the calendar has rolled around again: Octocon.
It’s taking place in the Cameden Court Hotel in Dublin, and features Guest of Honour John Higgins as well as a plethora of guests (including me).
Here’s my schedule for the weekend:
Saturday
12:00 Essentials of Horor Fiction
15:00 “Women in Sci-Fi/fantasy/comics panels” [...]
Fri, 30 September 2011 back to Brighton
I’m on my way to Brighton, England today to attend the British Fantasy Society’s annual conference, Fantasycon.
It’s my first time attending a British Fantasycon, but the guests, the programme and the location made it too tempting to resist this year. I was in Brighton last year for the World Horror Convention, and it’s a wonderful [...]
Wed, 15 June 2011 bound for Squarebound
This Saturday, 18 June 2011 there is a one-day Irish comic book creators’ convention going on in the Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin called Squarebound.
The Guest of Honour is Gerry Hunt (In Dublin City, Blood Upon the Rose), and there is a €5 Entrance Fee for the entire day.
Here’s the schedule of events:
10.00 Comic Cast Panel: [...]
Fri, 03 June 2011 here comes the sun
It’s a goregeous summer day and I’ll be spending a chunk of it travelling up to the 2-D Comic Book Festival in Derry.
I’m looking forward to showing the first issue of Róisín Dubh to a new audience, and meeting old friends and new.
It’s a bank holiday weekend in Ireland so I hope the sunshine lasts [...]
