On Saturday 18th February, we hosted the 4th Burton Sci-Fi and Fantasy Con at Burton-on-Trent Library. Scott, who hosts the Weird Country show on Micro Brew Radio, a Burton-based radio show, came along to the event to see what it was all about. He talked to me about the roots of the convention, and how…
Today I held the official launch event for How to Build a Culture at my local Geek Retreat gaming cafe. I signed some books, gave away exclusive swag, and drew some fantasy maps. It was an awesome event, and I enjoyed having fascinating chats with great people about gaming, quests, and building worlds. A huge…
Yesterday, I took part in a live recording of a Magical Systems author panel for QuaranCon 2021. I was talking alongside fellow authors R J Barker, Steve McHugh, Stephen Aryan, and M L Wang. The panel was moderated by Amanda Cherry. You can watch the replay of this recording, and you can get links to all…
Back in early March, I was invited to be a guest author on Tamworth Lit Fest’s discussion panel all about Creating Fantasy Worlds. The video of that panel is now available to watch on YouTube in two parts. Check it out!
On the evening of Friday March 6th, I took part in an author panel as part of Tamworth Literary Festival. Chaired by science-fiction author Anthony Poulton-Smith, I was joined on the panel by fellow authors David Wake, Pat Spence, and Jon Hartless. We talked about our writing journeys, our favourite aspects of worldbuilding, and named…
Inspired by the Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest and their distinction of ‘free men’ and ‘the unfree’, artist Ruth Beale seeks to explore the legal and social structures around the concept of freedom. She is interested in how a person’s sense and experience of freedom might be affected by their class, wealth, race or gender,…
