It Takes a Community

Somehow it’s the last day of August and it feels like an ending. September always feels like kicking on into Autumn for sure, but it’s also time to close the chapter on all the things we’ve been working on this year that culminated in the latest Glasgow edition of the World Science Fiction Convention this […]

Gallus

The Glasgow SF Writers’ Circle has a new book out. GALLUS is a celebration of Glaswegian writing published to coincide with the World Science Fiction Convention which begins here in Glasgow this week. I’ve been a member of GSFWC since I started writing way back in the 1990s. It’s an amazing, supportive community, and an […]

Worldcon 2024

The World Science Fiction Convention is back in Glasgow from Aug 8th to 12th. Almost 20 years after the last one and years in the planning by a horde of supremely wonderful volunteers, this event is shaping up to be an AWESOME festival of science fiction, fantasy, and everything in between. During the five days […]

Dublin Worldcon schedule

In just a couple of weeks’ time the 2019 Worldcon will be upon us and I’ll be joining the hordes hopping across the Irish Sea to Dublin to take part in five brimming days of deep and wonderful nerdery. As always I’m always up for a sit down and a chat so if you’re there […]

Worldcon schedule

So, the next thing on the horizon? Worldcon! In London! Or Loncon, as the kids are calling it. It’s going to be huge. Massive. Thousands of attendees, hundreds of programme items, and if you’re looking for me amongst it all, the surest place is at the follow events (which I’ll be taking part in). Better Worldbuilding Through Poetry: […]