"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not ...

Perdido Street Station By China Miéville (Pan Macmillan, 2000) China Miéville has been winning  numerous awards for his novel The City...

On the surface, Valhalla Rising seems like a fairly straightforward viking action romp, with plenty of blood, beards and... metaphysics?  ...

Time for a few links to assorted items of interest within the genre... ...but first, a funny: Now, links... First up, a couple of pos...

From agent John Jarrold's blog : "Julie Crisp, Editorial Director of Pan Macmillan in London, has concluded a World Rights deal f...

I had an excellent time yesterday at the Alt. Fiction - Other Worlds event, which was held in conjunction with Tor UK, and was basically a s...

I've blogged before about some of the ridiculous 'reviews' on Amazon. Despite some changes being made (you now only seem able t...

I like to support charitable causes where I can, so here's a quick heads-up on Authors for Autistica , which is basically an auction inv...

Dark Fiction Magazine is a brand-new UK webzine specialising in, um, dark fiction. Despite being early days, the magazine has got some gre...

UK genre fans are spoilt when it comes to conventions, yet here's another event to add to the calendar: a new one-day convention called...

Having already won a Hugo, the Arthur C. Clarke award, and the BFSA, China Mi é ville's The City and the City last night won a World Fa...

Pat Rothfuss - and everyone else who has previously got involved - has done a tremendous job in the past raising money for Heifer Internatio...

A rather interesting article on the problems with steampunk, from author Charles Stross. The opening paragraphs are little more than a ra...

I grew up in a semi-rural area, and spent many hours in my younger years exploring the woodland near my parents' house. Whenever I go ba...

I really enjoyed Adam Nevill's Apartment 16 earlier this year, so am excited for his upcoming novel The Ritual. Here's the gorgeou...

Plenty of interesting news in the recent Tor UK newsletter. First up, good news concerning Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt se...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. - George El...

I had a fine time at the Gollancz party last Thursday. Just about managing to navigate the frenetic London rush-hour and inevitable tube del...

Here's the cover art and blurb for Among Thieves, a debut novel from Douglas Hulick due from Tor UK next year in April. Rather like ...

The Heroes By Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz, 27 January 2011) Joe Abercrombie has undoubtedly been one of the fantasy genre's success ...