I’ve got stock (finally! See previous post for palaver details) and I’ll be at the Guildford Comic Con this Saturday 19th July. For tickets, click on the image below…
And here’s me waffling about it too if you prefer sound and vision with subtitles…
For more dates, visit my diary and events page…
Sadly, I won’t be able to go to the Midlands comic con at the NEC centre this weekend, 12-13 July 2025. I ordered stock for the event at the end of June, but HarperCollins recently moved to a new distribution centre and it’s had ‘teething problems’, which in my case means I’m still waiting on stock! And without stock to sell, there’s not much point in me going, sadly…
However, I will be at the Guildford comic con on 19th July, and the Maidstone Museum Steampunk day on 26th July. There are more details on my diary page here.
I’ve been at a comic con pretty much every weekend this year, and here are some of the weird and wonderful things that people have said to me as they peruse my wares…
For more comic con dates, visit… https://markstaywrites.com/diary-and-appearances/
I’ll be selling and signing m’books in Basildon this Sunday 29th June, so if you’re in the area do please pop by to say hello! The event runs from 10 till 4 and is in the Basildon Sporting Village, which I’ve not been to before, but I’m imagining lots of people in tennis whites jogging about while sipping something healthy and green.
I’ll be selling and signing m’books at the Portsmouth Comic Con this Sunday 22nd June at the Mountbatten Centre from 10-4. I used to visit Portsmouth every month when I was a sales rep for Headline Book and I’ll be interested to see if they still have two rusty old submarines leaning on each other in the harbour!
Anyway, if you’re in the area and fancy a fun day, then come along. It’ll be great to see you!
For more events in June/July, check out my diary and events page here.
I’ll be selling and signing m’books at the Brighton Comic Con this Saturday 14th June at the Amex Stadium. They’ve got some great guests, including one Brian Blessed, who I’ve not seen since he opened Waterstones in Epsom. As the staff prepared to have our photo taken with him for the local paper, he shouted ‘KNICKERS!’ in that voice and we all cracked up. If anyone should every come across that pic, do please send me a copy.
Anyhoo, if you’re in the Brighton area this Saturday, do pop in and say hi!
I type this with sore feet… actually, I’m typing this with my fingers, but my feet are sore. See how addled my mind is? That’s because I’ve just spent a fairly epic weekend selling m’books at the MCM Comic Con in London. From the set-up on Thursday afternoon, through to the dismantling on Sunday it was fairly non-stop and proved to be my most successful comic con yet. I sold more books than ever by quite some margin… and I was standing for most of that time, hence the sore feet. Writing is mostly sedentary, y’know. I’m not used to this standing and moving about malarkey!
One slight problem — and it’s a good problem to have — is that I sold so many books that I don’t have enough for the next couple of comic cons. Normally, after a weekend of comic cons, I would do a quick stock check and order some more. But one of my books — Babes in the Wood — is reprinting on 6th June, and the warehouse is closed because they’re moving the stock to a brand new warehouse. So I won’t be getting any fresh stock until week commencing 9th June.
This means that I won’t be turning up to the following comic cons…
Hatfield on 31st May
Newmarket on 1st June
Suffolk on 8th June
My apologies to anyone hoping to pop by and say hello on any of those days. But the cons will be still be on and they’re great fun, so why not treat yourself?
That means that my next comic con will be Brighton on 14th June. For details of that and more comic cons in June and July pop over to my events and diary page…
I’m delighted to be returning to the MCM Comic Con at the cavernous Excel Centre in London this weekend where I’ll be selling and signing m’books.
On the Saturday, I’ll be moderating a panel on writing comedy with these amazing authors: Joanna Nadin, MJ Northwood and Veronika Dapunt (click on the image for more details)…
If you’re one of the many thousands attending the MCM do please come along and say hello. I’ll be with all the fab authors in the WRITERS’ BLOCK where you’re bound to find a new favourite author.
I’m going to selling and signing m’books at the Reading Comic Con this Sunday 11th May. It’s from 10am to 4pm at the Loddon Valley Leisure Centre and they’ve got some great guests lined up, including an actual Doctor Who. Click on the image below for more details and tickets…
For a list of forthcoming comic cons just pop over to my diary and events page by clicking on the button below…
If you’re in and around Maidstone, Kent this Sunday 4th May I’ll be selling and signing m’books at the Maidstone comic con (click on the image for more details)…
I’m going to be at comic cons all over the south east this year. For more details visit my events diary…
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