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.
Category: Comic Cons
I’ll be at the Portsmouth Comic Con this Sunday 22nd June 2025
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’m at the Brighton Comic Con this Saturday 14th June
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!
May & June Comic Con Updates
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’ll be at the MCM COMIC CON, London this weekend
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 at the Reading Comic Con on Sunday 11th May
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…
Maidstone Comic Con This Sunday
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…
MCM COMIC CON, LONDON, 25-27TH OCTOBER
I’ll be at the MCM Comic Con in London for all three days, selling and signing my books and maybe even popping up on a panel. More details to follow!
I’ll be at the London Film & Comic Con 5-7 July
I’ll be selling and signing my wares at the London Film & Comic Con at London, Olympia. With any luck, I might even have paperbacks of The End of Dragons for sale. Stranger things have happened. Grab your tickets here.
MCM Comic Con, London 27th-29th October, 2023
I’m going to have a table at the MCM Comic Con the whole weekend where I’ll be selling and signing copies of all my books and there will be a few surprises too (I still have loads of Holly King chocolate to give away!). So pop along for a chat or come and get your books signed.
I’ll also be at the following panels…
We’re always told to “write what we know” but satirists have always excelled in using other worlds to hold up a funhouse mirror to the foibles of our own world. Join Mark Stay (The Holly King), Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Darkwood), David Wragg (The Hunters), Eddie Robson (Drunk on All Your Strange New Worlds) and Thomas D. Lee (Perilous Times) as they discuss the challenges and joys of writing fantastic comedy fiction.
Sat, Oct 28, 2023 • 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Location: Creator Stage
This will be followed by a signing at the Forbidden Planet stall:
Author Signing – Humour in Fantasy and Fiction
Sat, Oct 28, 2023 • 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Location: Author Signings
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indie Publishing
Are you ready to publish your book, but you’re not sure where to turn? One option chosen by an ever-increasing number of writers is to self-publish. Join this panel of experts as they discuss the process of, and challenges and opportunities, presented by independent publishing.
Sun, Oct 29, 2023 • 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Location: Creator Stage
Mark Stay Writes 