We kick off 2025 with a brilliant special guest! Nicola May is a hugely successful bestselling author renowned for her heartwarming and humorous …
Join Nicola May on the Creative Differences livestream
I had an absolute blast chatting with the two Christophers on the Writing Community Chat Show last night! We covered all kinds of stuff about writing, publishing, which fictional character I’d like to slip into the Witches of Woodville series and, indeed, why Mr Tickle needs to go on a course. Urgently. You can watch the replay here…
If you want to support the two Christophers, then pop over to Substack (where I think you can get a 7-day free trial, so what’s stopping you??).
The End of Dragons has been out a few weeks, so here’s a post-publication chat with an update on the final part of the trilogy and a publication date for the fifth Witches of Woodville novel, The Corn Bride.
And I’ll be joined by the wonderful JM Carr, whose trilogy The Wonder Girls will definitely appeal to fans of Woodville. We’ll be talking trilogies, having hundreds of paperbacks delivered to your doorstep, selling your own books and much more! Join us on the link below on Wednesday 24th July, 8pm BST…
Tonight’s Livestream has been bumped to Friday 21st due to “lurgification” — both me and Julian have been ill, and you really don’t want to listen to us coughing for an hour… Or do you? No, didn’t think so. Sorry about tonight, but will see you Friday night, roughly around half time of the Netherlands v France game!
I’ll be going live on the internet for one last update before the publication of The End of Dragons!
The more eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that this livestream will be a little later than the previous ones. This is because my special guest is none other than esteemed author Julian Barr, who resides in the distant land they call Australia. The later time ensures that Mr Barr does not need to get up in the middle of the night where he might be attacked by Australia’s many deadly nocturnal fauna.
It also reminds us that we live on opposite sides of a rotating rock hurtling through the void of space around a sun that will eventually consume us all… so why not enjoy ourselves in the meantime and read more books?*
Julian is the author of the splendid Tooth & Blade trilogy and the epic Ashes of Olympus series, and he will have some exciting news about his forthcoming series. He was also a beta reader and proofreader for The End of Dragons and we’ll discuss the difference between those two versions of the book, giving you lucky people a peek behind the curtain of how books are edited, and much more!
*Apologies for the slight existential crisis. This is what happens when one watches too much rolling news coverage on the television. Back to fiction, I think. Much more edifying for the soul.
As revealed on tonight’s livestream, here’s the amazing cover art for THE END OF DRAGONS by Alejandro Colucci...
Isn’t it just stunning?!
There’s no confirmed publication date yet (June is looking realistic), but before then if you order any book from the Woodville Village Bookshop you’ll get a free double-sided postcard with Alejandro’s artwork for both books. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE BOOKSHOP.
You can catch up with the livestream with special guest ROWAN COLEMAN here…
Who wants an End of Dragons cover reveal? Yes, I can finally reveal the stunning new artwork by mega-talented artist Alejandro Colucci! And I’m delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors ROWAN COLEMAN! We’ll be discussing her latest novel From Now Until Forever, and we might be able to discuss a couple of the top secret projects we’ve been working on… maybe. I’ll also have updates on the edit for The End of Dragons and all sorts of fun stuff. Bring your favourite beverage and see you there!
I was very excited to be asked to attend Cymera this year, and over the moon when they asked me to chat with the legendary Charles Stross! The great thing about Cymera is if you can’t make it in person (it’s in Edinburgh!), then they also live stream the events. More details below, and you can grab your tickets here.
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 10:15 AM 11:15 AM
The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ
Running time: 55 minutes followed by a book signing
Venue: Upper Hall
Price: £11/£8 concession – In Person – or £5.50 Live Stream – (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
A recording of this event will be available to catch-up on our YouTube until Sunday 14th July 2024. Ticket holders and weekend pass owners will receive the catch-up link automatically after the festival. Please keep an eye on your SPAM.
Find out more about ACCESS to our events here, and for information about TICKETS, click here.
Join me on Monday 11th March, 8pm GMT for a livestream with updates on…
I’ll also be joined by the splendid bestselling author Caimh McDonnell. We’ll be discussing the editing process and why it doesn’t always have to be traumatic.
Facebook folk: Apologies for the issues with Facebook stream last time around. Mr Zuckerberg’s gremlins don’t make livestreaming as simple as it could be and there’s a good chance it could all go horribly wrong again. If it does, there will be a link to Youtube in the description and comments on the Facebook page.
Here’s a quick update on The End of Dragons in this month’s livestream catch up. I also have a couple of special guests: my beta readers Ian W Sainsbury and Julian Barr…
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