STAR TREK signing event this Saturday!
Events
Destination Star Trek Europe!
It’s a little short notice, but I will now be appearing at the Destination Star Trek Europe this coming weekend, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham!
Right now, the plan is for me to be on the Voyager Stage on Saturday 8th October from 2.45pm to 3.20pm, along with Jon Van Citters of CBS Licensing and Chris Cooper of Star Trek Magazine to talk about “Star Trek in print and the world of the novels“.
Straight after the panel, I’ll be off to the retail area to sign books and I’m told there will be copies of Star Trek – The Latter Fire, Star Trek: Titan – Sight Unseen and Star Trek: The Fall – The Poisoned Chalice for purchase there – but I’m happy to sign any of my stuff if you bring it along! (And for those who asked, I *never* charge for autographs)
Other bits of the schedule are still in flux, but it looks like I will also be joinging Ben Robinson from the Eaglemoss team on the Voyager stage on Sunday morning, where we will be talking about Star Trek in comics.
You can check out the full event timetable here.
You Are Hearing Me Talk…to BAFTA Guru
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have been doing a lot over the past few years to make videogames an important part of their organization, and most recently there was a whole day of games-related events as part of the BAFTA Guru program – as the official site Here says, “Guru is bursting with advice from the best creative minds in the industries so whether you’re an actor, a games developer or a cinematographer, we’ve got something for you.”
I was pleased to be part of the Guru Live event last month, where I took part in a panel called “The Storytellers”, along with Meg Jayanth (80 Days) and Rob Yescombe (The Division), hosted by Guy Cocker, where we talked about the various challenges of writing for interactive media. You can click on the panel below or go Here to listen.
BAFTA Guru have now put up all the audio recordings from the games day and you can check out the rest of them Here.
BAFTA Guru Live
Over the end of April – start of May Bank Holiday weekend this year, the folks at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London are running a live event for anyone interested in a career in movies, TV or videogames. BAFTA Guru Live is an extension of their BAFTA Guru program (which you can learn about Here), which features masterclasses and programs centered around jobs in the entertainment industry, and I’m pleased to be taking part on April 30th’s Games-focused day.
You can see the full Games Guru program by clicking Here, along with panel notes and so on. I’ll be taking part in a discussion/Q&A called “The Storytellers” along with my fellow BAFTA-nominated games scriptwriters Meg Jayanth (80 Days, Sunless Sea) and Rob Yescombe (Rime, Haze), where we’ll consider the craft of writing for interactive realms, and what the opportunities are for those with stories to tell in digital form.
First Contact Day 2016 postponed
A quick update: the organizers of the First Contact Day 2016 convention in Telford I was scheduled to attend with fellow Star Trek writers Una McCormack and Larry Nemecek have announced that the event has been postponed – more details are here at the FCD website.
I’m sorry to hear this – Una and I had a great time at last year’s First Contact Day – and I hope the FCD team can return for another event in the future.
Horus Heresy Weekender 2016
Welcome to February; hopefully this month will have less blood on its hands, but it is kicking off with a bang (or more accurately, a dakka) as the Horus Heresy Weekender 2016 event happens up in Nottingham at the Belfry hotel on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February.
There’s a whole bunch of stuff going on at HHW2016, including gaming events, seminars, along with panels and signings that will feature me and a few of my fellow Black Library authors. It will also be an opportunity to get hold of advance copies of the new War Without End mega-sized anthology, and the last few dozen copies of my limited run collector’s edition novella Vow of Faith will also be on sale at the show. More details here at the Forge World website.
