Writeopolis

I'm looking forward to chatting with the Writeopolis gang in February! Based on my previous interactions with @rjbarker.bsky.social I'm sure chaos will reign and @katiebruce.bsky.social will regret putting us in the same Zoom call

The truth is I never left the studio. They just let me out of the cupboard twice a year.

22nd Mar - We're closing out the season with Jackson Ford! The man who got "sh*t" into the title of multiple books, is now writing about bone-wearing raiding clans, and delights in getting fans to proclaim cheese as their god (quite rightly, too) is returning!
@realjacksonford.bsky.social

8th Mar - Charlotte Bond's writing wanders the lands of fantasy, horror, gothic and speculative fiction. Her latest novellas, The Fireborne Blade and The Bloodless Princess, have women with swords and a cat dragon! Perfect, no notes.
@bookdragonauthor.bsky.social

22nd Feb - we have Thomas D Lee to tell us all about his debut, Perilous Times, a contemporary take on the King Arthur tales that sees the Knights of the Round Table trying to fix modern problems, and perhaps we'll even get a taste of the upcoming prequel...
@thomasdlee.bsky.social

8th Feb - after a quick reschedule, Nicholas Eames is joining us to talk about epic quests and getting the band back together
@nicholaseames.bsky.social

25th Jan - Aliette de Bodard will be joining us to talk about everything from Xianxia-inspired space operas to dark Gothic fantasies set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war and everything in between!
@aliettedebodard.com

The Writeopolis logo - A grey background with stripes of purple, green, orange and yellow coming from the bottom. A large 'W' and 'O' in the middle and the words 'SEASON 13 GUESTS!' bottom left

A wild season 13 appears on the horizon, full of the cheer of the One Star Quiz!!

That's right we will be bringing in the new year in the most smally like hand way on the 11th January with
@stewarthotston.com
@worrad.bsky.social
Kayleigh Dobbs
and @lauramauro.bsky.social adjudicating independently!

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @michaelrmiller.bsky.social for a fabulous season finale!
discord.gg/cJH9H3XTs

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @michaelrmiller.bsky.social
Join us!
discord.gg/bqqcbpwV

His Dragon's Blade trilogy, has an arrogant dragon prince who's forced to become human.

And Battle Spire has no dragons but does have a hacker trapping millions of players inside a VR world

Join us to hear about all this and more live in the Discord next Sunday 7th Dec 8:30pm
discord.gg/Q7UDuQDh

The cover of Ascendant, Songs of Chaos book 1, by Michael R Miller, featuring a white dragon with a leather band around its eyes, a boy in armour holding a sword and a glowing orb, with a dusty orange background with a tower

A photo of Michael R Miller wearing a white t-shirt and black shirt

Closing out the season & year we have @michaelrmiller.bsky.social! Because what could be more festive than dragons

Michael's Songs of Chaos series has a kitchen boy who rescues a doomed dragon egg and vows to protect the blind dragon within. The latest in the series, Reckoning, was released in Sept

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @shaunalawless.bsky.social!!

discord.gg/Q7UDuQDh

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @shaunalawless.bsky.social!!
discord.gg/Q7UDuQDh

The first era is complete with 3 books & 3 novellas! The second era began with Daughter of The Otherworld and there are plenty more to come!

Join us to hear about all this & more, live in the Discord, next Sunday, 23rd November, 8:30pm UK time
discord.gg/JaeqQ7yR

A stack of Daughter of the Otherworld by Shauna Lawless. The cover has a green Celtic tree with a face of a woman in the branches at the top and images of a horse, a bird, an axe and a bow and arrow in the corners

A black and white photo of Shauna Lawless against some trees

Next week we have mythology queen @shaunalawless.bsky.social!

Shauna is an author & blogger from County Down. Her critically acclaimed Gael Song series combines Irish mythology with real-life history. It starts with The Children Of Gods And Fighting Men, full of Vikings & magic, kings & warriors!

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @cameronjohnston.bsky.social !!
discord.gg/gGXUqYxNm

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @cameronjohnston.bsky.social!!
discord.gg/JaeqQ7yR

Cameron is a Scottish author, gamer and swordsman, as well as being an archaeology and history fiend. Proper fantasy author type stuff all around!

Join us live in the Discord, next Sunday, 9th November, 8:30pm UK time discord.gg/P3ZZgMXH

A photo of Cameron Johnston standing in front of some large stones, wearing a blue and white hoody

The cover of First Mage on The Moon, featuring a rocket that looks like an ancient fantasy tower, against a moon

Our next guest is the wonderful Cameron Johnston!

@cameronjohnston.bsky.social's books include

The Maleficent Seven - 'Seven Samurai, but villains'

The Last Shield - 'gender-flipped Die Hard in a mysterious castle'.

& First Mage On The Moon - couldn't find a one-liner but it's mages on the moon!

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord! With @phokion.bsky.social
discord.gg/XBF9sNBnE

Whalesong is out now! So we expect you all to have read it before Sunday so you can ask @phokion.bsky.social all the questions!

This Sunday! 8:30pm UK time (which will be GMT because hosting a show on the day the clocks change will definitely not cause any issues)
With @phokion.bsky.social !!
Live in the Discord
discord.gg/P3ZZgMXH

Writing as Miles, his sci-fi Arcana Imperii series has swords in space! Book 3, Whalesong, will be released in just a few days!

And then there's all the sword fighting & his fabulous Writing Fighting videos!

Join us for all this & more in the Discord Sun 26th Oct 8:30pm GMT
discord.gg/TnVuER79

A photo of Christian Cameron, wearing a jumper, sitting in Philopoemen’s seat at the theater of Megalopolis.

The cover of The Venetian Heretic by Christian Cameron, featuring a blue background showing Venice, and a gold lion holding a sword and a book

The cover of Whalesong by Miles Cameron, showing a sun with a purple space background, and a spaceship in front

Next up we have the delightful @phokion.bsky.social! And he's bringing along his alter ego Miles Cameron!

With over 50 books already published, there's a lot to talk about!

His latest historical fantasy, The Venetian Heretic, is set amongst the magic of Carnevale in Venice - with added espionage!

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord! With @stevetoase.bsky.social!

The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase, featuring a black background and a circle with a pattern made up of brown trowels in the centre

A black and white photo of Steve Toase wearing a biker jacket with bare trees in the background

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @stevetoase.bsky.social

Join us for talk of horror, archaeology, motorbikes, vintage cocktails and cake!

discord.gg/TnVuER79

Just a reminder, LONDON FOLKS, I will be in your fair city talking about folk horror and fantasy at COVENT GARDEN, Waterstone on the 7TH OF OCT. It should be Very fancy.

A background of moorland with dry stone walls and a grey, cloudy sky. Pictures of RJ Barker, David Wragg, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Katie Bruce around the outside along with the Waterstones logo. Purple boxes in the centre with the words: The British Fantasy Society & Waterstones Leeds 'Building Brilliant Worlds' (with BFS logos on either side). RJ Barker, Adrian Tchaikovsky, David Wragg, Katie Bruce (mod). Thursday 9th October 7pm Leeds Waterstones

A background of moorland with dry stone walls and a grey, cloudy sky. Pictures of the authors around the outside and their books in the centre. Adrian Tchaikovsky - The Hungry Gods, David Wragg - The Iron Road, RJ Barker - Heart of the Wyrd Wood.

It's time for another fabulous @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event!

Building Brilliant Worlds: fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them!
Waterstones Leeds 9th October 7pm

@rjbarker.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@davewragg.com
Katie Bruce (mod)

tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

Come join us on the 12th October and listen to me whitter. I’m good at whittering! ;)