Another weekend, another convention - and this time, it's Warhammer Fest...
As it says over at the Games Workshop official site:
Warhammer Fest is a celebration of everything about the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000;
the miniatures, the backgrounds, the stories and the games. You will
encounter fantastic miniatures displays, seminars by our design teams,
in-depth demonstrations and inspiring Design Studio displays. You will
also be able to pick up the latest releases from Games Workshop, Forge
World and Black Library, including many items available for the first
time over the weekend, along with exclusive event only merchandise. With
such a wide range of activities, you can plan your day around specific
elements, or just enjoy whatever grabs your attention.
The
event is taking place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Saturday 11th
(10.00am – 5.00pm) and on Sunday 12th (9.30am – 4.00pm)
I'll be signing books - including the new Horus Heresy anthology Death And Defiance and an advance release of my new Garro audio drama Shield of Lies - as well as taking part in Q&A sessions and a reading on both days.
For more information about Warhammer Fest, click Here.
I've
been writing audio dramas for Black Library for a couple of years now
and as biased as I might be, it's worth saying that there's some very
cool audio stuff out there in the worlds of Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy.
This
week, to showcase some of the best of BL's adventures across the
formats of audio books, audio dramas and full cast audio plays, there's a
free preview available for streaming or download at the Black Library site. The preview is a full 70 minutes of action and adventure, which includes an excerpt from my Horus Heresy story Oath of Moment, featuring the character of Nathaniel Garro.
You'll also hear extracts from the audiobooks of Rebirth, The Talon of Horus and Horus Rising; the Gotrek and Felix audio drama Curse of the Everliving and Warhammer 40,000 story Blood in the Machine; and a sample from BL's new episodic series The Tranzia Rebellion.
To visit the site, click Here. Alternatively, you can find the streaming audio link Here and the direct download Here.
It's been a good while since I last did a pure-bred Star Trek convention and this weekend I get to go boldly once more at Destination Star Trek 3 over the weekend of October 3rd-5th at the ExCel Centre in London...
Along with my colleague and fellow Star Trek novelist Una McCormack, I'll be at DST3 on Saturday 4th October, and we'll both be appearing on the "Simon & Schuster Author Q&A Panel" on the Excelsior stage from 2:45pm to 3:30pm. We'll be talking about our previous work on Star Trek, including our collaboration on The Fall miniseries last year, and also dropping some hints about our upcoming Trek projects for 2015.
And after we're done at the Q&A, Una and I will then decamp to the Simon & Schuster sales stand in the Publication Alley area of the event to sign books for a while, so come along and say hello!
Entry
to the Excelsior Stage is free for all DST3 attendees, but you need a
general entry ticket for the event; for more information about Destination Star Trek 3, click Here.
I never cease to be amazed by the amount of creative energy that Star Trek
fans put into their 'fan-works' and in recent years one of the things
that has come on in leaps and bounds are the fan films produced by
volunteer-only actors, technicians and writers. One such production that
caught my eye is Star Trek: Axanar, a Classic Trek-era
movie being developed to tell the story of the Four Years War - a
pivotal battle between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, hinted at
in TOS episodes such as "Court Martial" and "Whom Gods
Destroy" and detailed in the old FASA roleplaying game supplement of the
same name.
As part of the run-up for the Axanar movie, the team behind it produced the excellent Prelude To Axanar, an 'in-universe' mock Discovery Channel-type documentary about the battle - and you can check that out Here.
Meanwhile,
work continues apace on the full-blown prodution, and as part of the
project the folks over at the Trek FM network are hosting a regular
podcast about Star Trek: Axanar. I was pleased to be invited on to talk with hosts Christopher Jones and Alec Peters about my love of classic Star Trek lore, war stories and more. I also drop a few hints about some of my upcoming novels...
To listen to the podcast, click Here to visit the Trek FM site, or find the Axanar podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.
The next installment in my ongoing series of Horus Heresy audio drama adventures featuring Nathaniel Garro is on its way; Shield of Lies
is a multi-disc edition featuring over two hours of storyline starring
Toby Longworth as Garro, with guest-stars Jane Collingwood, Jonathan
Keeble and David Timson, and a bonus disc including digital artwork
wallpapers and a pdf of the recording script.
While the war rages on across the galaxy, for many on the Throneworld of Terra it exists only in rumour and hearsay.
But
in the course of her daily duties, humble adept Katanoh Tallery
discovers evidence of a conspiracy within the monolithic Administratum -
surely, this can only be the precursor to a traitor attack on the Solar
System itself!
Fleeing into the shadows, she soon finds herself
at the mercy of the mysterious Knight Errant Nathaniel Garro. Will this
stalwart defender of mankind be her saviour, or her executioner?
The
all-digital MP3 release will go live on December 5th, with the shiny
disc edition available soon after - but the physical release version
will be on sale early at the Warhammer Fest and Black Library Weekender III events in October and November respectively. I'll be at both events, and will be more than happy to sign any copies.
You can pre-order Shield of Lies over at the Black Library website Here, and on that page you can also check out an exclusive audio excerpt from the story as well.
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