Mike Brooks

It’s nearly June, and time marches on. I had an excellent time at Eastercon, which was also my first time in Belfast. It was great to see the regular con-goers, catch up with some people I’d not seen in several… Read moreEastercon, Voidscarred, and Andor S2 (oh my!)

Life has been extremely hectic recently, but I am still going to Eastercon, which occurs (unsurprisingly) this weekend. My schedule is as follows: FRIDAY8.30pm, Hilton, Lagan Suit – DJING THE DISCO SUNDAY9.30am, ICC, Hall C&D – signing2pm Hilton, Broadway –… Read moreEASTERCON!

I left my previous literary agent towards the end of 2023, and I am delighted to announce that as of today I am represented by Laura Bennett from Liverpool Literary Agency! I’ve been very impressed with Laura’s communication, attitude, and… Read moreNEW AGENT!

We all love Waterstones, right? Stalwart of the British high street, 3-for-2 offers, often a coffee shop, perhaps the last big bastion in the face of Amazon’s attempted total dominance of all things book-related (with no disrespect to indie bookshops,… Read moreWaterstones-tastic

I don’t really use this website blog much – you’ll mainly find me at Bluesky these days for day-to-day stuff, now Twitter’s gone down the toilet – but I do try to remember to update it every now and then…. Read moreLooking ahead to 2025

The cat’s out of the bag, so here we go: I’ve written a Lelith Hesperax novel! That’s the absolutely wonderful special edition cover, courtesy of Warhammer Community. This obviously comes hard on the heels of the Drukhari being the antagonists… Read moreQueen of Knives… plus, Telford

A few exciting things to cover since my last update, so let’s kick it off with, appropriately enough, The First. Yes! THE LION: SON OF THE FOREST has been voted Black Library’s Book of the Year for 2023! This is… Read moreThe First comes first, Ufthak’s here!! And more

For those of you who missed the big news at the weekend, you can catch up with it here. For those of you who don’t like following links, here’s the first part: THEY MADE A MODEL OF UFTHAK. MY BIG… Read moreUFTHAK’S BACK! (and his front. And his squig)

This coming Saturday, the Black Library preview will be live (well, I know for a fact that some of it was pre-recorded) to give you the lowdown on what’s coming in the first half of 2024! You can watch the… Read moreBlack Library preview, 9th Dec!

Last weekend (18-19th November) I was lucky enough to be a guest at Heroes Dutch ComicCon (winter edition), thanks to the American Book Center of Amsterdam. This necessitated my first flight this century, which in turn necessitated a fair bit… Read moreDutch ComicCon retrospective