It’s that time of year again, when the grizzled veterans of the UK (and beyond) fantasy scene descend on grim and blasted lands (Birmingham, this time) to discuss all things fantasy (and sci-fi. And horror). I’m going again this year,… Read moreFantasyCon 2023

Hahaha, pun time. So, I wrote a book called The Lion: Son of the Forest, about Lion El’Jonson returning to the Warhammer 40,000 universe. I thought it might be popular. I didn’t realise exactly how popular. It went to #1… Read moreA Roaring Success

It’s been a while… [Staind intensifies] I’ve been busy, some of which has been on secret things that I can’t tell you about yet because they’re for Games Workshop and y’know, non-disclosure agreements and all that. And some of which… Read moreThe Lion, some Orks, and an EasterCon

Well, it has definitely been a year. It’s been easily my most productive writing year to date, at least in terms of how much stuff came out. A mighty FOUR novels in total (granted one of them was written a… Read moreStandard end-of-year retrospective piece

A little late to the write-up (about a month late, actually), but I had an excellent time at FantasyCon 2022, despite it being held at the Park Inn at Heathrow, which is a generally uninspiring venue. It was great to… Read moreFantasyCon! Fox Cities! Harrowmaster! Autumn 2022 updates

This year’s FantasyCon is being held (after a false start where the previous organisers pulled out) at the Radisson hotel at Heathrow, the same place as the last two physical EasterCons. It is, let’s be honest, not the most inspiring… Read moreFantasyCon programme announced / WARBOSS

I am absolutely delighted to announce that my epic fantasy debut, The Black Coast, has been shortlisted for Best Fantasy Novel for this year’s British Fantasy Awards. This an incredible honour, especially given the quality of the rest of the… Read moreTHE BLACK COAST shortlisted for British Fantasy Awards!

Late notice, because it’s only been organised for a couple of weeks and I updated about it on social media, but forgot the blog. It looks like it’s going to be a warm day, but Geek Retreat has air conditioning,… Read moreQ&A and signing THIS SUNDAY!

On 23rd June (in the UK), The Godbreaker is released. This is the third and concluding volume in my epic fantasy series, The God-King Chronicles. This is a very long blog post about how I got here. Back in the… Read moreThe road to The Godbreaker

(that joke came from Twitter) It’s been a busy start to the year in many senses; I’ve spent a lot of it writing an incredibly super-secret novel that I can tell you nothing about, which is… of limited interest for… Read moreA-Huron-ron-ron, a-Huron-ron