Mike Brooks

Yesterday I went to Nottinghamshire Pride, which took place in the Hockley and Lace Market areas of Nottingham: My wife and I dropped by the stall run by the charity we both work for and helped out for a bit:… Read morePride

It’s been an interesting week. On Wednesday I was going about my day job when I encountered a man who might well have been thought to be sunbathing, given that he was in the back garden of a house and… Read moreComing To A Podcast Near You

This week I got the copy edited manuscript of DARK SKY back from the publishers, which means I have to go through and check everything the copy editor has found and see if I agree with her corrections. This is… Read moreCopy Edits and a NEW STORY!

From 7th-9th August this year I’m going to be at Nine Worlds in London, the self-proclaimed ‘London Geekfest.’ I have never been to a convention before, ever. Why? Because from what I’ve seen, most of them in this country consist… Read moreNine Worlds, And What I Will Be Doing There

Last night I went to a Harry Potter birthday party, because I am definitely thirty-three years old. It was fancy dress but I didn’t have anything particularly school uniform-ish, so I improvised and went as an oversized house elf: I… Read moreHarry Parter Potty?

It’s been a busy week. Not necessarily due to the whole authoring thing, more because the day job is still a bit crazy. But there you go. Anyway, on Saturday 6th June, two days after DARK RUN was published, I… Read moreAdventures in Authorism (and Birmingham)

It’s actually happened. Yesterday my debut novel Dark Run officially went on sale (I say ‘officially’ because some people had got theirs a day or so early, not counting the ones who received one courtesy of the box of freebies… Read moreMike Brooks, Sci-Fi NOVELIST

I was a scout actually, right through from Beaver to Venture. I think they’ve changed that nowadays and have strange, new-fangled delineations. Piffle, I say, piffle. But this blog post isn’t actually about scouting, it is in fact a brief… Read moreScout’s Honour

This past weekend I went to London for four days. It was a very welcome break anyway, as the day job has been somewhat frenetic of late, but quite apart from that I was there to celebrate my wedding anniversary…. Read moreA weekend away

In a development that has come as something of a surprise to me, I have been asked to appear at Forbidden Planet in Birmingham (see my brand new ‘Events’ page, which I honestly wasn’t expecting to need yet). It’s on… Read moreWatch out, Birmingham! (and London)