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BRUTAL KUNNIN cover reveal!

May 6, 2020 Mike Brooks

Despite all the problems thrown up by COVID-19, it looks like my Ork-POV Warhammer 40,000 novel BRUTAL KUNNIN is still coming this summer as expected. Warhammer Community revealed the cover art today in their article also featuring two other upcoming… Read moreBRUTAL KUNNIN cover reveal!

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Spring Update

April 9, 2020August 27, 2020 Mike Brooks

I’d say “Well, the world is on fire”, but Australia was on fire for quite a while. I’m not going to go into COVID-19. It’s horrific anyway, it’s disproportionately affecting people from disadvantaged economic and social classes no matter what… Read moreSpring Update

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Steampunk? Hopepunk? Dreadpunk? How about STOPPUNK

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Mike Brooks

Time for a quick rant. There are many things that rationally annoy me. Fanatical adherence to binary notions of sex and gender. The fact that the government of my country has refused to authorise the release of an investigation into… Read moreSteampunk? Hopepunk? Dreadpunk? How about STOPPUNK

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Autumn Entanglements

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Mike Brooks

We’re fast coming up on a couple of conventions at which you’ll be able to catch me, if you so wish. Firstly I’ll be at Fantasycon in Glasgow between 18-20th October, arriving on Thursday evening and leaving on Sunday. The… Read moreAutumn Entanglements

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An interview, a new story, a career break…(!)

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Mike Brooks

A few quick updates from me… First of all, I’ve now started a twelve-month career break from my day job working for a homelessness charity in order to concentrate on my writing, mainly (but not exclusively) the fantasy series I’m… Read moreAn interview, a new story, a career break…(!)

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I’M SIGNED BY ORBIT!

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Mike Brooks

So this is the big news I’ve been waiting to announce… Orbit Books are publishing my new epic fantasy series! It’s a series that covers a variety of themes, including a huge country spinning towards civil war, but the one… Read moreI’M SIGNED BY ORBIT!

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RITES OF PASSAGE announced!

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 Mike Brooks

I’ve been waiting to update because I have some exciting news, but unfortunately it’s not exciting news that I’m allowed to talk about yet. So instead, I’m going to talk about some other exciting news which I now can talk… Read moreRITES OF PASSAGE announced!

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Long time, no see

April 7, 2019 Mike Brooks

It’s been about six months since I’ve blogged here! Which isn’t much good at all, really. About all I can say in my defence is that I’ve been busy… And so, the news in brief:– I went to FantasyCon, which… Read moreLong time, no see

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A busy autumn

October 8, 2018August 27, 2020 Mike Brooks

You can tell autumn is here: the British climate might not know what it’s doing (it was bitterly cold up on the moors above the Upper Derwent and Howden Reservoirs yesterday when we went walking to Alport Castles, but it’s… Read moreA busy autumn

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Nine Worlds 2018 review (Sat & Sun)

August 14, 2018August 27, 2020 Mike Brooks

SATURDAY I started Saturday at Nine Worlds bright and early with a talk at 9am about Alchemy & Chemistry in SF/Fantasy, which sounded promising but turned out to be more of a talk about the history of chemistry (which was… Read moreNine Worlds 2018 review (Sat & Sun)

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