Mike Brooks

Next Friday I’ll be zipping off to Peterborough for my first FantasyCon! “But Mike,” I hear you cry, “you write scifi, not fantasy! Why are you going?” Well, first of all, I’m published in scifi, but I wrote fantasy before I… Read moreFANTASYCON 2017

Yesterday I went to London to see the lovely people at Audible and be interviewed about the upcoming DARK DEEDS (yes, it seems the release date has been pushed back to 14th November. No, I have no idea why). After a… Read moreAdventures in London (again) and a NEW ANNOUNCEMENT

At long last, the end is in sight. The Sunday of Nine Worlds is always a bittersweet affair, since although the convention is still going it’s already started to lose attendees, and the sad business of checking out interferes with… Read moreNine Worlds – Sunday

Okay, here we go. The main reason this write-up was so delayed was because of an incident that took place on the Saturday at Nine Worlds, and the aftermath of it. That’s now been resolved, and so I feel I… Read moreNine Worlds – Saturday

Friday dawned bright and early, bright enough that even London looked quite good. With hotel breakfast achieved it was time for the first session of the day: An Audience with Chris Wooding. I first found Chris Wooding’s Tales From The… Read moreNine Worlds – Friday

It’s a bit overdue, for various reasons, but I think it’s time for me to do a quick recap of my annual Long Weekend Of Geekery. I’d sadly lost Eleanor from my Nine Worlds crew this year, as she was going… Read moreFITC & Nine Worlds – Thursday

So we’re a week away from that time of year again, where I go to London for a long weekend of rampant and thoroughly unashamed geekery. Buckle up, dear reader, as we prepare for Although like last year, this year’s Nine… Read moreNINE WORLDS!

Hello, America! And a happy Independence Day to you (and a happy belated Canada Day to you too, Canada). In one week’s time (that’s the 11th July for those of you counting) DARK SKY is released in North America. I’m… Read moreDARK SKY IN ONE WEEK!

In two weeks, DARK SKY will be out in the US. Just two weeks. But I’m not going to write about that this evening. I’ll write about that in a few days, probably. Tonight I’m going to write about Wonder… Read moreA Little Late To The Party

I should probably be blogging about the upcoming North American release of DARK SKY. And I will. But it’s (still) not out for over a month, and right now I have more important things on my mind. Yes, more important… Read moreA Rush Of Democracy To The Head