Mike Brooks

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

I mentioned this on Twitter and now people want to hear it. Fine. Here’s my mashup of Drowning Pool’s “Let The Bodies Hit The Floor” and Psy’s “Gangnam Style”, on your own heads be it.

It’s been a while. In my defence, I was left unsupervised. In July (for the UK) and September (for the US) the second novel of The God-King Chronicles hit the shelves, following on from THE BLACK COAST in February (or… Read moreAutumn 2021 update 1: The Splinter King, forthcoming stuff, conventions, etc

It was out a month ago in the UK, but there were delays in the US release related to shipping (possibly Brexit-related, possibly Covid-related: possibly badgers? Who know), and I wanted to wait until it was out on both sides… Read moreTHE BLACK COAST is out now!