The Stone Roses will be playing a gig with me at Waterstones Bradford this Saturday (26 May) from 11am. Never done a book signing in Bradford before, so interested to see what it’s like. There’s a nice park in the centre or something, but the mate who told me that might have had his tongue planted firmly in cheek. Then I’ll wanna get home quickly afterwards, for the Eurovision 2012! (Alright, I admit, the bit about the Stone Roses wasn’t exactly true.)
Author Archive for Adam Dalton
20
May
12
Das Wispern der Schatten
Sounds painful. Empire of the Saviours in German:
17
May
12
Please release me…
Well, today’s the official release of Empire of the Saviours in the UK (and Germany, I think). Couldn’t you tell? Didn’t you see all the omens, harbingers and heralds in the sky last night… or was that because I’d drunk too much?
Anyway, the first signing event is in Waterstones Bolton this Saturday, from 11am. And there’s a new review of the doorstop here: http://sfbook.com/empire-of-the-saviours.htm.
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13
May
12
FantasyCon 2012
The dates are Thurs 27 Sept to Sunday 30 Sept, altho the main content doesn’t really start till 1pm on Friday 28 Sept. The venue is the Royal Albion Hotel in Brighton, same as last year. Why Brighton? Not a very central location for a national convention, is it? Well, it’s all cos World Horror Con took place there a few years back and did quite well, while FantasyCon in Nottingham (10 years straight) was beginning to dwindle.
Brighton is of course always busy and horrendously expensive. Everything I earn from teaching this summer will probably get blown in the first few hours. Will I really be attending, shlepping down from Manchester? Spending my brithday in a stuffy hotel, getting my wrists slapped for saying I don’t rate such-and-such a writer, etc? Really? Hmm. Probably. It would be rude not to. And Richard and Andrew would rightly be chastising me for not sticking to last year’s drunken promise that the three musketeers would ride again!
12
May
12
hitting shelves
Oo, Empire of the Saviours is already hitting shelves. Matt and Beatriz both saw copies in Waterstones Manchester Deansgate today!
Phew, 185,000 words later and Gateway is finally finished. I am meeting Matt and Oli tonight to observe the occasion in suitable style.
Meanwhile, the Hanbury Literary Agency now has a page for me on their site, side-by-side with Katie Price. Hope I don’t make her look too bad.
http://www.hanburyagency.com/authors/a-j-dalton.asp
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…is now open to entries. Anyone can enter, regardless of how many times they have been previously published. The competition is open to entries from 1 March 2012 to 30 June 2012. This year’s judge is award winning editor and BFS stalwart Allen Ashley.
Prizes:
1st prize: £100, a year’s membership of the BFS, and publication in the BFS Journal.
2nd prize: £50, a year’s membership of the BFS, and publication in the BFS Journal.
3rd prize: £20
Schedule:
Open to entries from 1 March 2012 to 30 June 2012.
No entries will be accepted outside these dates.
Allen Ashley is the sole judge of this year’s competition and will read every entry all the way through.
The winners will be announced at the British Fantasy Awards ceremony in September.
2nd prize: £50, a year’s membership of the BFS, and publication in the BFS Journal.
3rd prize: £20
Schedule:
Open to entries from 1 March 2012 to 30 June 2012.
No entries will be accepted outside these dates.
Allen Ashley is the sole judge of this year’s competition and will read every entry all the way through.
The winners will be announced at the British Fantasy Awards ceremony in September.
Visit the BFS website today for the competion rules.
06
May
12
Legion: a film review
Worthwhile fantasy-horror movie, this one. God has lost his faith in mankind (who can blame Him, eh?). He sends a plague of demons/angels to finish us off. Good old Saint Michael the archangel rebels against ‘the big G’, however, and sides with mankind. The showdown all takes place at the ‘Paradise Falls’ diner in the USA (well, where else would you expect it to happen?). Dennis Quaid is the owner of said diner, and quite convivial until a demon starts to eat all his customers. (Yes, it becomes a bit of a zombie movie in the middle.)
Saint Michael is played by the bloke who was the naturalist in Master and Commander. Not sure what his name is, but he doesn’t do a bad job. Be warned, the film is far from perfect – the first 20mins are fairly redundant (what passes for characterisation in a Hollywood movie, methinks) and there isn’t a single joke in the whole thing (even though it’s begging for it). Oh, and of course there’s a ridiculous right-wing evangelist message throughout, but the fight between Gabriel and Saint Michael make it all forgiveable. In summary, a score of 6 out of 10 from me.
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And a signing at the Arndale (ah, the sights, sounds and smells!) on Saturday 7 July. Rock and roll.
