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Jo Anderton Launch Party, UNSW Bookshop, Wednesday 30th Nov
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Calling all Australian fantasy fans, especially those close enough to attend an event at the University of New South Wales Bookshop: Jo Anderton is having a launch party for her debut Angry Robot novel, Debris, at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday November 30th.
Jo has posted details on her blog – cake, champagne and speculative fun! – and it sounds very much as though all are welcome, the more the merrier.
We Angry Roboteers are all going to be an Antipodean distance away on the day, but we’ll be there in spirit (even if Lee’s the only one of us who’s even remotely likely to be out of bed at 5.30 a.m. UK time) and we’ll certainly raise a glass of something suitable to mark the occasion.
Dan Abnett lunchtime signing, Waterstone’s Plymouth, Saturday 26th Nov
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This signing has had to be cancelled, due to impending deadlines, ferocious dragons, and other writerly dangers.
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Dan Abnett – Angry Robot author of the thoroughly modern Elizabethan adventure novel Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero and the hard-hitting military-sf thriller Embedded – will (now not) be signing copies of his latest published works at Waterstone’s, New George Street, Plymouth, on Saturday November 26th from 11.00 a.m. through to 2.00 p.m.
Further details available from Waterstones.com.
[And yes, technically, this event has been organised by the fine folks at Black Library and Rebellion to promote Dan's latest Gaunt's Ghosts and 2000AD titles, but hey, if you sneak a copy of Triumff or Embedded in, we're sure nobody will complain. And if they do, zap 'em with your death-ray*.]
*Does not constitute an incitement to zap anyone with a death-ray. No responsibility will be accepted for purely coincidental death-ray related injuries.
Launching Adam Christopher’s Empire State, FP London Megastore, Jan 5th 2012
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Calling all Londoners, Londonites and anyone London-based or regularly London-bound, Adam Christopher will mark the UK launch of his debut novel Empire State with a reading and signing session at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, Shaftesbury Avenue, London on Thursday January 5th 2012, from 18.00 – 19.00.
This is a no-ticket-required event and full details can be found on www.forbiddenplanet.com.
If, for lack-of-geographical-proximity reasons, you’re unable to attend in person but would very much like to secure your signed-on-publication-day copy of Empire State, you can pre-order from Forbidden Planet for delivery after the event.
Scary people at Hallowe’en
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Like scary stories? They don’t come much scarier than the ones written by Gary McMahon, along with Adam L G Nevill and David Moody.
These three practitioners of the dark arts will be at Warwick Arts Centre on Monday 31st October from 7.15pm, talking about the nature of horror. Tickets are available from the Warwick Arts Centre website for just £8 per person (£6 concessions).
Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Bwahahahahahaaaa!
Meet us at FantasyCon
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It’s that time of the year, again – FantasyCon is once more upon us.
As ever, Angry Robot will be out in force. If you’re in Brighton this weekend, do pop along and say “Hi.” It’s well-worth attending.
Here’s where we’ll be (other folk will also be on these panels, of course):
Friday
2.00pm
Adam Christopher and Lee Harris on the panel Maintaining Your Online Presence
3.00pm
Guy Adams in Making a Living as a Writer
4.00pm
Gary McMahon in Has Crossover Overtaken Genre?
Adam Christopher – Reading from his debut novel, Empire State
10.30pm
Gary McMahon Reading
Saturday
10.00am
Marc Gascoigne in Judging a Book by its Cover
11.00am
Peter Crowther – Book Launch: Darkness Falling
(Pre-order your copy of the Limited Edition Hardback here with FREE eBook!)
1.00pm
Dan Abnett in Where Next in SF?
2.00pm
Adam Christopher in New Genre Voices
2.30pm
Anne Lyle Reading
4.00pm
Dan Abnett in Comics: Indies vs Majors
4.30pm
Mike Shevdon Reading
5.00pm
Ian Whates interviews Guest of Honour, Gwyneth Jones
9.00pm
Peter Crowther in Favourite Books
10.00pm
Guy Adams in Tie-In and Series Fiction
11.00pm
Guy Adams – guest DJ in Sarah Pinborough’s Disco of Doom*
Sunday
10.00am
Ian Whates in How to Market your Novel/Book
11.30am
Guy Adams Reading
1.00pm
BFS Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Includes Best Novel category, in which Pretty Little Dead Things by Gary McMahon is shortlisted.
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*Might not be the actual title
Angry Robot Hour!
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Well personally I think we should have one of these every week.. but I’m told this is, for now, a one-off special event for all our Antipodean chums.
If you’re going to Conflux, Australia’s premier SF convention, at the end of the month, be sure to join a trio of our best authors for some metallic fun and games. Out in force and pressing the flesh of all you grateful meat-things will be local Robot representatives Jo Anderton, Trent Jamieson and Kaaron Warren, for a full hour of meet & greet & readings plus (we’re told/warned) some appropriately AR-themed refreshments.
Oh, if only we could be there too… (don’t finish that sentence).
Darkness Falling – Limited Edition Hardback – Pre-order yours, now!
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On Saturday 1st October at FantasyCon in Brighton, England, we’ll be launching Peter Crowther’s sensational new apocalyptic novel, Darkness Falling. As we sometimes do, we’ve decided to create a limited edition hardback of this novel – only 100 are being printed for sale, making this a truly collectible book. And at just £20 it’s a real bargain, too!
Peter will be at the FantasyCon launch to sign your copy, as will cover artist Vincent Chong.
If there are any left, copies will be on sale at the launch event, but you can guarantee yourself a copy by pre-ordering, now.
You can collect your copy at FantasyCon, or if you prefer, we’ll ship anywhere in the world (though shipping charges apply). If we’re mailing your copy, it’ll be straight after the launch so we can get yours signed for you.
Pre-Order Exclusive Offer for eBook Fans
If you pre-order your copy, we’ll also send you a copy of the eBook, free of charge!
Steampunk at Steamcon with Angry Robot
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Steamcon III is happening in Seattle in October and the fearless airship pioneers of Angry Robot will be well represented.
The convention’s Author Guest of Honour is none other than the inscrutable K W Jeter, making a rare personal appearance. He’ll be speaking on panels and generally available for questions and chat, so do catch up with him about those tasty Infernal Devices and Morlock Night reissues, and his future plans.
Also represented, albeit in spirit rather than physical form, will be the Bookman himself, Lavie Tidhar. His novel Camera Obscura has made it onto the shortlist for best novel in the Steamcon Airship Awards. Three cheers and a rousing huzzah! Attendees and supporting members have until September 30th to vote for their favourite… not that we’d want to sway you, but, you know, we’re always happy to win stuff.
Steamcon runs October 14-16th, at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
Where to find us at WorldCon
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Next week, if you’re at Renovation (this year’s WorldCon) in Reno, you’ll find three Angry Robots wandering the hallways in search of tea, wine or cake. This is who’ll be there, and where we’ll be:
Lauren Beukes
Wed 16:00 – 17:00
Social Media, Online Technologies, and the Way We will Live
Wed 18:00 – 19:00
Literary Beer: Hall 2 Bar
Thu 09:00 – 10:00
Stroll with The Stars
Thu 12:00 – 13:00
Where to Start With Comics E1
Thu 16:00 – 17:00
Futuristic Fashion and Wearable Art D05
Fri 10:00 – 12:00
Writers Workshop (Already fully booked, sorry!)
Fri 14:00 – 14:30
Reading: Lauren Beukes A15
Fri 17:00 – 18:00
The Future of Cities A01+6
Sat 12:00 – 13:00
Meet the Campbell Award Nominees A03
Sun 12:00 – 13:00
Autographing: Sun 12:00 Hall 2
Aliette de Bodard
Wed 13:00 – 14:00
Molecular Gastronomy: When You have more Gadgets in Your Kitchen than Your Mom (Panel), A04 (RSCC)
Wed 16:00 – 17:00
Interview with Aliette de Bodard (Interview), A09 (RSCC)
Thu 14:00 – 15:00
Autographing: Thu 14:00 (Autographing), Hall 2 Autographs (RSCC)
Thu 15:30 – 16:00
Reading: Aliette de Bodard (Reading), A14 (RSCC).
Fri 11:00 – 12:00
Minority Representation in SF Art and the Ugly Reality (Panel), D05 (RSCC)
Fri 16:00 – 17:00
F*** Your Knight and the Horse He Rode in on: Fantasy Series not Based on Medieval European Culture (Panel), A10 (RSCC)
Sat 11:00 – 12:00
KaffeeKlatsch: Sat 11:00 (KaffeeKlatsch), KK1 (RSCC)
Sat 1:30pm-3:00pm
Lunch meeting
Sat 16:00 – 17:00
Cross-Cultural Influences in SF (Panel), A03 (RSCC)
Lee Harris
Thu 11:00 – 12:00
Angry Robot (Publisher Presentation), A11
Thu 15:00 – 16:00
KaffeeKlatsch: Thu 15:00 (KaffeeKlatsch), KK1
Fri 11:00 – 12:00
Minority Representation in SF Art and the Ugly Reality (Panel), D05
Fri 16:00 – 17:00
Beyond _Doctor Who_: The Rest of British SF on TV (Panel), A05
Sat 10:00 – 11:00
Web Publishing and the Future of Magazines (Panel), A16
Sun 11:00 – 12:00
There’s a Bimbo on my e-Book! (Panel), A09
We hope to see some of you there.
Lauren Beukes and Joey HiFi in London, August 13th
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On Saturday 13th August, that freakishly-talented Ms Lauren Beukes is in London, en route to the World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, and various interviews and readings in New York and San Francisco.
Lauren will be joined by Joey HiFi (BSFA award-winning artist of the SA/UK editions of Zoo City), and will be speaking at the British Library’s Out of This World exhibition in London.
The event starts at 1.00pm, and by pre-ordering tickets (which are free), you can enter the draws to win Zoo City prizes, including a great Zoo City T-shirt, featuring Joey’s artwork. You don’t need a ticket to attend the event – just to be in with a chance to win the prizes.
