“Dunno what you wanna go to Hull for. Only thing it’s good for is being the end of the M62.” “I hate living here, there int nowt to do.” Living in Hull you hear these things quite a lot. (Minor understatement.) Really? People! Where have you been the last couple of years? Another one […]
FantastiCon. Hull’s (first) SFF Convention. Well, it’s the first that I know of. A young Jedi decided to take on R2D2 with a lightsaber at Hull’s first “SFF” con. R2 was unarmed, but stood his ground valiantly. That wasn’t all. Kickerstarter funders had early access, but for others the fun started with a Dr Who […]
Nine Worlds happened this weekend, a convention for fans of anything ‘geek’. Games, comics, films, books and T.V. shows were all covered, spanning all age groups and geeky genres. Interesting and apropos academic panels merged well with the more traditional fan-based content. Panels and workshops covered making, creating, discussing, laughing, exploring and of course debating. […]
It has been a while since I updated the blog. Forgive me, I’ve been working away like a maniac on The Novel. Re-writing, editing, tweaking not to mention planning out books two and three, and a dissertation for the next academic year. For so long now my writing desk has been organised chaos – notes, […]