A few photo impressions from Eastercon, part two: an octopus, David Wake, David Stokes, David Lascelles. @easterconuk.bsky.social @davidwake.bsky.social

Just realised that if the Artemis missions land on the moon as planned, then the two US Presidents with their names on plaques on the moon will be Richard Nixon and Donald Trump.

I've just finished the first draft of The Derring-Do Club and the River of Death. I mean, I haven't, I’m bound to think of something else.

I've just been on a self-pub mini-fest panel, this one on Mixing Genres & Forms. #booksky #selfpub #indie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ox...

The next Derring-Co Club adventure won't be the shortest; it just overtook the Empire of the Dead. Our heroines still have a terrible evil to overcome, mind. #booksky

I'm on another Self-Pub Mini-Fest panel (although 4 a bit minutes late) hosted by Morgen Bailey. This one is on Description v Dialogue. #booksky #writing www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoLU...

Given that my stock order of The Derring-Do Club #hardbacks has arrived in time for #Eastercon, here's a pic of a happy fan with a full set. #booksky.

I've just been part of another #self-pub mini-fest panel. This one is on #writing #plots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7QI...

I've been interviewed on Morgen Bailey's Author Spotlight about my #writing and #books – www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiJb...

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

On this World #Book Day, I have been, appropriately enough, doing a stock check. (Eeek, no Empires of the Dead!)

Popped back to Liverpool to visit old haunts. Where the band used to rehearse, Hessy's has gone, but here's Probe Records. It's moved twice since I used to hang out with the punks there.

Will Trump be asked to return his peace prize by FIFA?

I've been on the Self-Pub Mini-Fest panel on Plotting versus Pantsing. I'm a Puzzler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYBd...

Self-Pub Fest's mini-Monday fests are still going strong - find out more here: self-pub-fest.co.uk

I was going to buy a 'Make America Go Away' hat, but it was shipped from the US. That doesn't seem right. And aren't MAGA hats made in China?

The Self-Pub Fest has started some Monday night panels. First up were those who moderated earlier panels. Here we are talking about our #books and #writing and #nanowrimo. #booksky #skybrarian youtu.be/dZj6CyAgRFQ

Another Self-Pub-Fest panel, this one about Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Appropriately, I’m in a room resembling the quarters on Star Trek TOS’s Enterprise, : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rax5... #sf #fantasy #horror #selfpublishing #booksky #skybrarian

I was part of the Self-Pub Fest recently and moderated the panel on ideas. Here’s the YouTube video. (I’ve not plucked up the courage to watch it yet.) #books #booksky #skylibrarian #writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU7L...

#Reading Challenge for 2026: That’s it, all done and here’s the summary. I’m not going to go through the numbers and Greek letters. I’m surprised there are so few cheats in these letters and #books. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: Z is for Zombies, a pandemic of #zombies appear in the #romzomcom #book Dawn and Dave of the Dead. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: Y is for Year, the Derring-Do Club and the Year of the Chrononauts is the second #book in the series. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: X is for X-word, as a crossword will feature as a clue in the upcoming #cosymystery or #cozymystery, The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: W is for Way, The Raven’s Way will be the final #book of the Daughters of Égraine #trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: V is for Venice, which #Birmingham has more canals than in my #shortstory in New Street Stories, the New Street Authors #anthology. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: U is for Unicorn, because one appears in A Dragon in the Title, the recently published first #book in the Dragon Sword Trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

A new series, Prisoner, set in Wales. Be seeing it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Reading Challenge for 2026: T is for Trilogy, The Return of the Trilogy will be the final #book in the Dragon Sword #Trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: S is for the Sword and the Sequel, #book 2 in the Dragon Sword Trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: R is for Roninko, a revenge #thriller set in #samurai Japan. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: Q is for Quest, which the Deering-Dolittle sisters will be going on in The River of Death. It’s the next #book in the series and I’m just over 70,000 words through the first draft. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: P is for Plus Sign, the third #book in the Thinkersphere #SF #policeprocedural series. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: O is for Other, the Other #Christmas Carol, which is a #novella. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: N is for Non-Fiction, Punk Publishing, co-written with Andy Conway, is a guide to #indiepublishing, explaining why and how you should #selfpublish. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: M is for Murders, more precisely, The Murders of Conky Whallop is a #cosymystery or #cozymystery #comedy book. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: L is for Large Print, The Murders of Conky Whallop comes in the large, #dyslexia friendly #lexend font, so you want miss any of the twists and turns of this #cosymystery. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: K is for Kali, who appears in the fifth Derring-Do Club adventure #book, the Sisterhood of the Death-Goddess. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: J is for Jackdaw, Jackdaw’s Choice is the first #book of The Daughters of Égraine trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: I is for I, the sentient phone in the SF #novel, I, Phone. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: H is for Hastag, the first #book of the Thinkersphere series. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: G is for Grey, the third Derring-Do Club #adventure #novel. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: F is for Future, the complete set of near-future SF police procedurals #ebooks in one #boxset. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: E is for Empire, the first #book of the Derring-Do Club adventures. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: D is for Death, the fourth #book of the Derring-Do Club adventures. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: C is for Crow, the second #book of The Daughters of Égraine trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2026: B is Bridge, a stand-alone pub crawl of a #novel. #booksky #skybrarian

#Reading Challenge for 2025: A is for Atcode, the second #book in the Thinkersphere series.

Should books have spoiler warnings? e.g. SPOILER WARNING: This cosy mystery gives away the identity of the murderer near the end.

The obligatory 'holding a box upside down' to show that all these #books were sold at the #ArmadaCon book launch of 'The Crow's Law'.