Arts Council England are offering me a grant!
I feel a victory dance coming on! I’ll be one more in that group of fortunate graphic-novel people to be awarded a Grant for the Arts, joining Katie Green, whose Lighter Than My Shadow came out last...
View ArticleFancy winning a copy of Graphic Novel Man: the Comics of Bryan Talbot?
There’s a chance to win one of 12 copies of a documentary series about Bryan and his work. Interested? You can enter the competition here. The closing date for submissions is 18th August. The Graphic...
View ArticleLoncon 3: 72nd World Science Fiction Convention in London
It’s over a week since Loncon 3 ended, but I’m only just able to sit at my desk and reflect on it today. Lovely to meet up with old friends there and, of course, to meet new ones as well. … Continue...
View ArticleEdinburgh Book Festival
Just back from a busy trip to Edinburgh, at the final weekend of the Edinburgh Fringe and International Book Festival. Straight off the train on Friday, Bryan and I joined Kate Charlesworth at Word...
View ArticleSally in Scotland, Talbots in Lakeland
Here’s the video of the Sally Heathcote Suffragette event at the Edinburgh Book Festival last month. Thanks to Jane Barry for her expert filming and editing. On returning from a week’s holiday, for me...
View ArticleThe 2nd Lakes International Comic Art Festival!
The second Kendal festival is almost upon us. The main programme is online here where tickets are available too. So what are you waiting for? The dates are 17th – 19th October 2014. The main venue is...
View ArticleVintage podcast with Sally Heathcote Suffragette
There was so much going on back in May, when Sally Heathcote Suffragette came out, that I’ve overlooked an interview we did in the Random House building. It was the week we were in London for a spot on...
View ArticleAnother month of festivals coming up…
The festival season is upon us once more. It’s starting with the Small Wonder Festival in Charleston this coming weekend: Sunday 28th September 4pm Suffragette. An illustrated talk by Mary and Bryan...
View ArticlePodcast on the making of BBC’s Shoulder to Shoulder
Back in May, Birkbeck University of London hosted a conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of Shoulder to Shoulder, an extraordinary BBC series on the suffragettes. I was there talking about...
View ArticleOctober update: a month of festivals
“This is the first graphic novel I’ve ever bought!” How I love hearing that! We’ve been on the move with Sally Heathcote again, starting with Charleston in East Sussex in late September. And, yes, we...
View ArticleNovember: Grandville Noël launch, a graphic novel evening and some lovely people
Earlier this month we were in Bristol for Comic Creations, a Jonathan Cape graphic novel evening at the Watershed, along with Fumio Obata, Isabel Greenberg, Nick Hayes and Steve Bell. Part of the...
View ArticleCROSS – A Political Satire Anthology
I’ve been so busy over the past couple of months that I haven’t got round to blogging about this anthology of political satire that Alwyn and I contributed a 4-pager to. Until now, that is. Published...
View ArticleWigan Comic Con keeps the geeks aglow
Unless you’re from Wigan, you’re probably not familiar with Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls. They ‘keep you all aglow’, you know. Wigan Comic Con (the logo is a spoof of the Uncle Joe’s label) was really far...
View ArticleChristmas in Paradise: Part 1
Happy New Year! What’s all this about Christmas in Paradise? Well, that’s where we went over the Christmas period, partly doing research for another book but mostly for a long-awaited warm-weather...
View ArticleChristmas in Paradise: Part 2
Nouvelle Calédonie: le Pacifique au Coeur (as it says on the tourism websites). Two basic requirements for Paradise, for me at least, are lush tropical vegetation and vibrant colours. There’s plenty of...
View ArticleChristmas in Paradise: Part 3
Moving on from New Caledonia, we head off via Brisbane to Hervey Bay in Queensland. While waiting for the ferry out to Fraser Island, we have lunch and hang around admiring the white eucalypts. I’ve...
View ArticleChristmas in Paradise: Part 4
So, where was I? We’re on our way home from Australia, breaking the journey by stopping over again in Singapore. A hotel in Bugis this time, further downtown and easy walking distance for the marina...
View ArticleA return ticket to Grandville, please!
It’s a hard life. We went on a fact- and image-finding mission last week. It began with an early train to King’s Cross in order to catch Eurostar to Paris. About eight and a half hours in total, from...
View ArticleSally Heathcote Suffragette in Spanish
Spanish-speaking friends may be interested to know that the Spanish edition of Sally Heathcote Suffragette is scheduled for publication by Ediciones La Cúpola, Barcelona, on the 27th February 2015. The...
View ArticleDotter at Huddersfield lit fest in Storytelling & Adaptation event
There’s an exciting event coming up on 15th March, concluding the Huddersfield Literature Festival. We’ll be taking a break from promoting Sally Heathcote Suffragette (more on that next week…) in order...
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