tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:38:11 +0000All the latest news and developments from British fantasy author James Barclay.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/news.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)Blogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-7793150815776915740Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:35:00 +00002008-10-10T13:38:11.759+01:00BooksSigningForbidden PlanetJames will be signing copies of his new book, Ravensoul, at Forbidden Planet, London on 20th November 2008. Here are the details: Thursday, November 20th 6-7pm Forbidden Planet 179 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8JR Tel: 020 7420 3666 Please feel free to bring along any other Barclay books you'd like signed.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2008/10/forbidden-planet-book-signing.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-5514331973582987936Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:21:00 +00002008-07-10T12:24:37.692+01:00PS PublishingBooksfantasycomedyNovellasAfter much delay, my new novella, 'The Vault of Deeds' has been delivered to PS Publishing. Vault of Deeds is a comedy fantasy poking gentle fun at the whole genre, cramming in cliches, action, a couple of good characters and a whole load of gags. We're hoping to get it out by FantasyCon in September but there's no guarantee as time is tight. Check out my forum for more information, http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2008/07/vault-of-deeds.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-8961169722893885153Fri, 30 May 2008 09:50:00 +00002008-05-30T10:52:17.583+01:00James has given an interview to fantasy and sci-fi blogger 'Crafty Butchers'. It's nice and short and good fun and you can find it here.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2008/05/new-interview-online.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-5420015473095723864Fri, 23 May 2008 13:24:00 +00002008-05-23T14:30:58.631+01:00James is appearing at this year's Gamesfest convention on Saturday 4th October. The event, which takes place in Tring, Hertfordshire, is fast becoming a Mecca for gamers, genre fiction and comic fans alike and is described thus: A one day convention to showcase the best of Role playing, Wargaming, Boardgaming & Science fiction/Fantasy literature. James will be doing a signing and generally http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2008/05/appearance-news-gamesfest-2008.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-3657724381067309988Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:11:00 +00002008-01-30T19:16:51.796ZJames is delighted to say that he has been invited to be a Guest of Honour at this year's FantasyCon in Nottingham. So, for those of you that don't get enough of James at FCons normally, here's a chance to really fill your boots... Check out this link for James's Guest of Honour biography piece. You can also get full details of the Convention there too.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2008/01/james-to-be-guest-of-honour-at.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-8912750128109278514Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:55:00 +00002007-12-14T10:57:13.211ZRavensoul, the seventh in the six book Raven series, has been delivered to my editor at Gollancz. I've really enjoyed writing about The Raven again and see this book as a fitting finale (even more fitting than Demonstorm? Well, I leave that to you). Ravensoul is due out in July 2008 in the UK.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2007/12/ravensoul-delivered.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-7970699520084726903Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:48:00 +00002007-12-04T10:50:27.021ZComing up at 12noon on Friday 7th December or downloadable as a podcast at your leisure after that time, an interview with James on www.mybabyradio.com. Insights into fatherhood, working from home, inspiration and much baby trivia from a fantasy author. Worth a listen...http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2007/12/wwwmybabyradiocom-interview.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-4597950881814432012Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:01:00 +00002007-07-18T14:05:01.618+01:00Yes, the seventh Raven book is coming. The title is ‘Ravensoul’ and follows on from the events of Demonstorm (in book terms, ten years after the final battles in Demonstorm and the escape of the surviving members of The Raven back to Balaia). Ravensoul is about how honour and love transcend the boundary of life and death; and how greed and the lust for power can put at risk the lives, and http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2007/07/raven-are-back.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-8015950291867968689Wed, 09 May 2007 11:55:00 +00002007-05-09T12:57:21.191+01:00An interview I did with Faster Than Light is available for download as a podcast on 14th May 2007. Click the link below to get to their site: http://www.fasterthanlight.org/http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2007/05/podcast-interview-on-faster-than-light.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-117257859795346281Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:06:00 +00002007-02-27T12:16:37.963ZJames is appearing as part of the Fantastic! Writers Masterclass Series in Leicester at the Richard Attenborough Centre, University Road. 23rd March, 6pm for two hours. This from the host's website: Are you serious about writing speculative fiction? The Fantastic! season includes a series of masterclass sessions with professional writers from the field. Whether you write hard edged Sci-Fi, highhttp://www.jamesbarclay.com/2007/02/james-to-give-fantasy-masterclass-in.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-116985761435443952Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:24:00 +00002007-01-27T00:26:54.363ZWell, he's here at last. Born at 5.28am on Thursday 25th January 2007, weighing 8lbs 2oz or, if you prefer, 3.638kg (or so I'm told). He's perfect. Mother and baby are wonderful. Father a burbling imbecile and before some other wag says it... no change there. This is great. It's just great.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2007/01/oscar-james-barclay.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-116472697728986209Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:12:00 +00002006-11-28T15:16:17.306ZNews just in (because I received page proofs today)... my short story, Demon's Touch, featuring some old fave's from the Raven books (and I shall say no more) is on its way to US bookstores in a few months. Army of the Fantastic will be published by DAW Books in the US in May 2007. For those who need to know, the ISBN is: 0756404134. You get 13 stories for your money including entries by Alanhttp://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/11/army-of-fantastic-anthology_28.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-116291437899065393Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:44:00 +00002006-11-07T15:46:19.003ZThe publication date for the second Ascendants book, 'A Shout For The Dead', has been moved to 4th January 2007. But don't worry, it'll be worth the wait (honest).http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/11/shout-for-dead-publication-date-moved.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-116177517037775464Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:04:00 +00002006-10-25T12:20:45.643+01:00Short notice, I know but I am attending the Sci Fi & Fantasy Author evening at Heffers, Cambridge next Thursday 2nd November. It kicks off at 6.30pm and tickets are £2, redeemable against a book purchase. I think there's wine and nibbles too. Heffers is located at: 28B The Grafton Centre Cambridge CB1 1PS It should be a great event. A good number of authors are scheduled to attend. For more http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/10/heffers-cambridge-sci-fi-fantasy-event.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-116134609030631787Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:03:00 +00002006-10-20T13:08:10.316+01:00After a pause to change software and make it all look much lovelier etc etc, the James Barclay Forum is back open. Right now, clicking the forum tab on the home page won't work (but it will shortly). Meantime, use this link: www.jamesbarclay.com/forum Please read the guidelines and then, enjoy posting... Jameshttp://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/10/forum-open-for-business.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-115866527344365148Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:21:00 +00002006-09-19T12:27:53.453+01:00Just a reminder that I will be at FantasyCon this weekend, Brittania Hotel, Nottingham. I'm there from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning so do drop by, say hello and get your books signed... Of particular interest, I'm moderating an informal gathering to celebrate the life and work of David Gemmell. It's in the main bar at 11pm on Saturday evening. Reading, chatting, anecdotes & raising a glasshttp://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/09/james-at-fantasycon-2006.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-115684466755224522Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:37:00 +00002006-08-29T10:44:59.503+01:00The current forum has developed a critical and unrecoverable fault and will not be repaired. This means for all forum users that there will be no forum access for the time being. Apologies for that. In this pause for breath, we will launch a brand new forum in the near future. It will be on a different and we hope more robust system. While we are hoping to be able to copy existing user http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/08/james-barclay-forum.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-115260540434089544Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:06:00 +00002006-07-11T10:58:02.120+01:00Richard Marcus, a suprior blogger and book critic from Canada has posted an interview he did with James a week or so ago. You can find it here in two parts: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/07/155110.php http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/08/062423.php Enjoyhttp://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/07/blogcritics-interview-posted_11.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-115148386000183958Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:35:00 +00002006-06-28T09:37:40.003+01:00James's latest interview is here in both German and English. See the links below or on the new Interview forum in the forum area. Article (German): http://www.fantasyguide.de/2429.0.html Interview (German): http://www.fantasyguide.de/2432.0.html Interview (English): http://www.fantasyguide.de/2430.0.htmlhttp://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/06/new-interview-on-german-website_28.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-113766230958903358Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:15:00 +00002006-01-19T09:18:30.436ZI'm appearing at the Ealing Central Library from 7pm on 6th February 2006 along with the excellent Write Fantastic group. We read, take questions, anything to do with the fantasy genre. The Write Fantastic are: Chaz Brenchley, Mark Chadbourn, Stan Nicholls, Juliet McKenna and Jessica Rydill Get along if you can. Should be an entertaining hour or two.http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2006/01/ealing-central-library-6th-feb.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-113532924768371196Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:10:00 +00002005-12-23T09:14:07.693ZActually, not much news... I just want to wish all those who visit this site a fabulous Christmas and New Year. And, if you don't celebrate Christmas but your workplace closes down anyway, have a great holiday. Blimey, Barclay goes PC for a moment. In the New Year, look out for the latest effort at a regular blog in the website journal. What I'm planning to do is scribble a couple of paragraphs http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2005/12/christmas-news.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-113172738273400796Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:37:00 +00002005-11-11T16:43:02.750ZDemon's Touch, a short story based in Balaia, the home of The Raven, is going to appear in an anthology to be published by Daw books, hopefully in 2006. The Anthology called 'Army of the Fantastic' is the brainchild of John Helfers and John Marco and is coming out in association with Tekno Books. 'I was flattered to be invited to submit a story and delighted to have it accepted,' said James. 'http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2005/11/barclay-short-to-appear-in-us.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-113155797257608611Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:35:00 +00002005-11-09T17:50:12.306ZMany readers of Cry Of The New Born have been surprised there is no map in the book. While there will be one in the back of the mass market paperback, that's almost a year away still so here's something for you in the meantime. Currently hosted on a temporary site (very kindly too, by Paul Maloney), the map will find a permanent home here as soon as we can build one. http://www.pmaloney.co.uk/http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2005/11/ascendants-map-available-online.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-113094107479214028Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:08:00 +00002005-11-02T14:21:13.733ZCry of the Newborn, the first book in James's new series, The Ascendants of Estorea, is on the shelves of bookshops, available from the SF&F bookclub and from plenty of online outlets. 'I'm very excited about the release of this book. It represents a step up in my writing and shows I can do much more than write about my first love, The Raven. I've enjoyed writing the book and first reports are http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2005/11/ascendants-of-estorea-cry-of-newborn.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-112057514258973009Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:47:00 +00002005-07-05T15:53:16.440+01:00James will be appearing at the 2005 BFS FantasyCon. The convention takes place at the Quality Hotel, Bentley, Walsall from Friday 30th September to Sunday 2nd October 2005. James will be there from Friday lunchtime to Sunday lunchtime and will hopefully be appearing on panels, doing signings and all the usual convention stuff. No doubt he'll be in the bar for extended periods and happy to chat http://www.jamesbarclay.com/2005/07/fantasycon-2005.htmnoreply@blogger.com (James)