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  • Worldcon: what did Heide and Iain do in Dublin?

    What did Heide and Iain do at Worldcon, held this year in Dublin? Here’s our day by day impressions, with some photos: Wednesday:  Arrival! Heide For some reason there are two planes (different airlines) that go from Birmingham to Dublin within minutes of each other. Iain was on the other one. We were going to…

  • Short story: A Christmas Baby

    We offer to you a Christmas short story, featuring Baby. You might have seen pictures of Baby before, if you follow us on social media. Our relationship with Baby was originally intended to be a short-term one, mainly for some amusing publicity pictures when we released Beelzebelle, which features a baby. Baby had other ideas…

  • Comedy Influences – Heide

    Fantasycon panel: what made you want to be funny? I was on a very lively panel at Fantasycon talking about Humour in Genre Fiction. It was lively because it was chaired by Donna Bond who whipped things along at a frantic pace and got loads of laughs out of everyone. Chris Brookmyre talked about the…

  • Baby’s guide to Fantasycon

    Baby has now been to two Fantasycons and wanted to pass on some top tips for getting the most out of a convention. Here’s Baby’s guide to Fantasycon. Preparation Consult the programme. So many exciting things to see! Which events to attend? Where are the clashes? When will you eat? Preparation is a great idea,…

  • Fantasycon 2017 – Heide and Iain’s appearances

    Fantasycon Fantasycon is in Peterborough this year, from 29th September to 1st October. If you’re thinking of coming along, it would be great to see you. It’s a friendly convention, and in spite of the name, you’ll find writers and readers of all types there. Heide and Iain are making several appearances at Fantasycon this year,…

  • Pirate community welcomes LGBT military personnel

    Prominent members of the pirate community have encouraged LGBT individuals to join them. Captain Hector Barbossa declared that pirates have led the way for many years when it comes to diversity. “The scurvy cap’n of the free world complains about medical expenses to support trans personnel and struggles to understand bathroom niceties,” he said. “Yer’ll…

  • Disenchanted blog tour – Epiphany’s story

    Disenchanted is now available to buy, and to celebrate, we’ve had a blog tour. We’ve reproduced the story fragments used on the blog tour here for your convenience; all six make an entire short story. The blog tour stops were the ones you can see on this banner, and we’d like to thank those lovely bloggers who helped…

  • Stokercon Diary: California Screaming

    A trip to the US Heide went to Stokercon for two reasons. She wanted to meet people from the US genre scene. Writerly chit-chat with a new set of people is always great It was onboard the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary is permanently moored in Long Beach California, so a long way from home,…

  • Goodreads giveaway for Disenchanted

    Paperback giveaway Want to win a paperback copy of the brand new comedy from Heide and Iain? Here’s the description: Ella Hannaford has a small business to run, an overworked father to look after and a future stepmother who wants a perfect wedding. Can she avoid a girly night out with her clueless stepsister? Can…

  • Adrian Mole’s 50th Birthday Celebrations

    Winning a commission to write a new Adrian Mole story We’ve blogged before about visiting the Sue Townsend archive at the University of Leicester. When we saw the news that there were to be commissions for new Adrian Mole stories to celebrate his 50th birthday, there was no question – we had to try and…