…I’m going to Eastercon at Heathrow. Starting to feel quite excited, as I’ll have a chance to see people I haven’t spoken to in a while. Sadly not able to take my Friday off as I originally intended, but I still hope to have a good time.

I can haz programming as well this year:
Saturday, Noon-1pm, Hotel Lobby: Open Autograph Session. If you want Servant of the Underworld signed… And if you don’t have the book, I have bookmarks to hand out.

Saturday, 2pm-3pm, 41 (Winchester): Writing in English as a Foreign Language. In which I meet up with Claude Lalumiere again (we were on a panel together on that very same subject at Worldcon–but in French and for a very reduced audience).

Saturday, 6pm, Royal C+D (Edwd/Vic), Book Launch Party – Shine. Drinks, French cheese and other munchies, and the chance to meet Jetse de Vries, Alastair Reynolds, Gareth L Powell and Eva Maria Chapman. Come join us for food and fun!

Otherwise, I’ll be hanging around, probably near the bar. Don’t hesitate to say hi–I should be relatively easy to spot :=)

Also, now that it’s official: I will be doing a signing at Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Feb 12th, along with John Meaney (to be prolonged by a drinks/food session afterwards). If our company isn’t enough to entice you, you’ll also have the chance to win a replica Aztec calendar at the event (and to be Tuckerised in John Meaney’s next book).

Details here. (if you want to see a picture of the replica stone, go here to the Angry Robot website. And, while you’re there, you can gawk at their latest cover art, for Ian Whates, Maurice Broaddus and Dan Abnett’s upcoming books, which looks stupendous).