Black Library Live and Official Doctor Who book signing at the Doctor Who Experience

Two events to check out tomorrow (although probably not both because they're a couple of hundred miles apart).

The first in Black Library Live! which is taking place at Games Workshop's Nottingham HQ. It's an event that celebrates and showcases Black Library's books, audio productions and authors. Available to buy pre-release on the day will be Fall of Damnos, Victories of the Space Marines, Knights of Bretonnia, Age of Darkness, Caledor, Blood Reaver and Garro: Legion of One.

Attendees will also be able to pick up a copy of the limited Black Library Live! 2011 chapbook at the sales stand (as long as stocks last). The event runs from 10.00am until 7.00pm(!), with seminars, signings, and probably some gaming somewhere along the line too. You can find out more about it here.

Secondly is the Official Doctor Who book signing taking place at the Doctor Who Experience at Olympia Two in London tomorrow, between 11.00am and 1.00pm. Justin Richards, Oli Smith and other Doctor Who experts will be there, ready to be grilled on all things intergalactic. My Doctor Who book Terrible Lizards won't be out for a while (more on that later) but I may drop by just the same, so don't forget to bring along your copies of The Horror of Howling Hill and The Official Doctor Who Annual 2010 just in case.

The signings will be held in the café area at the Doctor Who Experience. The signing is a separate event so to enter the Doctor Who Experience you will need to buy tickets, which you can do here.

Doctor Who update

First up, which Doctor are you?

VS

Find out for yourself here.

Also, Richard Curtis (he of Blackadder, Four Weddings, and The Vicar of Dibley fame) is to pen an episode of Stephen Moffat's new Who.

And this is what they're saying about the Official Doctor Who Annual 2010 over at Unique Magazines:

Sonic screwdrivers at the ready! This year's official annual is a stellar 96 pages, packed with comic strips, stories, activities, fun features, posters and even a section on The Sarah Jane Adventures. Filled with monsters and adventures from the series, this will keep any budding Doctor busy!

So why not go out there - or over here - and get one?

A quick update...

... on what's been happening on the Greeniverse blogs lately.

Click here to read about my upcoming talk at Ealing Library.

Click here to read about my return to the Black Library and the Black Templars.

Click here to read about my contribution to Demons: A Clash of Steel Anthology.

Click here to find out more about Pax Britannia e-books.

Click here to find out why you should be reading this blog next week if you're a Fighting Fantasy fan.

Click here to learn about my small contribution to the Star Wars Clone Wars universe.

Click here to find out what I had to do with the Official Doctor Who Annual 2010.

And click here to find out how Christmas has come early (four months early!) in Rochdale here in the UK.

Until next time...

The Official Doctor Who Annual 2010 - out now!

When I was a child, annuals were the sort of present that the big man in the red suit snuck into your stocking (or in my case, a plastic carrier bag next to the stocking) at Christmas time. But no more. The Official Doctor Who Annual 2010 is out now and, in case you haven't been paying attention, I've written a fair bit of it.

It's great to see the pages finally laid up properly. What was a rather ordinary-looking Word document when I emailed it to my editor is now there in print, with the official Doctor Who font and David Tennant's face all over it. And you know it's the real deal when you see genuine photos from the shows supporting the text you've written too.

Below you can see some of the pages I've contributed. It's not the biggest thing I've ever done, but it's definitely the most colourful and the annual is my first hardback too. And you can get your copy here.













If you haven't seen the new trailer for the next Doctor Who special The Waters of Mars, click here.