Behold the amazing, beauteous beautifulness of these bookmarks. (You might want to click on them to view them in their full, slightly-bigger-than-finished-size glory.  Or you might not.  It’s your decision.  I’m not the boss of you.)

I’m having them made to give away as sweeteners at various forthcoming signing/literary events.  One free with every copy bought and autographed.

The gentleman responsible is Greg McCalium, whose work may be found here and here.

If you’d like to meet me in the flesh, here are some opportunities to do so in the immediate future.

First of all, I will be taking part in a signing at Forbidden Planet on Saturday 12th September, between 1pm and 2pm.  Mainly this is to promote my new nonfiction collection, Lifelines and Deadlines from NewCon Press‘s Steel Quill imprint.  With me will be Adam Roberts and Ian Whates, also promoting their latest NewCon titles.

Next it’s the Eastbourne Book Festival on the weekend of 19th-20th September.  This is taking place at the Under Ground Theatre, beneath the library.  I’ll be there both days, selling and signing books and doing a reading.  Come along if you’re in the area.

Finally, I’ll also be taking a table (and selling and signing) at WynterCon in Eastbourne on October 31st and November 1st.  This is only the convention’s second year, but already it’s bigger and better than last time and looks set to become a major fixture in the convention calendar.  Hope you can make it!