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I will soon be posting an interview with Helen Lowe about her new book in the Wall of Night series, Daughter of Blood. Watch this space… 🙂

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Just a heads up that I will be doing an interview with Gillian Polack in the coming days, partly to celebrate the release of Gillian’s new book (she is prolific!) and partly because chatting to Gillian is fun (she is interesting!) So watch this space.

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My cousin recently reminded me of this wonderful piece, dating from around 2000 years ago. (Ah, how well I remember those nights in old Ephesus… The feasting… The ladies in piled-up headdresses… The minotaurs… Those were the days.)

Anyway. As the song says:

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This post brings to a close my conversation with artist and film director Roger Kuplian. I hope readers of this blog enjoy it as much as I did. Roger, thank you for participating! You may find each section in the links below:

CONVERSATION WITH ROGER KUPELIAN: PART ONE

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A quick note to say: Frank Victoria, concept designer extraordinaire and cover artist for the Tree books, among many other things, has a new website! This is a treasure trove for anyone who loves fantasy and science fiction, or simply art in general. Highly recommended… Check it ( Read more... )

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I can still remember how I used to blog

And I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people read

Aaaand maybe they’d be happy, for a while…

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