Here are the dates so far on the 2011 Darkness Falling signing tour. I'm going to watch out to see if anyone attends more than one gig . . . kind of like Deadheads back in the day. (Following the Grateful Dead was a little difficult for a teenager in Yorkshire but I did follow a band called The Alan Bown—fronted by the excellent Jess Roden—all over the place. Anyway, I digress.)

• Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London—Monday 3 October, 6 pm through to 7 pm
• The Ilkley Literat...

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Today's the day in the US when DARKNESS FALLING goes on sale. Let me know what you think. Meanwhile, I just heard that, here in the UK, it's already gone to reprint pre-publication—all I can say is thank goodness for large families!)

Here's an early review  http://booksforbears.blogspot.com/2011/09/darkness-falling-by-peter-crowther.html Check it out (oh, and Tiffany? Virgil says 'Hi'). And if you're going to be at FantasyCon this coming weekend then come say hello. Those lovely folks at An...
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Following FantasyCon and the launch of Darkness Falling, I am looking forward to the book signings at Waterstones up and down the country. There are half a dozen or so already organised and more coming online but the first will be in Hull on Saturday 15th October at 1pm.



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On Saturday 1st October at FantasyCon in Brighton, England, Angry Robot will be launching my new apocalyptic novel, Darkness Falling. Angry Robot have decided to create a limited edition hardback of this novel – only 100 are being printed for sale, and at just £20 it’s a real bargain, too!

I will be at the FantasyCon launch to sign your copy, as will cover artist Vincent Chong.

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I first met Mark Morris at a FantasyCon in Birmingham: I guess it was the mid to late 1980s and his debut novel, Toady (aka The Horror Club in the USA) was either just out or imminent. I was in the early throes of putting together a contributor list for my debut anthology (Narrow Houses, as it turned out) and I liked the ‘cut of his jib’ as they say, so I asked him on board. He was sitting with Nick Royle and I asked Nick, too. (As it happens, Nick’s story—a riff on Schrodinger...

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