tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76438802009-06-05T11:54:06.907+01:00All the latest news and developments from British fantasy author James Barclay.James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-86889859165007580452009-06-05T11:43:00.002+01:002009-06-05T11:53:59.581+01:00

My first foray into the graphic story genre has now been published in the anthology 'Flinch' from Gestalt Comics. It's a fine piece of publishing. Great stories, fabulous artwork. My contribution, 'Twain' is a dip into a concept I'm fleching out a little more for a BFS story coming out later this year in a new anthology.Click here for the Flinch trailer.You can buy the anthology from

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-8311620097407364842009-06-03T15:50:00.005+01:002009-06-03T15:56:28.214+01:00

Along with the great and the good of the world (and the trivial and the plain daft), you can now follow me on twitter. My name on this oddly entertaining site is 'Barculator'. If anyone wants to know why I chose that name, you can ask me or my old mate at Threadneedle Investments, James Blake, aka The Blakoid.Click here and look me up.

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-77931508157769157402008-10-10T13:35:00.002+01:002008-10-10T13:38:11.759+01:00

James will be signing copies of his new book, Ravensoul, at Forbidden Planet, London on 20th November 2008.Here are the details:Thursday, November 20th6-7pmForbidden Planet179 Shaftesbury AvenueLondon WC2H 8JRTel: 020 7420 3666Please feel free to bring along any other Barclay books you'd like signed.

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-55143319735829879362008-07-10T12:21:00.002+01:002008-07-10T12:24:37.692+01:00

After much delay, my new novella, 'The Vault of Deeds' has been delivered to PS Publishing.Vault of Deeds is a comedy fantasy poking gentle fun at the whole genre, cramming in cliches, action, a couple of good characters and a whole load of gags. We're hoping to get it out by FantasyCon in September but there's no guarantee as time is tight.Check out my forum for more information, discussion and

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-89611697228938851532008-05-30T10:50:00.002+01:002008-05-30T10:52:17.583+01:00

James has given an interview to fantasy and sci-fi blogger 'Crafty Butchers'. It's nice and short and good fun and you can find it here.

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-54200154730957238642008-05-23T14:24:00.002+01:002008-05-23T14:30:58.631+01:00

James is appearing at this year's Gamesfest convention on Saturday 4th October. The event, which takes place in Tring, Hertfordshire, is fast becoming a Mecca for gamers, genre fiction and comic fans alike and is described thus:A one day convention to showcase the best of Role playing, Wargaming, Boardgaming & Science fiction/Fantasy literature.James will be doing a signing and generally hanging

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-36577243810673099882008-01-30T19:11:00.000Z2008-01-30T19:16:51.796Z

James is delighted to say that he has been invited to be a Guest of Honour at this year's FantasyCon in Nottingham. So, for those of you that don't get enough of James at FCons normally, here's a chance to really fill your boots...Check out this link for James's Guest of Honour biography piece. You can also get full details of the Convention there too.

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-89127501281092785142007-12-14T10:55:00.000Z2007-12-14T10:57:13.211Z

Ravensoul, the seventh in the six book Raven series, has been delivered to my editor at Gollancz.I've really enjoyed writing about The Raven again and see this book as a fitting finale (even more fitting than Demonstorm? Well, I leave that to you).Ravensoul is due out in July 2008 in the UK.

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Coming up at 12noon on Friday 7th December or downloadable as a podcast at your leisure after that time, an interview with James on www.mybabyradio.com.Insights into fatherhood, working from home, inspiration and much baby trivia from a fantasy author.Worth a listen...

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-45979508818144320122007-07-18T14:01:00.000+01:002007-07-18T14:05:01.618+01:00

Yes, the seventh Raven book is coming. The title is ‘Ravensoul’ and follows on from the events of Demonstorm (in book terms, ten years after the final battles in Demonstorm and the escape of the surviving members of The Raven back to Balaia). Ravensoul is about how honour and love transcend the boundary of life and death; and how greed and the lust for power can put at risk the lives, and deaths,

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-80159502918679686892007-05-09T12:55:00.000+01:002007-05-09T12:57:21.191+01:00

An interview I did with Faster Than Light is available for download as a podcast on 14th May 2007.Click the link below to get to their site:http://www.fasterthanlight.org/

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1172578597953462812007-02-27T12:06:00.000Z2007-02-27T12:16:37.963Z

James is appearing as part of the Fantastic! Writers Masterclass Series in Leicester at the Richard Attenborough Centre, University Road. 23rd March, 6pm for two hours.This from the host's website:Are you serious about writing speculative fiction? The Fantastic! season includes a series of masterclass sessions with professional writers from the field. Whether you write hard edged Sci-Fi, high

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1169857614354439522007-01-27T00:24:00.000Z2007-01-27T00:26:54.363Z

Well, he's here at last. Born at 5.28am on Thursday 25th January 2007, weighing 8lbs 2oz or, if you prefer, 3.638kg (or so I'm told).He's perfect. Mother and baby are wonderful. Father a burbling imbecile and before some other wag says it... no change there.This is great. It's just great.

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1164726977289862092006-11-28T15:12:00.000Z2006-11-28T15:16:17.306Z

News just in (because I received page proofs today)... my short story, Demon's Touch, featuring some old fave's from the Raven books (and I shall say no more) is on its way to US bookstores in a few months. Army of the Fantastic will be published by DAW Books in the US in May 2007. For those who need to know, the ISBN is: 0756404134. You get 13 stories for your money including entries by Alan

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1162914378990653932006-11-07T15:44:00.000Z2006-11-07T15:46:19.003Z

The publication date for the second Ascendants book, 'A Shout For The Dead', has been moved to 4th January 2007.But don't worry, it'll be worth the wait (honest).

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1161775170377754642006-10-25T12:04:00.000+01:002006-10-25T12:20:45.643+01:00

Short notice, I know but I am attending the Sci Fi & Fantasy Author evening at Heffers, Cambridge next Thursday 2nd November. It kicks off at 6.30pm and tickets are £2, redeemable against a book purchase. I think there's wine and nibbles too. Heffers is located at:28B The Grafton Centre Cambridge CB1 1PSIt should be a great event. A good number of authors are scheduled to attend. For more details

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1161346090306317872006-10-20T13:03:00.000+01:002006-10-20T13:08:10.316+01:00

After a pause to change software and make it all look much lovelier etc etc, the James Barclay Forum is back open. Right now, clicking the forum tab on the home page won't work (but it will shortly). Meantime, use this link:www.jamesbarclay.com/forumPlease read the guidelines and then, enjoy posting...James

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Just a reminder that I will be at FantasyCon this weekend, Brittania Hotel, Nottingham. I'm there from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning so do drop by, say hello and get your books signed...Of particular interest, I'm moderating an informal gathering to celebrate the life and work of David Gemmell. It's in the main bar at 11pm on Saturday evening. Reading, chatting, anecdotes & raising a glass

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1156844667552245222006-08-29T10:37:00.000+01:002006-08-29T10:44:59.503+01:00

The current forum has developed a critical and unrecoverable fault and will not be repaired. This means for all forum users that there will be no forum access for the time being. Apologies for that.In this pause for breath, we will launch a brand new forum in the near future. It will be on a different and we hope more robust system. While we are hoping to be able to copy existing user

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1152605404340895442006-07-11T09:06:00.001+01:002006-07-11T10:58:02.120+01:00

Richard Marcus, a suprior blogger and book critic from Canada has posted an interview he did with James a week or so ago. You can find it here in two parts:http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/07/155110.phphttp://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/08/062423.phpEnjoy

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1151483860001839582006-06-28T09:35:00.000+01:002006-06-28T09:37:40.003+01:00

James's latest interview is here in both German and English. See the links below or on the new Interview forum in the forum area.Article (German): http://www.fantasyguide.de/2429.0.htmlInterview (German): http://www.fantasyguide.de/2432.0.htmlInterview (English): http://www.fantasyguide.de/2430.0.html

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1137662309589033582006-01-19T09:15:00.000Z2006-01-19T09:18:30.436Z

I'm appearing at the Ealing Central Library from 7pm on 6th February 2006 along with the excellent Write Fantastic group. We read, take questions, anything to do with the fantasy genre.The Write Fantastic are: Chaz Brenchley, Mark Chadbourn, Stan Nicholls, Juliet McKenna and Jessica RydillGet along if you can. Should be an entertaining hour or two.

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1135329247683711962005-12-23T09:10:00.000Z2005-12-23T09:14:07.693Z

Actually, not much news... I just want to wish all those who visit this site a fabulous Christmas and New Year. And, if you don't celebrate Christmas but your workplace closes down anyway, have a great holiday. Blimey, Barclay goes PC for a moment.In the New Year, look out for the latest effort at a regular blog in the website journal. What I'm planning to do is scribble a couple of paragraphs on

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1131727382734007962005-11-11T16:37:00.000Z2005-11-11T16:43:02.750Z

Demon's Touch, a short story based in Balaia, the home of The Raven, is going to appear in an anthology to be published by Daw books, hopefully in 2006.The Anthology called 'Army of the Fantastic' is the brainchild of John Helfers and John Marco and is coming out in association with Tekno Books.'I was flattered to be invited to submit a story and delighted to have it accepted,' said James. 'I'm

James Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958028876158656103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643880.post-1131557972576086112005-11-09T17:35:00.002Z2005-11-09T17:50:12.306Z

Many readers of Cry Of The New Born have been surprised there is no map in the book. While there will be one in the back of the mass market paperback, that's almost a year away still so here's something for you in the meantime.Currently hosted on a temporary site (very kindly too, by Paul Maloney), the map will find a permanent home here as soon as we can build one.http://www.pmaloney.co.uk/

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