These are tips specifically to help people complete NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), which challenges people to write a brand ne...

I’ve lost track of how often I’ve read the Target edition of Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (AudioGO, digital audiobook, 3 hrs 3...

Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams (BBC DVD, 2013). A thirty-third anniversary celebration or a subdued twenty-first? Tricky stuff, time ...

We See a Different Frontier (The Future Fire, ebook, 3447ll; Kindle purchase), edited by Fabio Fernandes and Djibril al-Ayad, is an antho...

Astronauts , by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (Network DVD; original ITV run: 26 October – 7 December 1981 (Series 1); 19 July – 23 August ...

Thought 1. I was quite disappointed when the X-Files reunion panel at San Diego Comic Con failed to produce any significant announcements...

Insufferable: The Complete First Season (Thrillbent, ebook, 557pp; Comixology purchase) is written by Mark Waid, a writer whose work I’ve...

Star Trek Into Darkness , directed by J.J. Abrams. Star Trek and stripes: the warp against terror. When Captain James Kirk (Chris Pine) ...

The idea of a novel series putting William Riker in command of his own starship is very appealing. The guy deserves it. However, Star Trek...

Star Wars: Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn (Ballantine, 393pp). Once a force, ensnared now by grappling tendrils, unsurprisingly the colossus ...

Hey, Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #45  is now available and features four stories: “The Colour of the Wind Erodes the Shape of Time” by Howa...

The publicity material for Live_Transmission: Joy Division Reworked (The Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 28 September 2013), performed by Sc...

It began with The Mercury Annual. It ends here! Kidresh, Mopatakeh and Dreest, panicked Tharles of Razalia, separated from Earth by vast...

Yesterday was the launch of Pilgrims at the White Horizon , and, astonishingly, even though it was the night of the UK premiere of Marvel’s ...

Dodger by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, hb/pb, 347pp). Tuppence more and up goes the donkey. Dodger is a tosher – a youngster who scaveng...

In 2009 we published a novel by Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Mercury Annual . That was a mistake. I love the book and I’m glad it’s been pu...

Wednesday is list day. This is list #7. Ten films I’ve seen three times or more: The Thing Death Race 2000 Time Bandits Star Trek II...

Thought 1. I took our children to see the new Library of Birmingham at the weekend. I’ve got mixed feelings about it. It’s a good-looking...

The French Foreign Legion in space: a perfect set-up for a long-running comic, and Alien Legion Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Dark Horse, ebook, 352pp...

Fifteen things to consider when tempted to respond to a bad review of your book: 1. Hundreds of thousands of books are published every...