Orbit are excited to announce that Iain M. Banks will be participating in an international Google+ Hangout to celebrate the publication of THE HYDROGEN SONATA.  The event will take place on Thursday 27th September at 6pm BST, and Iain will be hanging out with Alastair Reynolds, Peter F. Hamilton and a few lucky fans…

For a chance to be part of this amazing panel please post your best questions in the specially created event page and make sure that you have circled +Google Play to find out if you have been successfully shortlisted.  Don’t have a Google+ account but want to take part?  It’s easy, find out here.

For those of you who miss out, never fear, the Hangout will be broadcast, so you will be able to watch the discussion in real time, and your questions may still be asked.

And for everyone in the UK, Iain will be touring in October:

• Weds 3rd – Waterstones Piccadilly London, 7pm
• Thurs 4th – Toppings & co. Bath, 8pm
• Fri 5th – Waterstones Yeovil, 1pm
• Fri 5th – Waterstones Galleries Bristol, 7.30pm
• Weds 10th – Waterstones West End Edinburgh, 6pm
• Thurs 11th – Manchester Literature Festival, 7pm
• Fri 12th – Formby Books Liverpool, 7pm

Plus, Orbit and SFX are running a competition to interview Iain M. Banks in person!  For full details pick up the current issue of SFX, and to enter submit the ten questions you would ask Iain.