Journey to the edge of the world with Kevin J. Anderson's fantasy debut. Read an extract.
The thing was big and white and hairy and it was eating all the ice cream in the walk-in freezer. Read an extract.
- April 24th, 2009
Charles Stross will be down on London on May 1st signing copies of Saturn’s Children and his Merchant Princes series and many, many others.
The signing will be taking place at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue from 1pm-2pm. Hope to see you all there!
- April 6th, 2009
A big congrats to Nicole, James and Melissa winners of our competition for signed copies of Thicker Than Water and A Madness of Angels. Thanks to everyone who entered!
- April 3rd, 2009
Orbit’s very own Charles Stross, along with Boing! Boing! founder-member Cory Doctorow, will be taking part in a discussion entitled Resisting the All-Seeing Eye on behalf of the Open Rights Group on Friday May 1st at Crypt on the Green, St James’ Church, Clerkenwell, London.
The panel will discuss the growing need need to “resist [...]
- April 3rd, 2009
From Ken MacLeod’s ‘The Early Days of a Better Nation’ blog:
At 6.30 p.m. on Monday 6 April I’m giving a talk on robots and AI in SF at Heriot-Watt University, as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
The University of Edinburgh is hosting lots of cool events, including guest appearances over Saturday and Sunday [...]
- March 27th, 2009
Thanks again to everyone who came out to see Mike Carey and Kate Griffin at Forbidden Planet last night! It was a fantastic event and special thanks to Danie, Jon and the whole Forbidden Planet team for setting it up. Also, a big ol’ thanks to Gav, Graeme, Liz and Mark, and Simon and Mathew [...]
- March 26th, 2009
Just a reminder: Mike Carey will be reading from and signing copies of his latest Felix Castor novel, Thicker Than Water, and Kate Griffin will be reading from and signing advance copies of her debut, A Madness of Angels, at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue in London tonight from 6-7pm.
Hope to see you all there!
- March 10th, 2009
Trudi Canavan is currently on tour in Australia promoting her fantastic new book The Magician’s Apprentice (UK/US/Aus) and has posted some great pieces about her trip.
Haven’t yet picked up a copy yourself? You can read the first chapter here.
- March 2nd, 2009
Mike Carey, author of the upcoming Thicker Than Water and Kate Griffin, author of the soon to be published A Madness of Angels are going to be taking part in a very London reading and signing session at Forbidden Planet on Thursday, March 26th.
The event starts at 6.00 p.m.. Hope to see you there!
- February 4th, 2009
Award-winning Night Sessions author Ken Macleod is set to host a discussion on how computer games inform our ideas of evolution at The Drill Hall, Edinburgh this Saturday 7th February 2009.
How life-like are games like Spores and Second Life and what can they teach us about human evolution?
Ken and synthetic biologist Dr Alistair Elfick will be leading this debate, [...]
- August 27th, 2008
Just a reminder that Karen Miller will be in the UK signing at:
Waterstone’s Bracknell at 1pm tomorrow
and
Waterstone’s Basingstoke at 6pm tomorrow.
Hope to see you there!
- August 20th, 2008
If you’re in New York City this evening, stop by K.G.B. bar to see the always entertaining (and frequently blurry) Jeff Somers reading at the Fantastic Fiction series. Complete details here — see you there!
- August 19th, 2008
Karen Miller , the bestselling fantasy debut author of 2007, is coming to the UK! She’s going to be signing copies of all her novels, including The Innocent Mage, The Awakened Mage and Empress
Thursday, August 28th at:
1:00pm: Waterstone’s Bracknell
17 Stanley Walk, Bracknell RG12 1HA.
For more information, call the store on 01344 488124 or visit www.waterstones.com
6:00pm: [...]
- August 1st, 2008
Welcome once more, gentle reader, to our regular Friday links round-up. We have another choice selection of Orbit authors’ online activities for you to peruse this week:
The Biology in Science Fiction blog has picked up and commented on one of the questions from the recent Iain [M] Banks Email Q&A and IO9 highlights the [...]
- July 30th, 2008
Breaking Dawn, the fourth title in Stephenie Meyer’s global mega-selling Twilight Saga series, will be published in the UK on Monday August 4th.
To celebrate the launch of the eagerly-awaited conclusion to the story of Bella and Edward, dozens of boosktores right across the UK - including Borders Oxford Street branch and Waterstone’s Manchester Arndale - [...]
- June 20th, 2008
The Edinburgh International Book Festival recently published its 2008 events schedule, which includes appearances by Orbit authors Iain M. Banks and Ken MacLeod.
Iain will be appearing on Wednesday August 13th, from 8.00 to 9.00 p.m. in a session billed as ‘The Biggart Bailey Event’, to talk about his latest novel, Matter [UK / US]. Tickets [...]
- May 30th, 2008
If you’re going to BEA in Los Angeles, stop by the Orbit booth (number 1720) to pick up advance reading copies of Orcs by Stan Nicholls, and The Company, by K.J. Parker. And be sure to drop off a business card to sign up for our new bookseller enewsletter.
- May 23rd, 2008
A number of Orbit’s UK-based authors put in an appearance at Derby’s 2008 Alt.Fiction day back in April (see our earlier report) and we promised you some video coverage from the day.
Here then, for your amusement, edification and general entertainment, are a selection of book readings by Orbit authors Philip Palmer, Brian Ruckley, Charles Stross [...]
- April 29th, 2008
This Saturday’s annual Alt.Fiction event in Derby was a fantastic example of just how vibrant and lively the UK genre scene currently is. A panel-packed day offered readings from some of the UK’s top genre talent - including Orbit’s very own Charles Stross, Mike Carey, Philip Palmer (who has posted his own Alt.Fiction write-up) and [...]
- April 23rd, 2008
This Saturday, April 26th, the cream of the UK genre fiction crop will be heading to Derby’s Assembly Rooms for the third annual Alt.Fiction Festival.
Alt.Fiction is a one-day convention that brings together sf/f/h authors, readers and publishers for a series of panel sessions, workshops, readings and more. Think Eastercon or Fantasycon, condensed into a single [...]
- March 14th, 2008
We’re happy to announce that Brian Ruckley, Charles Stross, Mike Carey and Philip Palmer are going to be at this year’s Alt.Fiction event, taking place at the Assembly Room in Derby on Saturday, April 26th.
If you’re not familiar with Alt.Fiction it’s a fantastic weekend of writers, writing and all things genre. The schedule of [...]
You are currently browsing the archives for the Signings and Events category.
Subscribe to email newsletters
Please note that though we make every effort to ensure the suitability of links, Orbit cannot be held responsible for the content of external sites.