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Panel Borders podcast of Graphic Lives talk at AusNZ festival

A couple of weeks ago I was in London for a new festival: the inaugural Australia & New Zealand Festival of Literature and the Arts taking place at King’s College. I’d been invited to join a panel on ‘Graphic Lives’ … Continue reading →

Back to the Edinburgh International Book Festival again!

Today the festival have released their programme for 2014. I’ll be there with Bryan again. This time we’ll be with Kate Charlesworth too, talking about Sally Heathcote, Suffragette on Saturday 23rd August. More details here. Kate and I are taking part in … Continue reading →

Trailer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival

Hear what people said about the Lakes International Comic Art Festival last year -http://youtu.be/i1P7k8o1dvc Have you booked for this year yet? No? Better get on with it! The dates: 17th – 19th October 2014. You can check it out here.

Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality

Also out this month is a rather different sort of publication that I’ve contributed to. It’s the second edition of an enormous reference tome for students and scholars of gender, sexuality and language. If it’s anything like the first edition, the contributions … Continue reading →

On the road with Sally Heathcote

A flurry of activity for the Sally Heathcote team last week! On Thursday Bryan and I were in London for a visit to Woman’s Hour in Broadcasting House. Our eight-minute slot with Jenni Murray went out live at about 10.30 am. Later that … Continue reading →

To BUCKINGHAM PALACE! 100 years on

Today – 21st May 2014 – marks the centenary of the suffragettes’ attempted entry into Buckingham Palace. By 1914, demonstrations had turned nasty. Some of the demonstrators were armed with clubs and paint bombs, but there were 1,500 police and the crowd … Continue reading →

Sally Heathcote sallies forth

It’s been a delightful, busy couple of days. Down to London last Thursday for the opening event of Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK, a major new exhibition at the British Library curated by Paul Gravett and John Harris … Continue reading →

A graphic novel for the Edinburgh Book Festival

It’s official! Project X is announced here! Kate Charlesworth and I have been quietly working on a chapter for a collaborative graphic novel called IDP: 2043 commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival. Denise Mina provided the scenario – after the Great Flood of 2032 … Continue reading →

Launching Sally Heathcote, Suffragette

May is going to be a busy month! Sally‘s official publication date is 1st May, but orders can be placed now. On 2nd May there’s a London launch event in the Conference Centre at the British Library, when we three … Continue reading →

Dotter of her Father’s Eyes – in translation

Dotter of her Father’s Eyes is now available in Polish! Recently appearing in print, it’s the third translation to be published so far, joining the Spanish and Serbian editions that came out in 2013. The title poses something of a challenge … Continue reading →