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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

RAIN, by Mary and Bryan Talbot – out in October 2019

The characters and events of are fictitious but the idea was triggered by the devastating flooding that hit the north of England on Boxing Day in 2015. I began working on the book on the first of January 2016, when … Continue reading →

Sheffield Hallam event coming up next Wednesday

The evening event is open to the public. Why not come along? Free entry!

Photos from the launch of Traces de la Grande Guerre

Here, belately, are some images from the the book festival in Albert, where we launched the French edition of the ambitious international collaboration between Kendal and Amiens. This took place the weekend before the Kendal comic festival (see last post). … Continue reading →

LICAF 2018 was bigger, better and wetter than ever!

So many people, so much to see, so much wind and rain! Then as the festival approached its end, behold, out came the sun! This year Bryan and I were promoting two publications. We were there for the launch of … Continue reading →

Here comes the Lakes International Comic Art Festival again!

Kendal’s 6th annual festival of comic art is almost upon us. It promises to be bigger and more varied than ever – just check out the range of what’s on! There’s still time to book tickets if you haven’t already. … Continue reading →

Launching Traces of the Great War

Coming up in October: British and French editions of this ambitious international anthology commemorating the end of the first world war. Our contribution is a four-pager entitled ‘Make Germany Pay!’ For it I returned to two sources for Sally Heathcote … Continue reading →

Vote 100 – Suffrage in Stories at Portcullis House, Westminster

A hundred years ago this year, a number of women were eligible, for the first time ever, to vote in the UK general election. There are quite a few centenary celebrations of women’s partial suffrage going on and I’m pleased to … Continue reading →

Farewell to Tall Ships Sunderland 2018

I love it when the City of Sunderland really really gets things right and this was an event to remember. Last week the riverside welcomed the 2018 Tall Ship Race contenders – 53 vessels in all. The most impressive, by … Continue reading →

Bryan Talbot, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature!

On Wednesday, Bryan formally accepted his election as a Fellow, by signing the roll of the Royal Society of Literature. He followed his old collaborator, Neil Gaiman, at the short induction ceremony in the British Library in London. New Fellows … Continue reading →