Fri - May 26, 2006

New online interview


Digit Magazine - an online magazine about design and typography - has just put up a new interview with Michael. Interviewed by Jason Walsh, the interview covers the state of design, designers in fiction, and the slow death of the apostrophe...

Click here.

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Tue - March 14, 2006

MARCH EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENT ROUND-UP


REMINDER: MARCH DATES START THIS WEEK...

Michael will be appearing at the following venues in February and March, as part of the HarperCollins Crime Tour (more information here) - promising readings, a crime quiz, and much more:

February Library Tour
Michael will appear with authors Carla Banks and Stephen Booth at the following libraries in February:

22nd February - Nuneaton
7.30pm: Nuneaton Library, Church Street, Nuneaton, CV11 4DR

23rd February - Nottingham
7.00pm: Central Library, Angel Rd, Nottingham, NG1 6HP

24th February - Hull
7.30pm Central Lending Library, Albion Street, Hull, HU1 3TF


March Library Tour
Michael will appear with authors Alex Barclay and James McGee at the following libraries in March:

13th March - Swansea [solo event]
10.00-4.00pm: Readers and Writers Day, Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea, SA1 1RR

14th March - Southampton
7.30pm: Guildhall Lecture Theatre, Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, SO14 7LW

15th March - Exeter
7:00pm: Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ


The Left Coast Crime Festival
The four day event will take place at the four-star Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel from the 16th until the 19th of March, 2006. A list of other participants and full information on the festival can be found here.


The Essex Book Festival
A month-long series of book-related events at venues in Essex. Michael's event is at:

Chafford Hundred Campus Library
Mayflower Road
Chafford Hundred
Essex RM16 6SA
Tickets £3.50/£2.50

21st March at 7:30

More information on the Essex Festival can be found here.

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Tue - January 17, 2006

Michael at Essex Book festival in March


Michael will be appearing at the Essex Book Festival this year. The Festival is a series of events held at libraries and other venues in Essex throughout March, and Michael will be reading from BLOOD OF ANGELS and taking questions. Venue details are:

21st March at 7:30

Chafford Hundred Campus Library
Mayflower Road
Chafford Hundred
Essex RM16 6SA

Tickets are £3.50/£2.50

Further information on the festival can be found here.

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Michael to attend Left Coast Crime Festival in March


Left Coast Crime, one of the largest crime fiction conventions in the United States, will be coming to the left coast of Britain in 2006. It will be the first time the convention is held outside the US. The four day event will take place at the four-star Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel from the 16th until the 19th of March, 2006.
A list of other participants and full information on the festival can be found here.

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Tue - November 22, 2005

Michael to be Guest of Honour at World Horror Convention 2007


We're delighted to announce that Michael will be one of the Guests of Honour at the World Horror Convention in Toronto, march/April 2007.

The official press release announcing the convention says:

"For the first time in its seventeen-year history, The World Horror
Convention is being held outside the United States.

With a theme exploring "The Diversity of Horror", World Horror Convention
2007 will take place over March 29-April 1 in the heart of downtown
Toronto, Canada.

"I am absolutely delighted that the 2007 convention has been awarded to
Toronto," says Chairperson Amanda Foubister. "Toronto is a major
international city - like London, Paris and New York - and holding it here
will have all the benefits of those locations. Our programme will be
multinational, but we will also bring a uniquely Canadian flavour to the
World Horror Convention."

The first Guest of Honour to be announced is British writer Michael
Marshall Smith, the multiple award-winning author of such novels as SPARES,
ONLY FORWARD, ONE OF US and the best-selling THE STRAW MEN trilogy (under
the byline "Michael Marshall"). His acclaimed short fiction has been
collected in the International Horror Guild Award-winning MORE TOMORROW &
OTHER STORIES. "I've always wanted to visit Toronto," says Smith, "and this
will be a fantastic opportunity."

More guests from both sides of the Atlantic will be revealed in the coming
months, when the membership rates will also be set."

... and we'll keep you up to date with more information as it arrives!

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Fri - July 29, 2005

Appearance in Italy


Michael will be making an appearance at the "La Versiliana", a summer Festival held in a park near the seaside in Tuscany.

His event will be at 6:00pm on 11th August. A panel entitled 'Il Giallo tra Fantasia e Verita", it will also feature authors Giorgio Faletti and Luciano Garofano. Facilitator is Romano Battaglia.

Further information about the festival can be found here.

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Thu - July 21, 2005

REMINDER: Harrogate Crime Festival 2005


REMINDER: this event is now tomorrow...

Michael will be appearing at the 2005 Harrogate Crime Festival, to be held at the Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate, from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th July 2005.

Michael will participate in a panel concerning Conspiracy Theories at 3:30pm on Friday 22nd. Other panelists are Tom Bradby, David Hewson and Chris Petit. Paul Routledge will chair.

For further information about the Festival, please visit their website.

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Tue - June 14, 2005

Virtual event online...


Courtesy of Mel Dymond Harper, those of you who couldn't make it have a chance to experience some of the action from last night's event at the Borders in Oxford Street.

The reading portion of the event is available here in both mp4 (video) and mp3 (audio) formats, along with a few photos.

Thanks, Mel!

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Wed - June 8, 2005

Event at Oxford Street Borders next Monday


Michael will be making an appearance at the regular monthly Oxford Street Borders sf event on this coming Monday 13th June. He'll be reading with another author (we'll update when we know who that is) and answering any questions from the audience.

The event starts at 6:30 and is free. The precise address is 203-207 Oxford Street, London W1.

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BLOOD OF ANGELS reading event this coming weekend


Michael won't be doing a tour as such for BLOOD OF ANGELS - last year's was pretty extensive - but will be doing a few smaller events here and there. The first of these takes place this coming Sunday 12th June. It's at a readings society upstairs at The Pineapple, 51 Leverton Street, London NW5, in Kentish Town - a locale many will recognize from his short stories. A map of the location can be found here.

Admission is free and the event starts at 8:30. Future authors at this event include Fay Weldon and Martin Amis.

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Thu - April 21, 2005

Lambeth Literary Festival


Just a reminder that this is now next week...

Michael will be appearing on a panel with British Crime writer Mark Billingham at the Lambeth Literary Festival on 5th May 2005. The panel will take place from 7:30 - 9:00 in the evening at Streatham Library in South London.

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Fri - August 13, 2004

Cheltenham Festival


Michael will be attending the Cheltenham Literary Festival in October, and participating in two events. He will be do a short story reading late in the evening of Friday 15th, and conducting a three hour workshop on horror writing on Saturday 16th. We'll post more information when it becomes available, but for the time being the Festival's official website is here.

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Sat - June 12, 2004

Virtual Event Online!


Courtesy of forum member Mel Harper, there's now the chance to experience Michael's most recent event online. Mel went to the Oxford Street Borders reading last week, and has put up a mini-site with photos, along with Quicktime footage of the reading (which is also available there as an MP3 file).

So point your browser here and experience everything except the Q&A session (come along next time!) and also the heat, as Borders' air conditioning had broken down...

Very many thanks to Mel both for recording the reading and hosting the files.

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Crime Scene in July


Michael will be appearing on a panel at Crime Scene, London's premier crime festival, in July. The festival is held on the South Bank, and features panels, screenings and other events: this year it is built around the centenary of Graham Greene.

Michael's panel will be on crime and film, and is at 2:15-3:15 on Friday 9th. Other guests include English crime novelist Mark Billingham. More information on the festival can be found here.

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London Event


A last minute extra event around publication of THE LONELY DEAD has been announced. Michael will be appearing with Macmillan fantasy author Cherith Baldry at a regular SF book event, organised by sf legend Pat Cadigan and held in the Borders on Oxford Street, London.

It will take place from 6:30pm on Tuesday, 8th June (that's Today, folks). Tickets aren't involved... so go along and listen, and get some books signed...

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Event cancellations...

Reminder - LONELY DEAD UK tour starts...

UK Tour Dates in May

Michael in Poland

Radio Interview this Thursday night

Italian Event for The Straw Men

Second Italian Event

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