Good review for "Dreaming at Baikonur"

"Dreaming at Baikonur", my contribution to Rocket Science, has received a good review from the sci-fi blog The Future Fire. The story is described as "very human and moving." Read the whole piece here.

Bookmark Surprise

Since spending Easter on Jura, I've been thinking about George Orwell a lot (as one does after visiting Jura), and have been inspired to complete my collection of early 80s Penguins (the ones with the Humphrey Sutton photos on the front). Yesterday I got the final tome in my collection, Homage to Catalonia. I was delighted to find inside it this bookmark:

Flamel Anniversary

Today, at 1700 (round about now, in fact), is the 630th anniversary of Nicholas Flamel's second successful transmutation. Raise a glass of the elixir in his direction.

Wigtown: Photographic Evidence

Here be a photo of myself at the Wigtown Poetry Prize ceremony, October 2011. Seated beside me is Gaelic winner, Meg Bateman. Behind us the judges (L-R) Angus Peter Campbell (Gaelic judge), Rab Wilson (Scots judge) and Brian Johnstone (Main Competition judge). Photo by Ed Flannighan.

Thresholds Feature Writing Competition

The Shortlist for the Thresholds Feature Writing Competition is now online. While I didn't make the Shortlist - for my article on Breece D'J Pancake - I do get Highly Commended. No bad way to start a Wednesday. More info here.

Rocket Science "Superb" - The Guardian

The Guardian have reviewed Rocket Science very favourably, calling the collection "superb". Read the whole review here.

This week on "Introducing the Author"...

http://rocketsciencenews.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/introducing-the-authors-sean-martin/