I’m pleased to announce that I will be a Guest of Honour at next year’s ArmadaCon, held on the 2nd and 3rd of November at the Future Inns hotel in Plymouth. I’ve attended ArmadaCon before and it’s a casual convention, with a bit of a South West slant (though anyone from anywhere is of course […]
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Book Review: the Fallow Sisters novels
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 13 November 2023 0
Liz Williams, the author of these books, is a friend but we’re also capable of critiquing/reviewing each other’s work objectively, and have often done so at Milford SF Writer’s Workshop. I first read at early version of the opening chapters of Comet Weather, the first of the four Fallow Sisters novels, at Milford some years […]
My BristolCon schedule
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 18 October 2023 0
Although I don’t get to many conventions these days I always enjoy Bristolcon. It’s ‘small but perfectly formed’ and also not too far to travel. I’m on two panels this Saturday: 11am – The Ethics of a Fictional War. Do authors have a responsibility to honour the horrors of war, or is a fictional war […]
Book Review: The Three-Body Problem
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 29 September 2023 0
The Three Body Problem by Lui Cixin is some seriously mind-expanding SF. I’m talking here about the original three books, as I’ve yet to read the later but related one(s), so no spoilers please. Talking of which, the below may contain minor spoilers, but hopefully nothing plot-breaking. I did have some issues, mainly with the […]
Book Birthday!
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 22 August 2023 0
Strange Attractors, a collection of short stories, is out today from Newcon Press. It covers 20 years worth of my writing, and a wide variety of subjects. OK, it’s all ‘spec-fic’ (or SFF, or whatever you want to call it) but as well as my ‘default’ genre of science fiction I’ve dabbled in fantasy, alt. […]
Me and The Doctor
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 1 August 2023 0
Doctor Who was my gateway drug into SF when I was a kid growing up in the country with no geeks within miles, back before the internet was more than a gleam in Tim Berners-Lee’s eye. I was therefore delighted when, back in 2018, Big Finish commissioned me to the write a Dr Who story. […]
Strange Attractors
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 11 July 2023 0
As I may have mentioned elsewhere, Strange Attractors, my short story collection, is out next month from Newcon Press. You can find the full details here, should you be so inclined.
Omitted Channels – 2
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 25 June 2023 4
As you know (Bob), social media is a mixed blessing. So many possibilities to express ourselves and connect, so many opportunities for increased freedom of expression… such a gift to opinionated dickwads. Anyhoo, as you also know, Twitter (which was my preferred place to confer my wit and wisdom upon a tiny subset of the […]
Alan Lee Wore My Liripipe
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 5 June 2023 0
As well as making stories, I make costumes. Most notably, medieval clothes, many of which I then wear as part of my re-enactment habit, I mean hobby. So when author Phillip Reeve approached me to ask if I could help with the costumes for his short Arthurian film ‘Gwenevere’ I said I’d love to. I […]
Omitted Channels – 1
Posted by Jaine Fenn on 27 May 2023 0
This week I was interviewed for a podcast (more on that later) and the presenter kindly offered me the chance to promote my stuff. Being (a) British and (b) female this was somewhat excruciating; even more so as I don’t have much to promote right now (this may change soon: again, more later). Of course […]