Ultramarines the Movie

SFX are at NY Comic Con at the moment, along with the likes of Dan Abnett. In fact they caught up with Dan the Man and quizzed him about the forthcoming Ultramarines movie...

Empire have an exclusive first look at the movie here...

And if you go here, you can pre-order a copy of the movie in a very special collector's edition format.

Curse of the Mummy - The Mummy Returns

I am very excited to be able to announce that my third Fighting Fantasy gamebook Curse of the Mummy will be getting the makeover treatment and coming out in a new edition in February 2011. Forest of Doom will be released in the same format at the same time, with Appointment with F.E.A.R. and Armies of Death coming two weeks after that in April 2011.

Here's a sneak peak of both the re-designed covers.

I also recently came across frankly a quite remarkable map for Curse of the Mummy and was sorely tempted to post it here - I mean, it's just so lovely to look at - but then decided against it as it contains massive* spoilers for anybody who's not read the book yet.

If you'd like to see it for yourself, it won't take you long to find with the help of Google.

* And I mean MASSIVE!

Black Library Digital is here!

I was lucky enough to attend Games Day this year and so got a peak at what's planned for Black Library Digital but today it's launched on the masses...

And to celebrate the launch of Black Library Digital, October 8th and the following four Fridays have been designated Free eBook Fridays. Head over to the BL website at noon GMT on each of those days and you'll find a gem from the BL back catalogue – or digital exclusive – available for the princely sum of zero Earth pounds, dollars, yen or Imperial crowns.

Today's freebie is Dan Abnett's masterly First & Only - the first book in the Gaunt's Ghosts series (but, fortunately, not the only one).

And talking of Dan the Man, he gets a whole double-page profile to himself in this month's SFX!

And talking of the Black Library, if you've ever fancied yourself as one of the Emperor's editors, then here's the opportunity you've been crying out for!

The Unofficial Fighting Fantasy Forum

Looking for somewhere to debate all the latest Fighting Fantasy news (or lack of) and discuss the range (in all its incarnations)?

Then you need the Unofficial Fighting Forum. It's been up and running for a year now so go check it out for yourselves!

National Poetry Day 2010

Today - Thursday 7 October - is National Poetry Day, here in the UK.

When I was still teaching I would regularly teach poetry lessons and in doing so was inspired to write a few poems of my own. So, as it's National Poetry Day, here's one of them.

A Thousand Hairy Cannibals

by Jonathan Green

A thousand hairy cannibals

Went running through the zoo.

They gobbled up the animals

Then ate each other too.

(c) Jonathan Green, 2010

Which reminds me of a joke.

Two cannibals are sitting in the jungle eating a clown. One turns to the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?"

The Appeal of Warhammer 40K

If you want to discover why the likes of James Swallow, Graham McNeill, Nick Kyme, Gav Thorpe and Dan Abnett all love reading and writing books set within the 40k universe, then simply follow this link to SF Signal's Mind Meld feature on that very topic.

Children's Book Week and The Way of the Warrior

In case you didn't already know, this week is Children's Book Week. And so it is with rather opportune timing that my latest book has also been launched this week.

"Launched?" I hear you say. Yes, launched.

The Way of the Warrior is one of those books that you can personalise for the child of your choice. Such books have been around for a while now, but what makes this one different is that it's the first Star Wars book of its kind. And I wrote it (he says proudly).

To find out more, and to order one for that special small person in your life (and it's suitable for girls or boys as well as budding Jedi or Sith), follow this link to the Penwizard website.

Children's Book Week runs from 4-10 October and you can find out more about it at the Booktrust website.