SFX Weekender 2

I'll be attending the SFX Weekender 2 at Pontin's Holiday Park Camber Sands, on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th February. I'll be stopping by the Abaddon/Solaris stand from time to time and propping up the bar the rest of the time (probably), along with my fellow Abaddon authors Scott Andrews, Rebecca Levene and Al Ewing.

I've even made it onto the official guest list over at the SFX site, and I've heard a rumour that I might even be taking part in a panel at some point over the weekend.

New Forum Added

If you're a regular follower of this blog, or new to the site today, I know what you're probably thinking right about now, and that is, "Where can I chat with other like-minded individuals about the works of author Jonathan Green?"

Well, have no fear, for you can now visit the official Jonathan Green, Author forum by clicking on this link (or the one in the sidebar to the right).

As well as discussing everything from Sonic the Hedgehog in Theme Park Panic to the latest Pax Britannia release, over on the forum you'll also find news on event appearances and book signings. There will also be exclusive competitions for forum members from time to time, so why not register today? It only takes a minute and doesn't cost a thing.

Maybe I'll see you over there some time soon.

To blog or not to blog?

I spend a lot of time maintaining my various blogs but it's not often that I get positive feedback to know that all my hard work really makes any kind of a difference.

So I was very pleased to stumble across this the other day. Scroll down to number 8 on the list and you'll find this:

He [Green] maintains several blogs, all of which are worth reading, particularly when he talks about, and links to other writers talking about, the process and method of being a full-time professional writer. Recommended!

Pax Britannia: Dark Side at Graeme's Fantasy Book Review

You may have read this fantastic review of Pax Britannia: Blood Royal by Graeme Flory on my blog recently.

Well, having enjoyed Blood Royal so much (I still can't get over the fact that Graeme awarded it 9.5 out of 10!) he didn't delay in picking up a copy of Dark Side. As you'll see from this review, he didn't enjoy it as much - but 8.5 out of 10 is still a very respectable score, if you ask me.

I particularly liked this part:

Green attacks the plot with his usual zest and vigour, giving us a story that rockets along with a mix of heady spectacle... and murderous intrigue. Mysteries abound and Quicksilver has to solve them all; the plot moves far too quickly for the reader to have any choice left but to come along for the ride and what a ride it is. There is plenty going on but Green has no trouble keeping everything in the air and ticking along nicely. And what a cliff-hanger ending!

Pax Britannia: Dark Side - SFRevu's best cover of the month

Ever since it was first released, Mark Harrison's fantastic cover for Pax Britannia: Dark Side (that pays homage to Georges Méliès Le voyage dans la Lune) has caused a bit of a stir. Some hate it (or rather are disturbed by it), but most love it.

And science fiction and fantasy review site SFRevu loved it so much they proclaimed it best cover of the month!

Pax Britannia: Anno Frankenstein

Abaddon Books have released their catalogue for 2011, which includes a page promoting my next Pax Britannia adventure Anno Frankenstein.

You can download the catalogue for yourself here.

JG's White Dwarf articles

During the late 90s and early noughties I wrote a number of articles for Games Workshop's White Dwarf magazine. Bizarrely a couple of these have now cropped up online.

Enter the Dragon is all about dragons (funnily enough) in the game of Warhammer. Meanwhile, Warpstone! was a Warhammer campaign I wrote to accompany a piece called Civil War! about same races armies battling one another.