I know no-one’s actually hanging out for this information, but I thought I’d note it here, if only so I could find. In the coming 12 months or so, I’ll be attending these events:

• Conflux, Canberra, Australia, 28 September – 1 October 2007
• World Fantasy Convention 2007, Saratoga, New York, USA, 1-4 November 2007
• Swancon 2008, Perth, Australia, 20-24 March 2008
• Denvention 3, 66th World SF Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA 6-10 August 2008
• World Fantasy Convention 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 30 October – 2 November 2008

if you’re going to be at any of these events, come up and say hi.

As part of the lead-up to Conflux in Canberra this September, the convention is running a taster, a Virtual Minicon. All sorts of cool people are going to be involved, and it’s both free and easy. Every hour, starting at noon this Saturday and running through till noon this Sunday, a variety if people like Garth Nix, Simon Brown, Sharyn November and others will be online, chatting, answering questions, and generally hanging out.  I’ll be there at 9.00am Eastern Standard Time on Sunday. Which means I have to remember to set the alarm clock, because it’ll be 7.00am here. Actually, I want to get up at 6am so I can see what Sharyn has to say. This should be a lot of fun. Please drop by.

The nice folk over at Strange Horizons review The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1, mostly favorably. I’m in the midst of work on Volume 2, as I write.