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Conrad Williams' International Horror Guild Award winning novel The Unblemished will be published simultaneously in the UK and USA as a mass market paperback by Virgin Books in April 2008.

May 2, 2008

Conrad's novella The Scalding Rooms has made it to the shortlist for the inaugural Shirley Jackson Awards. More details, including a full line-up of finalists, here.

April 28, 2008

Gary McMahon's debut novel, Rain Dogs, for which Conrad wrote an introduction, is out now from Humdrumming. You can find out more, and purchase copies here.

April 22, 2008

On 15th May, from 7pm, multi-award winning horror heavyweights Ramsey Campbell and Conrad Williams will be joining forces to celebrate publication of their terrifying new novels, The Grin of the Dark and The Unblemished, both new in paperback from Virgin Books. There will be readings and a Q&A and both authors will sign copies of their book for you. The event is at Waterstone's, 91 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW. Tickets £3 from the Ground Floor desk, and redeemable against a copy of either book on the night. Contact Waterstone's on 0161 837 3000.

April 18, 2008

Conrad's story Zombie is out now in issue 4 of Black Static. The magazine also contains a review of his novel, The Unblemished, as well as an interview with Peter Tennant. Here's an early comment on his story from Alvaro Zinos-Amaro of The Fix.

'Conrad Williams's writing kinetics make of the generically-titled "Zombie" anything but a generic or plodding reading experience. His writing, which deftly interweaves stream-of-consciousness associations, second-person narration, and sardonic reflection, is on fire... Williams's postmodern style brought to mind the best of Chuck Palahniuk in terms of voice and rhythm.'

April 1, 2008

The British Invasion is underway, featuring Conrad's story, Slitten Gorge.

Conrad's story Tight Wrappers, which originally featured in the anthology Phobic, has been picked up by Stephen Jones for a reprint in Best New Horror, vol. 19.

March 26, 2008

Conrad's contribution to a New Weird round robin has been published in a new book edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. It's called The New Weird and it contains classic NW stories from China Miéville, M John Harrison and Clive Barker as well as interesting non-fiction discussions about this short-lived sub-genre.

NW trailer:

March 11, 2008

Conrad has sold his story Zombie to Black Static magazine. It should be appearing in issue 4 alongside an interview conducted by Peter Tennant.

February 20, 2008

Conrad Williams will be one of a large number of writers at this year's Alt.Fiction, which takes place at The Assembly Rooms, Derby, on Saturday 26th April from 11am until 9pm. Alt.Fiction is one of the UK's leading events for writers and readers of horror, SF and fantasy fiction. The Alt.Fiction event draws together a range of writers from around the country for a packed day of readings, panel discussion, workshops and Q+A sessions. For more details, head over to the website.

January 29, 2008

Conrad A Williams is in the house.

December 13, 2007

Inferno is the new anthology from uber-editor Ellen Datlow. It has been earning some rave press, including a starred review from Publishers Weekly, who also chose it as one of their best sf/f books of the year. Conrad's story Perhaps the Last is contained within it, alongside offerings from authors such as Christopher Fowler, Stephen Gallagher, Joyce Carol Oates and Pat Cadigan. You can order a copy here.

November 2, 2007

Conrad's novel The Unblemished beat a strong shortlist, which included Stephen King, to Best Novel at the International Horror Guild Awards in Saratoga Springs, New York last night.

Woo hoo!

October 31, 2007

A positive early review for Ellen Datlow's Inferno, which contains Conrad's story, Perhaps the Last. You can read it here.

October 29, 2007

Listen to Conrad read an excerpt from Nest of Salt from Use Once Then Destroy, then peruse the other readings from Comma Press.

October 24, 2007

A full and current bibliography of all of Conrad's work — both fiction and non-fiction — may be found linked to both the HORROR and FANTASY sections, or directly through here.

October 10, 2007

The Solaris Book of New Fantasy is to be published at the end of the year. Edited by George Mann, the book contains Conrad's story O Caritas, as well as offerings from such luminaries as Chris Roberson, Mark Chadbourn, Hal Duncan and Jeff VanderMeer. Referring to O Caritas and Duncan's The Prince of End Times, Locus magazine said '[they] deliver extraordinary fusillades of atmospheric prose redolent of cities and worlds in dissolution'. More details here.

September 20, 2007

The new discussion forum is now open. Please stop in and join the conversation about Conrad's work, both past and present.

September 16, 2007

Conrad will be reading from and talking about his work at Oxfam on Wilmslow Road, Didsbury on Wednesday 7 November between 5 and 7pm. The event forms part of Oxfam's Book Week.

August 31, 2007

Conrad is reading on consecutive nights in October. Both events are part of a tour to promote the anthology Phobic and Conrad will be reading from his contribution, Tight Wrappers. Catch him first on Tuesday, 23rd October at the Salt Museum, 162 London Road, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 8AB from 7pm. The following evening (Wednesday, 24th) he will be at Donington-le-Heath Manor House, Manor Road, Donington-le-Heath, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 2FW, also from 7pm.

August 7, 2007

Conrad's novel The Unblemished has made it to the shortlist for Best Novel at the British Fantasy Awards. His short story, The Veteran, has also made the final cut. The awards are announced at Fantasycon in Nottingham on September 23.

Rain is forecast. You can buy it here.

There is an interview with Conrad at SciFi.com.

June 16, 2007

Conrad's novel The Unblemished has been shortlisted for the category of Best Novel in this year's International Horror Guild Awards. He has been nominated alongside Keith Donohue, Will Elliott, Brian Everson and some guy called Stephen King. Best of luck to all the nominees. More information here.

June 1, 2007

Conrad Williams and Nicholas Royle will be reading from their work at Withington Library, Manchester, as part of its 80th birthday celebrations. The event is free and lasts two hours from 7pm this coming Monday (4 June).

Conrad is part of a squad of footballers playing for England at the Writers' World Cup in Malmo (7-10 June). The other nationalities represented are Italy, Denmark, Germany, Sweden (the holders) and Hungary.

Conrad's new short story, O Caritas, will appear in The Solaris Book of New Fantasy in December this year.

The cover for Conrad's novella Rain has been delivered. You can get a sneak preview of Ben Baldwin's work here. Publication date is set for August 2007.

April 19, 2007

Conrad's story The Hoopoe appears in a book of flash fiction, entitled The Flash, which features 100 stories by 100 writers, with all proceeds going to Amnesty International. The book is edited by Peter Wild and published by Social Disease. It will be launched at a special 'Tales of the Decongested' on 27 April at Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road. Conrad will be reading, alongside Andrew Holmes, Shiromi Pinto, Nick Johnstone, Nicholas Royle, Peter Wild and Rhonda Carrier.

March 16, 2007

At the World Horror Convention in Toronto (March 29 - April 1), Conrad will be participating in the mass signing at 8pm on Friday 30th March. He will be reading from his work on the same night at 10.30pm and will feature on the panel WRITING ON THE EDGE at 2pm on Sunday 1 April. His new novella, The Scalding Rooms, is due to be launched on Friday evening between 5.30 and 7.30pm, alongside a number of other new titles from PS Publishing. Programming and schedule times are subject to change. Details here.

January 23, 2007

Following their successful event at Halloween, Conrad Williams and Nicholas Royle will be reading again at Didsbury Library on February 15th. Details as follows:

On February 8th at 6.30 pm, Conrad will be reading at Manchester Metropolitan University. The event is hosted by the Writing School and is open to the public. A selection of Conrad's books will be available to buy before the reading from MMU's special Blackwell's stall. Admission is £5 (£3 concessions). Venue: Lecture Theatre 6, Geoffrey Manton Building (opposite the Commonwealth Aquatics Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester).

The Scalding Rooms is soon to be unleashed by PS Publishing... Its launch is likely to occur over the World Horror Convention weekend (29 March - 2 April) in Toronto, Canada (the 29th, coincidentally, being Conrad's birthday). Celebrate with him in person...

The manuscript of Rain has been delivered to Gray Friar Press. Nicholas Royle will be providing the introduction and cover art will be by Ben Baldwin. Details and ordering information here.

January 5, 2007

Publication of Conrad Williams's new novella, The Scalding Rooms, is imminent. Boasting cover art by Edward Miller and an introduction by Graham Joyce, the book is a handsome limited edition. Conrad's last book, The Unblemished, sold out within two months of publication, so get your order in with PS Publishing soon.

December 8, 2006

Conrad has sold a new short story, Tight Wrappers, to Comma Press for their upcoming horror anthology Phobic. The book should be available very soon. Keep them peeled here for details.

October 12, 2006

On Thursday, October 26th, Conrad will be involved in a Halloween reading at Didsbury Library, Manchester, along with top writer Nicholas Royle. The event starts at 7pm and will go on until 9pm. It's free to attend and there will be refreshments available.

October 6, 2006

Publishers Weekly have given The Unblemished a starred review this week. They say:

"British Fantasy Award–winner Williams describes his virtuoso, grotesque nightmare of a book as a "paean to the novels I grew up on in the 1980s." It's an unnecessary observation: readers will immediately recognize the influence of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub and Ramsey Campbell. Playing on humanity's deepest fears and taboos, Williams plunges the reader deep into a hellish near-future where creatures banished five centuries ago rise again to lay eggs in the few people they don't consume alive, turning London into a cross between hive and abattoir.

"Caught up in the grisly madness are photographer Bo Mulvey, who goes looking for excitement and gets more than he bargained for; Sarah Hickman and her beautiful, disturbed daughter, Claire, on the run from a hit man with an amputation fetish; and Gyorsi Salavaria, a cannibalistic child killer determined to become the mate of the invaders' new queen. Williams (Use Once, Then Destroy) is so good at what he does that he probably shouldn't be allowed to do it anymore, for the sake of everyone's sanity."

October 3, 2006

In the Writers' World Cup, England finished fourth... well, okay, last. We were trounced 5-1 by Italy and 2-0 by Hungary. Sweden won the final, beating Italy on penalties.

September 11, 2006

Conrad's story Slitten Gorge is to appear in a Cemetery Dance anthology next year entitled The British Invasion.

August 14, 2006

Conrad has sold a new short story, Perhaps the Last, to Ellen Datlow for her forthcoming anthology Inferno.

Conrad's ambition to play football for England will come true in September when he shows off his silky skills against Italy in the semi-final of the Writers' League World Cup in Florence. The winners of that match will play either Sweden or Hungary in the final. Stay tuned for the inevitable penalty disappointment...

Thursday, June 8, 2006

Conrad's new novel, The Unblemished, will be published by Earthling this Halloween. The book will contain an afterword by the author and an introduction by Jeff VanderMeer. You can read an extract from the novel, see the stunning cover by Chris Nurse, and even pre-order the book here.

The Cryptanalyst is a short story due to be published as an A6 pocket book from Leaf later in 2006.

Conrad's story, The Hoopoe, is to appear in a collection of flash fiction from Canongate, edited by Pete Wild.

As Nuala Deuel, Conrad has written a biography of Princess Spider, the infamous London Domme. True Experiences of a Dominatrix, published by Virgin Books, is available now.

The Veteran is out now in Postscripts 6. Copies can be ordered here.

The Scalding Rooms is set to appear at the end of 2006. Introduced by Graham Joyce, this also boasts a cover by Les Edwards working as Edward Miller. Les very kindly says of the book: 'One of the darkest, most intense stories I've read in ages.'

Rain, a novella from Gray Friar Press, will hopefully be launched at Fantasycon XXX in Nottingham this autumn.

Cinema Macabre, containing Conrad's piece on The Shining has been released by PS Publishing. The book, edited by Mark Morris, contains fifty articles on the horror films that have shaped the genre.

Jeff VanderMeer interviewed Conrad Williams for the SF Site in January 2006. You can read it here. Jeff also invited Conrad to contribute to his Walk the Plank series.

Tuesday, August 24, 2005

Night Shade Books have just posted the cover of the US edition of London Revenant at their site.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Conrad has just sold his new novella, The Scalding Rooms, to PS Publishing. The book is earmarked for a 2006 release. More details soon.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Following the appalling events of 7/7, the BFS awards showcase has been rearranged for the 23rd July. Same time, same venue. It would be great to see a big attendance.

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