The Hotel Fred - 'Conventional'
hotelfred.blogspot.com 5/5/2009 — Conventions are upon us! This weekend I'll be a guest at the Bristol Comic Expo and its sister event, the Small Press Expo , at which I'll be doing a workshop for the under-12s (which I've yet to prepare -- eek!) and signing and sketching. This will ...

Bristol Robotics Lab - Scratchbot (video)
youtube.com 7/3/2009 — Scratchbot orientating Itself at the Bristol Robotics Laboratorywww.brl.ac.uk

[Japanese] News - a giant giraffe and 3mm thick and beautiful DEJITARUSAINEJI
robot.watch.impress.co.jp 7/9/2009 —

Bristol Commercial Vehicles Enthusiasts
bcv.robsly.com 2/3/2009 — Operator Focus (December 26th 2008) West Riding VR I am continuing to draw on the photos supplied by H John Black of VRs taken in Yorkshire in the 1970s and 1980s. This time it is the turn of West Riding , also incorporating Yorkshire Woollen and ...

Alex Zahara coming to Bristol
blog.fph.co.uk 2/26/2009 — This fell our way and we thought it might be of interest to SFX readers. Alex Zahara is coming to Bristol in April - he's organising a private gathering for a lucky few to share an evening with him. Zahara has appeared in Battlestar Galactica, Bablyon ...

Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
calgaryexpo.com 4/24/2009 — Updates Ticket Info Click Here! Costume Contest! Click for details! Photo Op Schedule Click for details! Programming Schedule Click for details! Apr 22/09 Edward James Olmos Apr 22/09 Margot Kidder Kandyse McClure New Panels! Exclusive Artbook Apr ...

The Weekend Past
paulcornell.com 5/11/2009 — Bristol Comics Expo turned out to be really enjoyable. I think, for me, that was mostly because I made the decision not to be 'on duty', except when signing at the Panini table (they provided some very nice tea, and impressed me with their desire to ...

At Book Expo America Friday and Saturday
booktionary.blogspot.com 5/28/2009 — I'll be attending Book Expo America or BEA for those in the know. It is the largest gathering of Publishers in the US with hundreds of authors doing signings and loads of ARCs being given out. I hope to do a post each day about the swag I grab and the authors I meet. Some of this year's ...

New Zombie Anthology With Stories by Max Brooks, Tad Williams, Mike Carey, and Tim Lebbon
booktionary.blogspot.com 5/19/2009 — Christopher Golden will be editing a new anthology of zombie stories titled The New Dead to be published by St. Martins/Griffin. It looks to be a stellar line up of authors for the topic. Table of Contents: "Lazarus" by John Connolly "What Maisie Knew" by David Liss "Copper" by Stephen R. ...

London Expo update
blog.fph.co.uk 5/16/2009 — Long weekends are a double-edged sword. While it’s nice to have that extra day out of the office, you’ve got to work out how to fill an extra day of leisure time. Luckily, for the second of May’s two bank holidays (why can’t they spread them more ...