Alan Grant At The Borders Book Festival

By John Freeman on June 1, 2008

On the same day as artist Bryan Talbot and others will be in Dundee for the Dundee Literary Festival, writer Alan Grant will be at Melrose in the Scottish Borders for the Borders Book Festival.

Alan Grant will be interviewed by novelist Ian Rankin on his career from DC Thomson to the Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde via 2000AD and Batman.

They willl be appearing in the Festival Marquee at 8pm on Sunday 22 June. Tickets cost £12 and, for those unable to make it to Melrose, BBC Radio Scotland’s Radio Cafe will be recording the event for later broadcast.

More details are available on the Borders Books Festival website.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.