Aye Write!

By John Freeman on February 24, 2008

The third Aye Write! Book Festival takes place in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library from 7 to 15 March 2008.

Included this year in the programme are talks by Scottish science fiction authors Iain M Banks and Ken MacLeod who will be appearing together to discuss their latest books, and by television producer, director and writer Gerry Anderson who will be illustrating his talk with clips from many of his television series including Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and Space 1999. Both of these talks will take place on Sunday 9 March.

More details of the talks and details of how to book tickets can be found on the Aye Write! 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.