Alan Moore zooms again, with author Susanna Clarke

By John Freeman on October 9, 2024

The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore (Bloomsbury, 2024)

Waterstones will host a special online event with fantasy authors Susanna Clarke and Alan Moore next month, a “Zoom” gathering that follows the release of Clarke’s novella, The Wood at Midwinter, and Moore’s new novel, The Great When.

The bookseller is offering an “unmissable digital event” with Susanna Clarke and Alan Moore, at 7.00pm on on Wednesday 6th November, in conversation with Alison Flood, comment and culture editor at the New Scientist and previously The Guardian‘s books reporter.

The Wood at Midwinter is an an enchanting and bewitching seasonal novella by the bestselling, prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke. It introduces us to nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott who, one snowy afternoon, enters the forest with her dogs and Apple the pig, for the path of her life to be changed forever as darkness falls.

The Great When by Alan Moore is the opening instalment in the Long London series, a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of a magical London. History and myth collide in a story which sees hapless eighteen-year-old Dennis Knuckleyard – who works and lives above a second-hand bookshop – at the centre of an explosive series of events.

• Waterstones Online Event: Susanna Clarke and Alan Moore in conversation with Alison Flood | 7.00pm Wednesday 6th November 2024 at Waterstones, Online Events | General admission tickets £5

This event is on Zoom. Please make sure you have Zoom installed and up to date on the device of your choice

BOOK TICKET OPTIONS – UK ONLY

You can also buy tickets that include the author’s books

The Ticket, The Wood at Midwinter (Signed Edition) & Print bundle (£13) includes a signed copy of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke and a print, available while stocks last and for UK postage only

The Ticket, The Great When (Exclusive Edition) & Map bundle (£23) includes the Waterstones exclusive edition of The Great When by Alan Moore and a map of Long London, available while stock last and for UK postage only

The Ticket & Book options require a UK postcode. Do not select this option if you do not have a valid UK postcode, as you will not receive your package and may still be charged. Postage will be made after the event.

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.