For those of you who are in or around Bristol, here are a few things happening this weekend.

On Friday night at Foyles Rebecca Lloyd will be launching Mercy and the View from Endless Street. Becca and I talked about the books yesterday on the radio. I’ll post the Listen Again links to that shortly. If you are into deeply creepy short fiction, Becca’s work will be right up your street.

On Saturday there are two events at bookstores in the city. First up Lord Grimdark (aka Joe Abercrombie) will begin his campaign to terrorize the youth of the world with his first YA novel, Half a King. He will be in Waterstones in The Galleries from 1:30pm.

Not long after, at 3:00pm, Gareth L. Powell’s brother, Huw, has a book launch at Foyles. While Gareth is busily forging a name for himself as a writer of adult SF, Huw is looking to take over the kids’ market. Spacejackers looks like a lot of fun.

Finally Saturday is the date of the St. Paul’s Carnival. Ujima Radio will, of course, be out in force all day. We are also running an after party at the Malcolm X Centre. I can’t see me making that, because it doesn’t start until midnight I am leaving for Finland on Monday (flying out Tuesday morning).