Steve Cole

Any day with an elephant is a good day.

Happy World Book Day! I’m visiting a school in Kuala Lumpur today as part of a tour of SE Asia. Good luck and happy events to all my fellow authors.

Like Sam herself, always cheating time!

A blog post what I wrote about Why Dystopian Fiction Still Matters - more now than ever, perhaps.

Receiving Colour: Update I’ve been deeply buried under a mountain of research for the revision of my book on art technology of the Islamic Golden Age, but alongside deciphering manuscripts I have continued the work on the pie...

I've shared glimpses of this piece along the months it took to complete: here at last is the finale.

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How very beautiful!

How lovely to glimpse some of your customers!

Josh Barry is a pop culture journalist who's interviewed everyone from Gary Lineker to Kenny Lynch, so I was really happy to be interviewed for his Beyond the Title podcast!
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Ooh yes it is brilliant. The best of the bunch I’d say

I’m talking Astrosaurs at the Isle of Wight festival on Feb 20th at 12pm. You know, just in case anyone interested is passing the Isle of Wight that day
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I teach #salsa on Thursdays at Salsa in Aylesbury (counter-intuitively in Aston Clinton). A couple of hours' dancing is the best way to beat writer's block while lifting mood I know!

The cover of "Leap of Eighth", featuring a comic book rendition of the 8th doctor jumping like a phoenix from the flames

#DoctorWho #8thDoctor #PaulMcGann

And to top off #McGannuary...

The book I have written on the history of the (ongoing !) McGann era, "Leap of Eighth", is up for presale through Telos Publishing & due out in May!

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(cover art by Martin Geraghty of #DWM comics fame)

Thank you, Lydia! x

Aw, thank you Jase.

How splendid! I hope they'll find THIEVES TILL WE DIE out there too!

Cheers! Hope we can catch up soon.

Thank you, Una!

Just heard that my latest @barringtonstoke.bsky.social novella got Children's Book of the Week in The Times! Blimey.

490: Catastrophea Under the microscope today is a novel by the godfather of Doctor Who fiction, Mr Terrance Dicks. Today, Catastrophea, his Third Doctor and Jo Past Doctor Adventure for BBC Books, is examined. We're de

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We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.

Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.

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Always good to see new Targets fast approaching… and these three make an excellent set!

Thank you, Pippa! That's a lovely review. The link doesn't work as it contains 'blogspit' rather than 'blogspot' ... but I was able to get round that! :)

I was going to post about my new book coming out today, but then I found out my mum is in the local press! 💟

486 Salvation What's that you say, child? You need to know about Damnation, erm, Salvation? Well, my boy, it's a good job the Power of Four podcast is here, is it not? They're bringing you a look at the creation o

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We travel back to the 60s with the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo - will they find Salvation in New York?

Author Steve Lyons and editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social join us.

#DoctorWho

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Astrosaurs: Mission To Infinity - @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, Tobey Cole & Alex Lopez (pub. @piccadilly-press.bsky.social)

Originally in chapter books in 2005, we’re so happy to see the Astrosaurs back in graphic form! We just know these new adaptations will be as beloved as the original series.

The Sainsbury’s emulation of Spotify Wrapped is going to ignite social media

A gold variant US edition publishes April 28th across the pond.
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The lovely #DoctorWho 1001 Nights in Time & Space book by @paulmagrs.bsky.social and @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is currently a bargain half-price £11 at Foyles, Waterstones and Amazon.

Illegal Alien is a fun early one!

And a merry Christmas to all of you at home!

I’m excited to kick off the New Year with my New You