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On Adaptation
Adapting is not a matter of reformatting. Adaptation is re-imagination. When you’re reading prose, the incidents may run as vividly in your head as when you’re watching a movie, but don’t let that mislead you into thinking that there can’t be that much difference between them. Back in 1997, Pumpkin Books published the full text…
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Horrocks, Capaldi, and the Rain That Never Fell
The first time that he saw her was across the parking lot of a motorway service area. It was about a quarter to midnight, and it had been raining. He could see that she was tired and cold and that she’d probably been on her feet for some time. She didn’t look much more than…
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Doctor Who at 60
As part of the 60th Anniversary celebrations The Guardian is running a series of soundbite interviews with people closely associated with the show throughout its long run. My anecdote’s in there, in the first group of a dozen. I gave a little more than was needed… I could say it was to give flexibility in…
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A To-Do List
Busy, busy
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Scarred for Life
The Scarred for Life project began as a series of (two) hefty volumes surveying “the dark, scary pop culture of the 70s and 80s”. Then it became an online presence, and now it’s a podcast series in which a weekly guest brings along three traumatising memories from their childhoods to share with host Andy Bush…
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Bluedot Festival at Jodrell Bank, 20-23rd July 2023
Bluedot festival is on 20-23 July and plays host to some of the biggest names in science, comedy and music. This year it’ll be headlined by Grace Jones, Roisin Murphy, Pavement, Leftfield and a special Thursday Opening Concert with Max Richter and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire” On Sunday…
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Trailer: The Peculiar Book Club
On Thursday, July 13th at 7pm EST (that’s midnight in the UK, so it’s lucky I’m a nightbird) I’ll be dropping in for a live-streamed chat with Brandy Schillace and The Peculiar Book Club. Regular membership and all past YouTube shows are free. While some of the club’s events are for VIP subscribers only, this…
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Northern Crime
Four novels, four linked stories in a shared Northern landscape, playing variations on a theme of flawed good versus complex evil. Though it was never my intention, some were inclined to read it as a deliberate move to leave my horror/fantasy roots behind and claim a piece of the mainstream. It wasn’t, but no matter.…
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The WGA Strike and the UK Writer
Last week I heard a story of an American producer looking to recruit a European writer to work on their project, taking care to disguise its origins but betrayed by their email address. Duh. On this International Day of Solidarity, here’s a blog post that I wrote back in November 2007 during the last WGA…
Hauling Like A Brooligan
Stephen Gallagher
