Photos from China Miéville's Embassytown Launch

Massive thanks to everyone who came to the event on Friday 13th. A great many of you braved the horrendous weather and shunned the other lures of Liverpool's Light Night to pack into the events area of Waterstone's Liverpool One and hear sf author China Miéville give a reading from his new novel Embassytown followed by an extensive Q+A in which China answered questions on the nature of genre fiction, the Booker Prize, and of course his own work and plans for the future.

The event was part of the official promotional tour for Embassytown so we have to thank both Waterstone's for adding their weight to our proposal that he come to Liverpool on what is actually a remarkably short tour for a book receiving this kind of press, and to publishers Macmillan for making the decision to go with Liverpool and Twisted Tales as a viable event. I think we proved them right, and here are the photos to prove it:

Spot the Killer Inside You event poster on the window to the right?

Just in case you forget who he is

Reading an extract from Embassytown

Fielding Questions

The books: with spiffy re-issued covers

A great event. Hope you all enjoyed!

Our next event is coming hot on the heels of this one:

Thursday May 19th, "The Killer Inside You": Horror in Crime Fiction. With readings, Q+As and signings from Steve Mosby, Charlie Williams, and John Connolly.

Tickets (costing £2) are still available so come along for another great night of contemporary fiction or book ahead by calling 0151 709 9820.

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Also, recently announced - not an official Twisted Tales event but it could be of interest if you're a China Miéville or science fiction fan. On Friday 17th June author, critic, and academic Adam Roberts will be reading from his work and answering questions on all things sf. If that sounds like an event you can't miss (and I don't blame you) then get in touch with Waterstone's Liverpool One and book your tickets: 0151 709 9820. As ever, tickets are £2.

NEW EVENT: Twisted Tales Hosts China Miéville's Embassytown Book Launch

On Friday 13th Twisted Tales will be turning to the weird as we are proud to be able to announce that we will be hosting a launch evening for China Miéville's latest novel Embassytown.

Miéville is one of the greatest talents working in speculative fiction today. If you doubt his horror credentials for a Twisted Tales event we can only insist you pay attention not simply to his debut novel, King Rat, and its nominations for both the International Horror Award and Bram Stoker Award, but also to the horrific slake-moths, twisted "Remade", and otherworldly Weaver, in the essential read Perdido Street Station, plus the squid worshipping apocalyptic cultists in his most recent paperback Kraken.

The new novel, Embassytown, is being billed as a science fiction novel, however given Miéville's reputation for adding a unique, and usually weird, twist to more familiar ideas, it's bound to be compulsive reading for any fans of the unusual.

Indeed at least one review has referred to it as being written with "disturbing and stylistic flair" remarking that it "combines planetary science-fiction with colonial novel, lingual exploration with zombie apocalypse." If that's not worth clearing your diary for, what is?!

Tickets for the event will be £2, this will be redeemable off any of his books bought on the night. Over the course of the evening he'll be reading from his work, answering questions, and signing books.

To book tickets, or for more information, call 0151 709 98 20.

You can read the first few pages of Embassytown and learn more about the author on his publisher's website where you can also see the brilliant new covers for all of his back catalogue which are being re-released to coincide with this launch, as well as find a simply superb A to Z of Miéville.

Embassytown Book Launch

Waterstone’s Liverpool One

6-8pm, Friday May 13th

Tickets £2

Official Facebook event here.