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I’m out and about this February.

I’m a guest at Dundee Comic Con on Saturday 5 February. Pop in and have a chat. I’ll have all my books on sale. Location is Bonar Hall and the time is 10am-4pm.

Tickets available here:

https://www.bigglasgowcomicpage.com/product/dundee-comic-con-bgcp-comic-con/

The live event ‘A Guide to Getting Started with Jim Alexander and Seamus Connolly’ is part of the Paisley Book Festival. Date is Tuesday 22^nd February and time is 6pm. Location is Paisley Central Library, 15 Mill Street. Some promotional material to follow, but I’m looking forward to sitting down with Seamus for a right good natter.

Tickets available here:

https://paisleybookfest.com/programme/a-guide-to-getting-started-with-jim-alexander-and-seamus-connolly/

Join this conversation about kick starting your career as a writer with two local authors who’ve done just that. Jim Alexander’s background is in comic creation, having written for DC, Marvel and Dark Horse amongst others. Having recently turned his hand to fiction, Jim’s third novel, Good Cop, has just been released. Born and raised in Paisley, Seamus Connolly finally found time to pen his debut novel, Black is the Colour, during lockdown, whilst continuing to work full time at Glasgow City Council. He’s been thrilled by the reception his book has had, and joins Jim on stage to share his experience.

Hope to see you at one or the other (or maybe even both)!

I’ll be in Edinburgh on Sunday as part of the Cymera Roxy Takeover. I’ll be there all day (10am-5pm) with a table at the Dealer’s Hall. Come on by if you fancy a chat.   

Venue: Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9SU. You can read more about the event here:

https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/roxy-takeover

I’ll actually be venturing past the back door in November. I have a table in the Creators Hall at the Cymera Festival all day Sunday 28 Nov at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh. If you’re around, why not drop by and have a natter. I’ll have copies of my new novel Good Cop, alongside GoodCopBadCop and the Light. Plus Graphic Novels Gabriel and Wolf Country. Full details here:
https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/roxy-takeover

A new review of Good Cop is in and it’s another beauty. Reviewer David Higgins describes the book hence:”Overall, I enjoyed this novel greatly. I recommend it to readers seeking a gritty crime thriller that doesn’t shy away from the mental and physical unpleasantness of human immorality.”  So now you know. You can read the full review here:
https://davidjhiggins.wordpress.com/2021/10/15/good-cop-by-jim-alexander/

I did a promotional piece for Good Cop for Teddy Jamieson and the Herald online. Also, I list five Graphic Novels that you might not have heard of, but you should have. (If  you’re interested these are 1.A History of Violence 2.Bad Company 3.Halo Jones 4.The O Men 5.Chief O’Brien At Work.) You can read the whole article here:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19650084.best-graphic-novels-havent-heard/

I have to say it is something of a relief to be able to talk about a new book. I’m delighted to announce that Good Cop is scheduled for release sometime in the second half of the year (October probably). Not only that, it’s the follow-up to my novel GoodCopBadCop.

In Good Cop, Detective Inspector Brian Fisher seeks to put the past behind him, and free himself for once and for all of his ‘Bad Cop’ persona. But that part of him refuses to go down; not without a fight.

To mark the occasion, I’m delighted to say we are offering the first two novels GoodCopBadCop and the Light for £15 the pair postage free.

The offer is for a limited time only on Etsy. See the following link:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1045977904

As part of the Cymera Festival held online, I read from my novel the Light. I did the reading at the Walled Garden in King’s Park in Glasgow. King’s Park is my favourite park in Glasgow, brimming with all types of stunning flora and trees so tall they give you a sore neck when you try to look all the way to the top of them.

The Cymera technical team (Ann and Sandy) did the recording. Everything was Covid-compliant, and it being Glasgow in May we also had a few rain showers to contend with. All in all, I did about seven takes, although one of them was definitely my fault as I realised mid-way through the reading my reading glasses were still hoisted up on my forehead. I’d never done anything like it. It was a tremendous experience.

The reading itself is from Chapter 3 of the book and is about five minutes long. It’s now up on YouTube. You can check it out in all its glory by following the link:

the Light’ explores a world where you wake up and know this is the day you die. How would such a world shape the way we think, our views on each other and society, how we conduct our personal and financial affairs; how we live and how we will die? There are definite parallels with the world we’re living in now.

It’s available on Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/793031489

And Amazon:

And almost everywhere else online.

This online event on 5^th June (this Saturday) at 12.15pm includes a Brave New Words reading of my novel ‘the Light’ from yours truly. It’s part of the Cymera Festival for lovers of horror, fantasy and science fiction everywhere.

https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2021-digital-events/alex-pheby-and-shona-kinsella

The reading is a recording from a week or so ago and took place in the Walled Garden in King’s Park in Glasgow. I think we did about 7 or 8 takes in all. Before you leap to any conclusions, the weather was mostly to blame. It was raining – in Glasgow – in May – a shocker, who could have predicted it! A great couple of hours, though (the actual reading is about 4 mins long). Many thanks to production gurus Ann and Sandy for making the experience so enjoyable.

GoodCopBadCop the novel is available in Mobi/Kindle, ePUB & PDF formats. You can (digitally) grab yourself a copy from the Planet Jimbot shop online on Etsy:

Buy GoodCopBadCop on digital here

You can buy GoodCopBadCop on digital on Etsy for £3.59. (For those outside the UK, it will be the currency equivalent). We’ll also throw in a copy of the original award-winning comic of the same name, which we’ll send direct to your email address.

GoodCopBadCop is a crime novel with a twist. It is a modern crime take on Jekyll and Hyde where both ‘good cop’ and ‘bad cop’ are the same person. This is not a story about a good man turned bad, or a bad man turned good.  Both good and bad arrived at the same time.

If you fancy picking up my novel the Light in digital, then check out the Planet Jimbot shop on Etsy. The digital book is on sale for £3.59 in Mobi/Kindle, ePUB & PDF formats.

The book is available here:

Order the Light on digital

the Light’ explores a world where you wake up and know this is the day you die. How would such a world shape the way we think, our views on each other and society, how we conduct our personal and financial affairs; how we live and how we will die? There are definite parallels with the world we’re living in now, even though it was published in November 2019.

We’ll also throw in a copy of Savant#1 in PDF form, which we’ll send direct to your email address. The comic was originally published by Planet Jimbot and then picked up by Dark Horse, where it appeared in Dark Horse Presents.

Savant introduces Lode from the planet Savant, having gone walkabout around the universe, she chooses to chronicle the lives of the dying.  As a result, she seeks out war zones.  She is not a harbinger of death; but it is death nevertheless that draws her like a moth to a flame. Her travels bring her to Hubris, a planet ripped apart by war.  There, she is recruited by local government forces to help hunt down a war criminal.  It is a journey that will take her to the mouth of madness.  The End of Days itself.

Described by BigComicPage as a ‘single genius concept’, with a ‘beautifully measured writing style’ and ‘stunning visual style’.

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You can read the BCP review here:

Ceej Says… Savant #1 review

Buy GoodCopBadCop on Etsy and we’ll throw in a copy of Gabriel graphic novel for free.

Order GoodCopBadCop on Etsy

Gabriel is a true story set in an alternative Scotland. Written by Jim Alexander (GoodCopBadCop) and drawn by David Hill (Luther: Echoes of the Hammer) & Mick Trimble (Bloodfellas). Graphic novel. A world where God and the Devil – angels and demons – are an everyday reality. The concept of faith is no longer needed. Presently, a demon wreaks terrible and sickening havoc through the streets and tenements of Glasgow, but for Stewart Gabriel, this isn’t the highest priority. He has personal demons to contend with of his own.

Mike Perkins is a comics artist currently doing wonderful things on Swamp Thing Future State, published by DC Comics. A wee while ago we worked together on a book called Amongst the Stars and for February, we’re giving away the book free with the purchase of my novel the Light on Etsy. There aren’t many copies of Amongst the Stars left so when it’s gone it’s gone.

the Light’ explores a world where you wake up and know this is the day you die. How would such a world shape the way we think, our views on each other and society, how we conduct our personal and financial affairs; how we live and how we will die? There are definite parallels with the world we’re living in now, even though it was published in November 2019.

Order the Light on Etsy by clicking here

As for Amongst the Stars:

Aliens have nightmares! Us! An alien race travels the Universe using their collective consciousness to search for evidence of sentient life. Then they discover the Regressive planet, our planet, and alien minds are trapped in human minds. The aliens try to desperately engineer an escape, while the humans are blissfully unaware of this most subtle of alien invasions. Or are they?

Trippy sci-fi at its trippiest, written by Jim Alexander with art by Mike Perkins (Swamp Thing Future State). Nominated for Best Graphic Novel 2015 by SICBA.

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