All the Castle books are now available as e-books in a variety of formats.

They are widely available, including from the following stores: Amazon if you’re a Kindle reader, Ebooks.com which has .pdf's, Mobipocket, Palm, Fictionwise.com, and Powell's.

Shiny new paperbacks of The Modern World have finally shipped and are available from all good book retailers, including Amazon.

There's also a new review: Keith Brooke in The Guardian says 'Swainston's world is impressively complete, a setting that is richly detailed and gritty.' You can read the full review here.

I am the guest writer at the next BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) meeting on Wednesday 22nd August in London. I will be reading from The Modern World and John Berlyne (of SFRevu fame) will be interviewing me.

The event is at: The Star Tavern, 6 Belgrave Mews West, London, SW1X 8HT

These events are usually good fun and you'll have plenty of chance to chat to me after the interview finishes. Entrance is free and all welcome. So, if you're in the area, please come along!

Meet downstairs from 5:30, upstairs from 6, interview starts around 7pm.

For those who can't make it, I am hoping to be make an .mp4 (video) of the interview available on this site after the event.

A quick reminder that I will be signing copies of The Modern World and the other Castle books at Waterstones in Piccadilly tomorrow (Thursday, June 7th), 5:30pm to 7:00pm.

Also at the scene will be Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Robert Holdstock, Steven Savile, organiser Chris Dolley, Andrew Dennis, Eric Brown, John Lambshead and David Devereux.

This will be Europe’s largest signing event in Europe’s largest book shop (eight and a half miles of shelves), so do come along. I’ll see you there!