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Black Widow launch events
I will be launching the new Jack Parlabane thriller with three Scottish events in January:
Edinburgh 19 January at The Caves, in association with Blackwells
Inverness 20 January at The Ironworks, in association with Waterstones
Glasgow 21 January at Sloans Ballroom, in association with Waterstones
All events are at 7:00pm, with early access for Times readers. Details here: http://www.mytimesplus.co.uk/events/an-evening-with-chris-brookmyre
Book Week Scotland Events
Tuesday 24th November
Dunoon Library 7pm
Wednesday 25th November
Ellon Academy 7pm
Thursday 26th November
Aberdeen Central Library, 6.30pm
Bedlam the videogame out this week
RedBedlam in association with Vision Games Publishing, today announced that the genre-defying FPS game, Bedlam, is launching for current-gen consoles and PC. The game, with a script by acclaimed author Christopher Brookmyre adapted from his best-selling science-fiction novel of the same name, has released for PlayStation®4, PC, and OSX with the version for Xbox One, the all in one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, arriving on Xbox Game Store on Friday, October 16th. All versions are priced at £14.99 in the UK.
“As a lifelong gamer, Bedlam is the love-letter to gaming I’ve always wanted to write, and the team at RedBedlam have done an astonishing job bringing my ‘gameverse’ to life” said Christopher Brookmyre. “It’s a great feeling to know that gamers can now explore the world of Bedlam via a totally different medium.”
RedBedlam also released a brand-new launch trailer which showcases the innovative retro-gaming inspired action players can expect to experience first-hand in the game.
In Bedlam, players take on the role of Heather Quinn (aka Athena), a programmer at medical scanning developer Neurosphere, who finds herself transported into the world of Starfire: a nineties FPS she remembers from her teen years. Searching for an explanation and a way home, she ventures beyond Starfire to discover a vast realm of interconnected game worlds documenting the evolution of the FPS genre and of video games in general. As Athena, players move through numerous game settings while battling against a digital conspiracy that seeks to destroy the game worlds and their characters. A fast-paced and authentically unique FPS, Bedlam serves up a dizzying variety of genres from fantasy RPGs to classic 2D arcade games to WWII shooters in an innovative journey through gaming nostalgia.
For the latest on Bedlam, visit the game’s official website at http://www.bedlamthegame.com.
Upcoming events
Wigtown Book Festival
Tuesday, September 29th, 4:30, County Buildings Main Hall
New Lanark Book Festival
Thursday October 1st, 7:30, River Room
Islay Book Festival
Saturday October 3rd, 11:30, Port Ellen Primary School
Sunday October 4th (Crime panel event), 3:30, Port Ellen Primary School
North Lanarkshire Encounters Festival
Monday October 5th, 7:00, Coatbridge Library
Cheltenham Literary Festival
Tuesday October 6th, 9:00 pm, Town Hall Drawing Room. With Mark Billingham.
Wednesday October 7th, 1:45, The Ink Pot. Panel event with Charles Cumming and Tammy Cohen
Thursday October 8th, 6:30, The Salon. Chairing SJ Watson.
Edinburgh Book Festival – Monday August 31
I will be appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Monday August 31st at 8:15pm in the Baillie Gifford Main Theatre. I will be providing a sneak preview of the new Parlabane book, Black Widow.