James Davidge at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, Aug. 25 - 28

James Davidge will be exhibiting at table A97 in the Artists' Alley of Fan Expo Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and will be a guest on the following author panels:

Thursday, 7 pm, Aug. 25 - Paranormal Potpourri - Room 715B
Friday, Noon, Aug. 26 - When Worlds Collide - Room 715B

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

James Davidge and Bob Prodor will be exhibiting their graphic novels (including their new bestseller Thirteen Minutes) at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo on June 17 - 19.

Come by their table in the small press section and mention this blog posting (password: Mathemagick) to get a free comic!

Tariq Malik is Spoken INK’s Guest Author for April

• Join us for an insightful and thought-provoking glimpse into the past as author Tariq Malik reads from his recently published novel Chanting Denied Shores on Tuesday, April 19th at La Fontana Caffe, 101-3701 East Hastings St., Burnaby. Start time is 7:30 p.m. This month’s reading also features a slide presentation.


• Born and educated in Pakistan, Tariq Malik began his professional life by working/slaving for twenty years in Kuwait, employed as an industrial chemist, before emigrating to Canada in 1995. He now lives in Vancouver with his wife, and can be found hunched over a laptop when he is not out hiking or at work.


• Published by Calgary’s Bayeux Arts in November 2010, Chanting Denied Shores is a first novel set on the North American west coast during the pre-war period of 1914–1921, and the events surrounding the arrival of the Komagata Maru - a watershed incident largely forgotten outside the South Asian community. Rainsongs of Kotli (2004) a collection of loosely linked novella-length stories short stories was Tariq’s first book. Author website: http://www.tariqmalik.net/


• Spoken INK is a reading series presented by the Burnaby Writers' Society on the third Tuesday of each month (except July and August). For more information, visit http://www.burnabywritersnews.blogspot.com/ or contact bwscafe@gmail.com.

Thirteen Minutes Edmonton Launch!

Thirteen Minutes - The new graphic novel by James Davidge and Bob Prodor (The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware) will be launched in Edmonton at the following events:

Saturday, March 19
2 pm - 4 pm
Greenwoods Bookshoppe
Davidge and Prodor will be on hand to do sketches, sign books and discuss their process.

Sunday, March 20
James and Bob, as well as Jesse Davidge (Mathemagick & Mystiphysics), will be at the Edmonton Collectible Toy and Comic Show

Spring and Summer Events!

March 27 - The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware launch in Edmonton, AB at Happy Harbor Comics. Writer and artist in attendance.

March 28 - James Davidge and Bob Prodor will be exhibiting at the Edmonton Collectible Toy and Comic Show and appearing there on a panel about independent comic creation.

April 10 - James Davidge is launching Driftwood's War at the Owl's Nest Bookstore, Calgary.

April 17 - James Davidge will be a guest author at the Calgary Young Writer's Conference

2:00 pm May 15 - James Davidge will appear at the Monkeyshines Bookstore in Calgary to launch Mathemagick & Mystiphysics.

Sunday, May 30 - 11 am to 5 pm Vancouver Comicon - Jesse Davidge is a special guest and will be promoting Mathemagick & Mystiphysics. http://www.vancouvercomiccon.com/

July 24 - James Davidge and Bob Prodor will be featured in the Glenbow Museum's "Conversation with an artist" series as part of Historic Calgary Week.

James Davidge Prairie Tour

July 27 - James will appear at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon.

July 28 - James will appear at Chapters in Regina from 2 - 3 pm and then lead a writing workshop at the Regina Downtown Library at 7 pm.

July 29 - James will appear at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg.

August 29 - Vancouver Comix & Stories Comicon - Jesse Davidge will be a guest

Driftwood Book Launch on December 5!

On December 5, 2009 at 2:00 pm, James Davidge will be at the Owl's Nest Book Store (815A 49th Avenue SW) in Calgary to do a reading and signing to celebrate the release of Driftwood & the Necessary Forest, the penultimate volume in the Driftwood Saga.

Kayaking to Save the Albatross

Bayeux Arts is thrillied to announce that it will publish the personal account of Hayley Shephard's "Kayaking to Save the Albatross" expedition to South Georgia. Learn more of her continuing journey at
http://hayleyshephard.blogspot.com/ .