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