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Upcoming Appearance in Burlington, Ontario at Indigo Brant on April 13

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Upcoming Appearance!

THE WAR BENEATH by TSJ

I will be at INDIGO BRANT this Saturday, April 13 signing THE WAR BENEATH and giving away free swag.

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Store: Indigo Brant
Location: 1250 Brant Street, Burlington, Ontario
Date/Time: Saturday April 13 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

If you live in the Burlington area in Southern Ontario, come visit to chat about Science Fiction and Thrillers in general. I’d love to sign a copy of THE WAR BENEATH for you. I will be giving free swag away as well!

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The War Beneath by Timothy S. Johnston Now Available in Hardcover!

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The War Beneath by Timothy S. Johnston Now Available in Hardcover!

Now Available in Hardcover!

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New Interview with TSJ about The War Beneath! Win Swag!

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New Interview with TSJ about The War Beneath!  Win Swag!

Over at The Qwillery today you can find an interview with me on my thought process and the planning that went into writing THE WAR BENEATH, including a discussion of one of the novel’s major themes: Fathers and Sons. We also spoke about my process and why I enjoy writing books set in hostile (dangerous) environments!

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Upcoming Appearance at Indigo Cambridge on Saturday March 30!

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Upcoming Appearance!

I will be at INDIGO CAMBRIDGE this Saturday March 30 signing The War Beneath.

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John Carpenter’s Contribution to Speculative and Science Fiction Film

 

This week, speculative fiction blog Aurelia Leo published an article I wrote on legendary SF director John Carpenter.  Over the decades I’ve searched out any property I could find that Carpenter has directed.  Find my thoughts on many of his SF films at the link, including THEY LIVE, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THE THING, and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.

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TSJ’s “My Favorite Things Related to the Oceans”

 

Over at Speculative Chic they’ve posted an article I wrote about the Science Fiction books and movies that I love most featuring the oceans. They helped inspire me to write THE WAR BENEATH.  Some of them are novels from the tail end of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

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THE WAR BENEATH by TSJ — Shortlisted for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Award

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THE WAR BENEATH by TSJ — Shortlisted for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Award

A quick announcement regarding the new thriller. I posted on my social media on 8 December that THE WAR BENEATH had been shortlisted for the 2018 CLUE Award for Suspense/Thriller/Crime Novel. Recently I also found out that the book has reached the shortlist for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Award and is now also a CLUE semi-finalist. Both are competitions called the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) organized by Chanticleer Book Reviews.

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TSJ at Forty-Eight

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Forty-Eight

I wrote about turning forty-seven here. My thoughts remain the same. I was born at the best possible time. I loved the decades I’ve experienced — the films, the music, the television, pop culture, and the explosion of technology. I’ve witnessed the birth of the personal computer, the internet, the ease of information acquisition and now this time of instant gratification. It’s a period that we could only have imagined just a short time ago.

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The Inaugural Timothy S. Johnston Future Writer Award

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On Thursday 4 October I presented the inaugural TSJ Future Writer Award during the commencement ceremony for the Class of 2018 at London South Collegiate Institute in the Thames Valley District School Board.

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Radio Interview with TSJ on Writing Thrillers, Managing a Busy Life, STAR WARS, and THE WAR BENEATH

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Radio Interview with TSJ on 106.9 THE X’s Your Life, Your Way with Host Gail Barker

TSJ and Gail Barker, 8 August 2018

On 8 August I participated in the radio show YOUR LIFE, YOUR WAY at local radio station 106.9 THE X. The topics of conversation ranged from managing a busy life while also writing thrillers to my new underwater adventure THE WAR BENEATH. Gail Barker and I also discussed

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