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Day of the Undead – UK Festival of Zombie Culture

Had a fantastic day in Leicester on Saturday. The DAY OF THE UNDEAD (now in its twelfth year!) is a day-long zombie movie festival. As well as being an opportunity to hang out with good friends WAYNE SIMMONS and ADAM MILLARD, it was also great to meet other authors (check out LUKE DUFFY’S books), traders and zombie fans.

Highlight of the day for me was without a doubt catching the stunning movie BEFORE DAWN and chatting to DOMINIC BRUNT (well known to UK readers as Paddy from Emmerdale) and JOANNE MITCHELL – the driving forces behind the film (on both sides of the camera). Watch this space for plenty more about BEFORE DAWN in the near future. All I’ll say for now – if you get a chance to see it, see it! Easily the best zombie movie I’ve seen in a long, long time.

Thanks to everyone involved with the festival (particularly the insane and tirelessly enthusiastic ZOMBIE ED) and everyone who came along. A truly phenomenal day.

The 2012 Day of the Undead writer line-up

Above photograph shows (left to right) Adam, Wayne, me and Luke. Picture courtesy of Adam from www.zombieshop.co.uk. To keep up to date with future events from Zombie Ed and his team, sign up for the ZOMBIE TIMES newsletter.

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