It’s official: I’m going to be International Guest of Honour at UnCONventional in Auckland next year. I’ve been wanting to go to the New Zealand convention for years, but in recent years the dates clashed with Aussie cons, publicity trips or, this year, the European Tour. Now I will be going as a guest – [...]
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Spoilt for Choice: Aus/NZ Events 2012
I know, I know, it’s only August, but since I don’t plan to make any big overseas trips next year, I decided to look at what’s on the local sf/f event calendar in 2012. It’s quite a list: Perth, Apr 5-9: Swancon 37: Doom-Con Melbourne, Apr 13-15: Supanova Gold Coast, Apr 20-22: Supanova Sydney, May [...]
Authors on Panels: My Two Cents
One of the things I like about Twitter is how, by following people with professions or interests similar to my own, I’ll see links to websites that are more likely to interest me. The down side to this what I call the Latest Uproar on Twitter, where someone says or does something and suddenly all [...]
My Tour in Germany
We caught the train from Paris to Germany, which was nice and relaxing. Well… until the end of the journey when we discovered Paul’s camera and some lenses had been stolen from his bag in the overhead storage shelf. The frustrating thing, other than losing the camera of course, is that I remember seeing a [...]
But Wait… There’s More!
The Tour didn’t take me from France straight away. We still had one more event to attend… A mini bus and train ride took us back to Paris, where we settled into a nice little hotel to rest and freshen up ready for one last event in France: a party at the office of Bragelonne, [...]
Imaginales, Part 2
The next item on my schedule was signing, so I settled in at my table at the Bulle de Livre. Soon I was signing lots of books, helped along by my lovely translator, Anneïg. Anneïg and I quickly formed a good method of working together, thanks to what I learned from working with Piotr in [...]
Imaginales, Part 1
After a couple of days resting and sightseeing in London, we embarked upon the next stage of The Tour – the Imaginales fantasy literary festival in Epinal, France. We caught the Eurostar train to Paris, where we were met by Leslie from my French publisher, Bragelonne, and Lora, my French agent. Soon after we were [...]
Imaginales!
We’ve posted a few boxes of gifts and souvenirs home, repacked our bags, rested and explored London for a few days, and now we’re setting off to France for Imaginales.
Second Week of UK Events
When we got to Heathrow on Tuesday there was a car waiting to take us to Guildford. We spent the afternoon drinking tea and coffee, and recharging our batteries in preparation for the night’s event at Waterstones Guildford. A big crowd turned up: I signed for over 71 people. It was a wonderful night, overseen [...]
Poland
Next on the big Tour was Poland, and we had an amazing, wonderful time there and now really want to go back. We flew into Warsaw on Saturday and were greeted by my assistant for the weekend, Kasia, holding a big bag of Polish chocolate, a huge bunch of gorgeous red roses, and my schedule. [...]
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