The sessions I attended included The Morning Read which featured Carrie Tiffany, Uzodinma Iweala, Sefi Atta, Honey Brown, A Fine Romance with Stephanie Laurens, Rachel Treasure and Su Dharmapala. John Boyne in conversation and then a Twelfth Planet Press event in the evening!
I have read both Carrie Tiffany and Uzodinma Iweala before, but walked out thinking I really need to read them again. Honey Brown and Sefi Atta are both new to me, and I do think I will read them eventually, particularly Sefi Atta as I do find Nigerian writers very interesting to read.
While I do have some notes to write up for the other session, I am not going to be doing that tonight. Instead I am watching the second part of Howzat! which is a mini series about the early days of World Series Cricket. Then it will be bed and time for work on Monday again.
In the mean time here are my current and next reads.
Currently Reading
The Angel by Tiffany Reisz, The Mirrored World by Debra Dean and Faithful Place by Tana French
Next Reading
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan, History of Love by Nicole Krauss or The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
What a fun thing to do! I actually (briefly) toyed with idea of going to Edinburgh for the big book festival there, if only to drool on Patrick Ness' shoes. Of course, the budget didn't allow for it, but how great to have a writers fest right there in your town. Hope you had a great time!!
ReplyDeleteIt would be cool to get to Edinburgh one day! We are very lucky because Melbourne is a UNESCO City of Literature so there is often a lot of bookish goodness going on!
ReplyDeleteALL of those author names sound great to me, and I don't even know what they write :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd what a beautiful graphic for the event!
we can make human hair wigs, handmade wefts, machine wefts ,other wefts, all kinds of tips,clips hair extensions, all kinds of human hair extensions,hair bulk, hair weave, fusion hair(U-tips human hair, I-tips human hair, Keratin hair/Pre-bonded hair/Pretipped hair....), microrings, closures, frontals with any lengths, textures, colors, styles, and size. You can also send us your favorite pictures that you like your orders to be made like, we can style them as the pictures.
ReplyDeletevia our blog: http://www.wholesalewigsonline.com/blog/
We don't have many bookish events in our city, and that's why I would love to live where you are. So far, we only have one, and I am hoping that as the years increase, so do our events. It sounds like you had a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great event Marg, I hope to go to the SWF next year
ReplyDeleteI love book events. Isn't it fun when you get to hear a writer whose books you've read? I always feel like I get a bit of "inside" information :)
ReplyDeleteHope you are enjoying the Tana French book.
big festival
ReplyDeletebig festival
ReplyDeletebig festival
ReplyDeleteNice post, thanks for sharing,
ReplyDelete