This was held in Hinckley to celebrate the publication of Sue Philips’ “The Waldorf Street Paradox” by Rainfall Books and although we were due to go on holiday the next day (how do we manage to plan that each time?), Alison & I drove up for the afternoon.
We met David Price in the bar and then Sarah Crabtree and her family arrived. Her husband and children went off and the four of us wandered into the main room and got a table. Whilst Alison and Sarah had a good chat, I did some mingling and met up with Steve Redwood and D (from Whispers Of Wickedness), Martin Roberts and his partner, Helen (Martin is very taken with the “Strange Tales” image and chose our prize in the raffle, which was a framed and autographed print of the head image) and had a good chat with Paul Kane, who is taking on some projects for the BFS. In the bar, I met John Ford and we got talking about Conjure, which he really liked. Apparently, he took half of it on holiday with him, thinking he wouldn’t get to read much and whipped through what he had (his partner, Lynne, told me that he kept saying “this is brilliant, this is brilliant”). This is good news for me and I hope he decides to take it (though he kept calling it a novel).
We left about six, before the event swung into the evening. It was a shame to leave so early, but we had a good time and it was great to see everyone again.
We met David Price in the bar and then Sarah Crabtree and her family arrived. Her husband and children went off and the four of us wandered into the main room and got a table. Whilst Alison and Sarah had a good chat, I did some mingling and met up with Steve Redwood and D (from Whispers Of Wickedness), Martin Roberts and his partner, Helen (Martin is very taken with the “Strange Tales” image and chose our prize in the raffle, which was a framed and autographed print of the head image) and had a good chat with Paul Kane, who is taking on some projects for the BFS. In the bar, I met John Ford and we got talking about Conjure, which he really liked. Apparently, he took half of it on holiday with him, thinking he wouldn’t get to read much and whipped through what he had (his partner, Lynne, told me that he kept saying “this is brilliant, this is brilliant”). This is good news for me and I hope he decides to take it (though he kept calling it a novel).
We left about six, before the event swung into the evening. It was a shame to leave so early, but we had a good time and it was great to see everyone again.
Steve Redwood, D, David Price, John B Ford, me, unknown, unknown, Lynne (John's partner), unknown to end of standing
seated - Alison, Paul Kane, Martin Roberts, Sue Philips, Helen Hopley, Marie O'Regan, unknown to end of line
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