I’ve had a couple of days of sleeping late and reading most of the day (I am *so* glad I decided to take this week off work!), so I’m pretty much recovered from the convention now (it wasn’t so much the actual convention events – it was the staying up half the night talking and…
I didn’t pick up nearly as many books at this convention as I did in Sydney, but I still acquired quite a stack: [album 128913 nzbcpile.JPG thumblink] The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling Press Send by John McLaren The Theory of War by…
Breakfast on Monday was a much more relaxed occasion – the sun had finally come out, so we sat outside at the cafe, and enjoyed one last chance to talk to our new friends, and to share a few last books. [album 128913 nzbc30.JPG thumblink] [album 128913 nzbc31.JPG thumblink] We had a few thank-you speeches,…
Bright and early on Sunday morning (ok, so it was 9 am again, but by this stage we’d had so many late nights that 9 felt *very* early), lytteltonwitch picked us up and took us into town, where our bus was waiting for us. We met the driver and his family (who we’d invited along…
The convention started last night, and it’s going wonderfully! Loads of wonderful people, and wonderful books, and wonderful food, and wonderful fun, and we’ve only just started! (I know it’s immodest of me to describe the convention in such glowing terms, but I’m just so happy that it all seems to be working out, and…
Saturday morning was my big responsibility, so I dragged everyone out of bed and onto the bus into town bright and early (ok, at about 9.30) so that we’d be the first to arrive at the assembly point. Of course we weren’t – we spotted the yellow bags of those even more enthusiastic than us…
“Convention Dinner” sounds like such a formal thing, doesn’t it? Not in this case – we’d surveyed a few bookcrossers when we were first planning the convention, and the general consensus was that cheap and cheerful was the way to go, so we booked a meeting room at Christchurch Girls (luckily getting a nice discount…
Lytteltonwitch and Cathietay came round last night, and over a few pizzas we assembled the convention goody bags. Lytteltonwitch was in charge of putting the logos on the calico bags we made a month or so ago, using iron-on transfers she’d printed from her computer (isn’t technology wonderful?), while Cathietay, rarsberry and I made up…
These are the books that ended up in the goody bags (some of which were re-released over the course of the weekend): Alex by Tessa Duder The Worst Day of My Life, So Far by MA Harper The Two Pound Tram by William Newton Death is Relative by Edward O Phillips The Crazy World of…
Despite the late night the night before, none of us could really sleep, so we were all up pretty early Friday morning. After a leisurely breakfast of hot cross buns, and some juggling of the shower rota (we quickly discovered that our hot water cylinder only contains enough hot water for two and a half…