by Graeme Cumming | Jan 24, 2020 | Events, Literary Festivals |
Last week, I wrote a post about the Read Dating event taking place at Bourne Old Town Hall on 15th February – just over three weeks away. The concept is easy enough. It’s a bit like speed dating, or so I’m told (I’ve never done it, but...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 18, 2020 | Events, Literary Festivals |
Last May I went to the Deepings Literary Festival and had a great day out, some of which I wrote about here. On reflection, I now know I should have had two or three great days out. Maybe next year. There was a specific event there which was promoted as Read Dating....
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 5, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events, Literary Festivals |
A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear. In the post, I explained how I came to have a copy of the book and, in the process, managed to acquire a few others. It has taken a while to get to those others, but I’ve made a start now,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 11, 2019 | Book Reviews, Events, Meetings |
About every 5 months, a gathering occurs in a hotel in Stoke-on-Trent. On the face of it, not the most obvious place in the world to meet, but it seems well connected in terms of roads and rail – and the hotel is just opposite the train station. The people who show...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 28, 2019 | Events, Literary Festivals, Ravens Gathering |
How is it that December is almost here. And that means the nightmare that is Christmas (Bah humbug? Me?). Most readers here won’t be local to me, but for the odd few that are, there’s this going on in Retford next week. It’s a small town, so...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 12, 2019 | Events, Literary Festivals, Writing |
Have you ever noticed that, when you buy a particular car, suddenly there are loads of them on the road? Or you buy an item of clothing, and everyone seems to be wearing it? The reality is that there aren’t more of those cars on the road, nor has that coat or dress...
