I was at the Edinburgh book festival yesterday where I had two events. Apparently, the excerpts I had chosen to read were very short (-: but brilliant nevertheless (-:(-:
I had always wanted to do Edinburgh so it was wonderful to be invited and to my utter, utter surprise, tro have a sold out event and to have people I did not know, had not bribed, come up to me to tell me they absolutely loved my, MY novel. It is a humbling but uplifting affair . It validates my work and giives me the strength to continue treading this path.
I met the amazing Patrick Neate. He is a brilliant writer; a grounded man; a wonderful conversationalist and I am so honoured bto have met him. He even bought a copy of On Black Sisters' Street and had me sign it for him!!!!