MONTMORILLON BOOK FAIR AND RUTH HARTLEY'S 'THE SHAPING OF WATER'

  www.ruthhartley.com Ruth, with her novel 'The Shaping of Water' outside The Glass Key in Montmorillon 
 http://glasskey.wordpress.com/A wonderful second-hand bookshop and antique shop specialising in antique fabrics.The Glass Key is run by James and Patsy Fraser who do an internet order service.There are wonderful books to browse through and to buy. James and Patsy are very helpful and knowledgeable.
 Lunch with James, Patsy and the other boutique owners during the book fair.
 http://www.citedelecrit.fr/evenements-expos/le-salon-du-livre/The book fair and discussions by writers. All French of course!
 Montmorillon is a beautiful town between Limoges and Poitiers.
 http://www.citedelecrit.fr/ 

 I didn't sell any of my books but gained a great deal of knowledge by meeting and talking to other writers about writing and selling novels. John and I had a very pleasant weekend indeed.It is lovely to be back home again and once again working away on my next novel. From the Glass Key I bought and read 'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink. A really good novel. Highly recommendedhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader?ac=1I much enjoyed Dashiel Hammet's 'The Glass Key'https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30007.The_Glass_Key?ac=1Also a book of poetry by Adrienne Rich The Will to Change' https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81704.Adrienne_Rich_s_Poetry_and_Prose?ac=1and as research for my novel  - 'George Grosz' 'Les annees de Berlin' http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grosz