it's a date

[Tulip Quilt, pattern in The Gentle Art of Quilt-Making. My photo, taken at the photohsoot location. A welcome burst of spring colour.]

I shall be at the Persephone Open Day (a little more information here) on Thursday 15th December. This is a lovely informal event, with people milling around the shop, mulling over book purchases, and enjoying the free mince pies, mulled wine, and book gift-wrapping on offer on the day. I'll be there for the whole day, from 10 to 8, and will be bringing books to sell (Quilting, Knitting and, I hope, copies of two of my children's books), as well as home-made madeleines to share. You'll find me not wearing a red carnation and carrying a copy of The Times, but sitting, hand-quilting, and no doubt talking a lot.

Do come if you can. It would be lovely to see you. If nothing else, you can get a copy of the wonderful Greenbanks wrapped in fuchsia-pink tissue paper to give away as a present (although I recommend you buy a second, unwrapped copy for yourself. As the book opens on Christmas Day and draws you into the family story in the same way that the family is drawn to the warm fireside in the novel, it's the perfect holiday reading.)