The kindness of creative people to each other

My stand at this year’s book fair.Autour du Livre Saturday 17th September

It is crazy of me to go to this Book Fair because I write in English and it’s impossible to sell my books after all everyone else who visits and participates, reads, writes and buys French books. All the same I’ve been going for a number of years now – since 2017 when I had only written two books – The Shaping of Water and The Tin Heart Gold Mine. I think this may be my fifth time and, given the gap caused by the Covid lockdown, that represents a long commitment, both from me and those who organise it and who, over time, have been friendly and supportive of me.