Tomorrow morning I will stumble bleary-eyed onto the milk train and head north for the start of three days at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.My Tuesday evening event with fellow
Edge author Sara Grant kicks off at the
RBS Imagination Lab
at
6:30.
A double act to rival Morecambe & Wise?
French & Saunders? Wallace & Gromit?
As well as talking about our books –
15 Days Without a Head
and
Dark Parties
– we'll be attempting a bit of live story generation with help from the audience and … well, you'll find out if you're there. (Those who can't make it will have to wait for the video.) We're calling this Author Improvisation, or – How to set yourself up to fail majestically in front of a room full of people … I'll let you know how it goes.
Then on Thursday morning, I'm looking forward to a trip to Haddington to do some writing with students from
Knox Academy, as part of the
festival schools outreach programme.
Should be a fun few days – hope to see some of you there.
Don't forget, both
15 Days Without a Head
and
Dark Parties
have been nominated for the
Anobii First Book Award at this year's festival.
See what else is on the list and cast your vote here
. Thanks.
Tickets for the Tuesday evening event can be purchased here
.
Published on August 20, 2012 11:03