A hectic time in London and at the London Book Fair 2106
The London Book Fair has once again been and gone and a very busy one it
was too, certainly on the Tuesday when I attended. The aisles were
swarming with humanity as was London itself. I always forget just how
busy London is and how packed with tourists.
The London Book Fair was again held at Olympia where it was also held
last year, before that it was a visit to Earls Court and I have to say
that I much prefer Earls Court as a venue, but sadly that has now closed
as an exhibition centre and is being developed for housing, so
unfortunately we're stuck with Olympia.
The problem with Olympia is that it's almost impossible to find the stands you are seeking. It is a sprawling venue with staircases that seem to lead nowhere and Ladies toilets situated in the strangest of places and always up flights of stairs, with the Gents on the ground floor and some strange split level and zig zag designs of cubicles that defies logic and which must have been designed by someone with a strange sense of humour!
After deciding to head for the London Book Fair by bus rather than the tube (I loathe the underground at even the quietest of times, I hate being underground), I and my husband just missed the number 9 bus and there was a considerable delay waiting for the next one, which made us a little late for my first meeting of the day which was with my publisher, that and actually trying to find the International Rights Centre where they were located increased the stress levels considerably but we made it and as always it was great to catch up with some of the team from Severn House.
It was lovely to hear that many more editions of both the DI Andy Horton
and the Art Marvik crime novels are scheduled for publication including
Large Print format, hardback, ebooks and paperback. The schedule of
when they will be published will be announced on this website, on the
events page here and also checked out the book pages for the individual
titles.
After my meeting with Severn House it was a dash to the English Pen Salon to meet up with my European agent Wampe de Veer of the Blackbird Literary Agency. Following this there were meetings with a top UK audio producer and others in the book trade, a bus back to Trafalgar Square, and a walk through Northumberland Avenue, past the resplendent Sherlock Holmes Pub, a sandwich lunch in Whitehall Gardens in the glorious sunshine then over one of the Millennium Bridges (featured in the forthcoming Art Marvik crime novel, Dangerous Cargo, out May 2016) to Waterloo and home.
It was nice to be in London again but it was even nicer to arrive home, to cross the bridge that spans Langstone and Chichester Harbours on to Hayling Island and to see the sun glinting on the calm blue waters of the wonderful sea in Langstone Harbour.
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Pauline Rowson at Olympia at the London Book Fair 2016 |
The problem with Olympia is that it's almost impossible to find the stands you are seeking. It is a sprawling venue with staircases that seem to lead nowhere and Ladies toilets situated in the strangest of places and always up flights of stairs, with the Gents on the ground floor and some strange split level and zig zag designs of cubicles that defies logic and which must have been designed by someone with a strange sense of humour!
After deciding to head for the London Book Fair by bus rather than the tube (I loathe the underground at even the quietest of times, I hate being underground), I and my husband just missed the number 9 bus and there was a considerable delay waiting for the next one, which made us a little late for my first meeting of the day which was with my publisher, that and actually trying to find the International Rights Centre where they were located increased the stress levels considerably but we made it and as always it was great to catch up with some of the team from Severn House.
Pauline Rowson (centre) with Kate Lyall-Grant left and Michelle Duff right of Severn House Publishers |
After my meeting with Severn House it was a dash to the English Pen Salon to meet up with my European agent Wampe de Veer of the Blackbird Literary Agency. Following this there were meetings with a top UK audio producer and others in the book trade, a bus back to Trafalgar Square, and a walk through Northumberland Avenue, past the resplendent Sherlock Holmes Pub, a sandwich lunch in Whitehall Gardens in the glorious sunshine then over one of the Millennium Bridges (featured in the forthcoming Art Marvik crime novel, Dangerous Cargo, out May 2016) to Waterloo and home.
An Art Marvik Marine Crime Novel |
It was nice to be in London again but it was even nicer to arrive home, to cross the bridge that spans Langstone and Chichester Harbours on to Hayling Island and to see the sun glinting on the calm blue waters of the wonderful sea in Langstone Harbour.
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