After being involved with live blogging the Discworld Convention a few times, this year it's my turn to follow the action from afar.[1] The comms team have started up a tumblr at dwcon.tumblr.com to which anyone with an e-mail address can submit content for consideration. It's a nice idea to try tumblr and I look forward to seeing what turns up ( Read more... )

The Discworld Convention's blog is still going and has just had bunch of new articles added to it ( Read more... )

Disadvantages of not arriving at the hotel on Thursday: missing the membership bag stuffing.

Advantages of not arriving at the hotel on Thursday: missing the membership bag stuffing.

Apparently, this convivial event was missing bags for a while. How glad am I not to be organising that this time? :-)

Going now, see you on the other side!

The popularity of Twitter should make a nice addition to the Discworld Convention this time round. The #dwcon tag is starting to gather up steam, catching a number of people who are either about to leave or are still panicking over their packing.

Further, the Chronicle Live has just been spruced up by the decorators. My name's on the list of ( Read more... )

A case of extra life these last few months meant that I didn't have time to look forward to the Discworld Convention. But then it was announced that Stephen Baxter was coming as a last minute guest. He and Terry are collaborating on a hard SF series, The Long Earth and instead of waiting until February to talk about it, we get to hear the details ( Read more... )

Up and down Charing Cross Road I trudged. Foyles hoped to have it by the end of the day, Borders was kinda blank and Blackwells checked their order but couldn't swear to an arrival date. Waterstone's near Tottenham Court Road has been closed since works started on Crossrail. It was getting towards the end of lunch, without lunch ( Read more... )

There seems to be a bit of confusion over when Terry Pratchett's latest Discworld novel will be available. Basically, people in the UK should check their bookshops today and not wait 'til 8 October.

Apparently, there's such a thing as an "on sale" date and a "publication" date. (See Definitions for the Perplexed, American source but mostly ( Read more... )

...and I am bringing:

• My home-made Werewolf cards
• A newbie-oriented activity
• Bastognekoeken (akin to speculaas, next best thing since stroopwafels.)
• One half of Ops

There'll be no juggling workshops this time, so no juggling kit. I'd say it was a weight off my mind and shoulders but I'm bringing two laptops instead. Which I do not intend to juggle ( Read more... )

My friends the Stroopwafel Fiend (d'origine anglaise) and the Lamprey Queen (d'origine portugaise) are moving to London. They're not the first of the Paris Tea Circle to move to the UK, but they will be the first in London, which makes me extra happy. Though I should say "has moved" in the case of the Lamprey Queen because she went to her lovely ( Read more... )

Recent ads for hayfever remedies reminded me that I needed to wash the dust mites out of the duvets and also that it was high time to replace my pillow. So I went to the John Lewis department store where I learned something new about pillows from the nice, helpful man there. To wit, standard English pillows are longer than Continental pillows. I ( Read more... )