Going Beyond the Blurb

This is my round-up of Day Two of the Big Book Weekend! Please bear in mind that I couldn't get round to watching all of the events from each day so this is just a recap of those I did catch but there were so many other amazing events at the festival. If you didn't catch them live, you can head over to  MyVLF.com   and sign up for absolutely free and watch all the events again 😊 Saturday 9th May 2020 Interview with Neil Gaiman Day Two of the Big Book Weekend started off with a HUGE interview with the one and only Neil Gaiman!! I was introduced to Neil's work a couple of years ago by my boyfriend who insisted I watch American Gods and since then I've watched season one twice, I've seen season two, read the book and thanks to said boyfriend, have three more of his books on my bookshelf waiting to be read. So I was really excited to know that Neil was one of the guests at the Big Book Weekend. He was actually there to talk with Sam Weller about ano...

Wow! What a day to kick off the Big Book Weekend! So many great authors to listen to and so many new books now added to my Goodreads/TBR lists.  I couldn't get round to watching all of the events from each day so this is just a recap of those I did catch but there were so many other amazing events at the festival. If you didn't catch them live, you can head over to MyVLF.com   and sign up for absolutely free and watch all the events again 😊 Friday 8th May 2020 Alexander McCall Smith  I started the day by listening to Alexander McCall Smith, presented by  Shoreham Wordfest , talk about his most recent book: The talented Mr Varg and give a reading from the book which was so exciting to hear. I've listened to McCall-Smith talk in person at the Jersey Festival of Words a few years ago and he is such an engaging person. Unfortunately, I have not got round to reading any of his novels over the years however I am very aware of his hit series, The No1. La...

I want to take a moment to shout about this literary event I went to last week. I had the best time. The venue was stunning, the authors were amazing and... what? Oh right...how did I get to an event during a lockdown?! Sorry, I should explain...it was an MYVLF event!  What's MYVLF?! MYVLF (My Virtual Literary Festival) is an online venue that plays host to all sorts of literary events including author panels and interviews with different writers of various genres and the best part of all is that it is free to become a member!!  The site was set up by three local authors here in Jersey (Channel Islands): Deborah Carr, Gwyn Garfield-Bennett and Kelly Clayton.  They realised that there needed to be a space online that would bring readers and writers together in a friendly and accessible way from the comfort of their own home. Have you ever wanted to go to an event but it's been too far away or the ticket prices have been just a bit out of budget? Liv...