[HPFGU-OTChatter] Something Unrelated to Harry Potter (Jasper Fforde)

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- KathyK <zanelupin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> My friend and I hopped a train to New York City
> today to see Jasper
> Fforde at Partners & Crime book store.  He spoke a
> bit about writing
> in general, writing the newest Thursday Next novel,
> and took questions
> from the audience before signing books.
> 
> I just wanted to share because I think he is
> brilliant and wonderful.  I 
> sometimes forget (usually in being caught up with
> Harry Potter) how much 
> I love his novels. I highly recommend them.  He is
> also as entertaining 
> and clever in person as you would expect him to be
> in reading his books.  
> If you live anywhere near those places he's
> visiting, I strongly 
> recommend going to see him.  
> http://www.jasperfforde.com/appearances.html
> 
> I am completely torn between re-reading Deathly
> Hallows and reading
> this new Thursday Next.  I cannot handle two
> obsessions at once!
> 
> KathyK, who nearly didn't go because it was rainy
> today but is extremely 
> glad she did
> 
Sheryll:

I'm glad you went, too, and came back to tell us all
about it. I'm a Fforde fan as well, having just
finished *The Big Over Easy*. Not one of the Thursday
Next series but just as much fun.

Thanks for the link to future appearances. Generally
those don't include anything near me, but a glance at
this shows a fall visit to our literary festival! Yay!
Now to make sure I've got the day off (as soon as we
have a concrete date). :D

Sheryll


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