Thursday, April 20, 2006

Rhiwbina Event and Hay-on-Wye Festival

Yesterday afternoon, three of our writers read a five minute snippet of their respective stories in the lovely Victoria Fearn Gallery, Rhiwbina.

A jolly crowd of non-rabble turned up to watch Ruth Joseph, Shelagh Middlehurst and Jo Verity read from Tea-Dance at the Waldorf Astoria, Sex with Leonard Cohen and Think Like a Bee.

Here's a nice photo of them.

In other news, we've just been confirmed for an appearance at the Hay-on-Wye festival. This'll mean a 15 minute slot in which to perform super feats of reading, and us whizzing around with The Books. More news/updates on this closer to the date (26th May - 4th June.)

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

UPDATE

The skip is still in custody.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Miscreant Skippery

Further to our last post, in which it was revealed that a gruff man outside was attacking the floor with a stupidly large implement of steel, today we can reveal that a new folly has beset our vision.

There is now - and there is little much in the way of explaining otherwise - a big yellow skip in a fenced enclosure. Said incarcerated skip is doing nothing but sitting there, with some pipes in it, and two men keep playing with the fence. I suppose it is a little bit like a miniature Belmarsh for naughty skips. It's also unnervingly close to our front door. If there are monsters in the skip intent on stealing us after departure for respective trains then we will simply have to fight them with sharpened Leaf Books.

Otherwise, we have seen two dogs wrapped in flourescent coats, an unnecessary amount of rain, six cars moving and nine cars remaining sedentary.

We are not moving until the ground-bashing water abates.

We are somewhat cold.

And slightly peckish.

Writing for Children competition winners should be announced soon.

'Yeah, by the end of the month,' says Sam.

Matt nods.