Last Night's Do
Posted by:
Auntysassy (---.webport.bt.net)
Date: July 01, 2003 07:50AM
Well, we crowded into the back of the King's Head near the Angel - the pub part was quite big but the tiny wee theatre bit at the back was very ....well.....tiny. I suppose there were around 50-60 people crammed in - Carla and I got front seats (a bench actually) as true groupies should, although why Carla would want to sit with someone who looked like she'd stepped straight out of the worst fashion shoot of 1985 (circa) I'll never know! But my SpecOps badge looked good.
Jasper came on, we clapped, he talked, we laughed, he talked a bit more, we continued to laugh, he read, he went off on tangents, we laughed, we asked questions, he answered, he went off on tangents, we laughed and clapped - basically that's how it went.
An excellent talker - very enthusisatic and extremely amusing. That's Jasper I'm on about of course.
I think Foyles did good trade last night - there was a very long queue for signings. Goes without saying I was first and got my book signed to 'Aunty Sassy.' There was recognition (or panic - couldn't decide which) in his eyes when I introduced myself. He had these really cunning stamps for the books - mine was stamped that it was a Grammasite Zero-Tolerance Zone. Brilliant!
You're all in for a great evening wherever you go to see him on his tour if last night is anything to go by.
Carla and I quite liked the fact that we were the only ones from the Forum (that we knew of) there last night - made it a bit exclusive. Poor thing was in the middle of packing to move but still made it - good luck today Carla - though I doubt you'll have time to find your computer never mind read the Forum!
And no, Jasper doesn't know who Big Martin is either!