Chester Literature Festival

by Caroline Smailes on August 19, 2009

banners_literatureIt’s official, I’m on the Chester Literature Festival website and those with a keen eye will have seen the widget-thingie (I have such way with words!) in my sidebar.

The event, which is me talking about my publishing experiences and reading from my writing and probably telling everyone there all my secrets, is on  October 13 2009, from 1-2pm at Oddfellows (20 Lower Bridge St, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1RS) and it costs £5. BUT, and this is the fabulous bit, that price includes cake and tea.

So it’ll be me, chatting and reading and cake eating and mainly really hoping that someone turns up (eek!). Tickets can be bought HERE (book early to avoid disappointment) (did that make me sound really important?) and full details of the Chester Literature Festival can be found HERE.

{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Clare Dudman August 19, 2009 at 5:48 pm

Best of luck, Caroline – I’m sure the place will be heaving!

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2 Deanna August 19, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Wish I could be there! Eat some cake for me. I would love to come, but the Atlantic Ocean is kind of in the way. Good luck, don’t be too nervous. :)

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3 Caroline Smailes August 19, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Clare Dudman – eek, I’ll be happy if it isn’t just me, on my own, eating cake. OMG, can you imagine?

Deanna – aww thank you for giving me permission to eat extra cake. Hooray! :)

xxx

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4 Debs carr August 19, 2009 at 11:33 pm

Sounds fab. I wish I lived closer and could go.

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5 Nik Jones August 20, 2009 at 9:47 am

Wow – is that a weekendy day :) or a weeky day :(

I think I might try and come. I met some lovely lads on the train last time, they got me all nice and drunk and took pity on me for being a Newcastle fan…

Combine that with cake (oh, and you of course) and we’ve got a winner

x

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6 Carol August 20, 2009 at 10:36 am

Ooohh, we might try and come up for that!! Will have a chat with Chris :-)

(Whether we make it or not, I know that you will be fab!!)

C x

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7 Lily Sheehan August 20, 2009 at 1:21 pm

I would have gone to that (free cake and writing secrets!!) but I will be visiting my mum and sis in Cyprus. I’ll have to wait to hear all about it on here tho :) Good luck with it and il be sure to stick the widget on my blog in case I attract any one who is partial to expert advice and free cake!!

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8 Caroline Smailes August 20, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Debs carr – I wish you lived closer too.

Nik Jones – weekday :( you could throw a sickie and hitch hike down, like the rebel that you wish you could be…

Carol – would be fab to meet up again and Chester is so pretty…

Lily Sheehan – thanks that’d be very lovely of you x

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9 megan August 23, 2009 at 10:40 am

Fabulous – wish I could be there. I’m sure you’ll be dazzling! (even with cake crumbs round your chops)

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10 Caroline Smailes August 23, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Don’t be saying things like that!!! :) x

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11 helen parker August 23, 2009 at 8:22 pm

Just got the email re Chester Lit Fest and since I do actually live in Chester….and I LOVE cake and writing and your blog and Oddfellows (no excuse is there?) See you there!!

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12 Caroline Smailes August 24, 2009 at 10:46 am

Have fabulous! Can’t wait to meet you (and eat cake!) x

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