Lesbian Author Reading UK–2012

Announcing Date for the 3rd Annual Bold Strokes UK Author Fest!

Save the date: August 4th and 5th at Waterstones Nottingham.

The Saturday night after party will be at The New Foresters, with brunch on Sunday once again provided by Starbucks.

If you would like copies of the posters, or a few of the postcards to help us spread the word (or something in email format) give me a shout–I’ll gladly send some over!

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This year’s 2nd annual Bold Strokes Books Author Bash, July 23-24th 2011, was amazing.

Authors Jane Fletcher, Rebecca Buck, Justine Saracen, Gill McKnight, Cari Hunter, I Beacham, Lesley Davis and editor Stacia Seamen took the stage to read from their books and answer questions from the audience.

The romance and world building panels were done in front of more than fifty people who had come from all over the UK, from Scotland, Wales, Spain and Norway. It was a diverse and wonderful crowd, and I’ve never been so impressed by a crowd’s questions and responses. There’s nothing like running a panel and really getting audience feedback.

On Saturday two thirds of the audience joined us at The Lord Roberts for drinks and a chat, and although the room left something to be desired, the atmosphere was great and everyone had a lot of fun. Dinner and a few drinks at another pub finished out an amazing day.

On Sunday, Starbucks provided coffee and biscuits, and although that ran a bit late, it was so worth the wait. People dug in before we started the talk on publishing. Again, the room was more full than not, and it was a great feeling. The authors were wonderfully candid about their experiences, and it was good to talk to people in the audience who had such great questions.

We then walked to The New Foresters for lunch provided by owner Debbie, and got to have another laugh and chat in the lovely beer garden. I got to talk to lots of people who had questions about publishing, and although we were all quite tired by the end of the day, it ended the weekend perfectly.

Here are some pics of the event. I hope you plan on joining us next year. And if you did attend, I’d love to hear from you!

: LGBTQ Author Reading Promotional Flyer

1st Annual Bold Strokes Books Author Bash, 2010

Waterstones BSB UK Reading 2010

The author reading event in Nottingham went exceptionally well. We had a good turnout, even given the date change, and many of the women went to the bar after to have a chat and drink with the authors. Books were signed, stories told, laughs ensued. Most excellent.

Waterstones has said they would like to continue to work with us, and will gladly do another one next year, so keep an eye here for future details!

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Please join us for this exciting event–six EU authors from Bold Strokes Books will be doing a reading at Waterstones Book Store in Market Square, Nottingham, July 29 at 6:30pm. Contact me if you have any questions!