Cathy Cade and I recently attended an event at Huntingdon’s, Niche Comics Bookshop as part of the celebrations for Independent Bookshop week. I wasn’t intending to buy any books so of course I came away with two.
The Bookshop is a seventeenth building with all the quirkiness and eccentricities of something that old, the low height of the doorway into the garden is a particular problem for unwary people taller than about four foot eight.
It was in the garden that we were introduced to Rosie Andrews launching her new book The Puzzle Wood. Rosie had started life in Liverpool a child in a very large family, the third of twelve children. After she graduated from Cambridge University with a history degree, Rosie became an English teacher. Her first book The Leviathan was a best seller.
During the question and answer session Rosie mentioned that she had been a member of a writing group near St Ives, it was there she met local author Alison Bruce, a smashing lady not only connected to Niche Comics but also someone I have met on several occasions.
With wine, tea and homemade cakes on offer, not to mention cracking deals on books it was a really wonderful evening. Thank you Angela, Adam and Guy.
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Posted by Cathy Cade on June 29, 2024 at 3:28 pm
A very pleasant evening. The weather was kind to us too.
Posted by Jacqui Murray on July 3, 2024 at 2:02 pm
Quirkily intriguing! Sadly, I’m across the Pond.
Posted by fenlandphil on August 5, 2024 at 7:47 pm
It is a smashing little bookshop the building is at least seventeenth century. It was good to meet another author, one with local connections.
Posted by Ana Daksina on August 5, 2024 at 7:36 pm
Great pic, even though you’re as thin as a read…
Posted by fenlandphil on August 5, 2024 at 7:45 pm
I didn’t feature in any of the pictures, Ana, I am not very thin.
Posted by Ana Daksina on August 5, 2024 at 8:05 pm
Oops!!! Oh, gosh. Careless caption perusal…
Boy, is my face read!
Posted by fenlandphil on August 5, 2024 at 9:17 pm
Don’t worry, no offence taken.
Posted by Ana Daksina on August 6, 2024 at 1:15 am
… And none given! … Oh, wait… 🤔