To be honest, while I had seen Coraline and Stardust, I had never heard of him... But I agreed to accompany her to his reading of his latest children book 'Fortunately, the milk' anyway. And it was great! Maybe I should read more children books - I loved the random and bonkers story. And it made me want to go home and write my own crazy story.
The event took place at Central Hall Westminster - opposite Westminster Abbey and an amazing and beautiful venue. Neil had invited a number of guests for the warm up as well as to assist with reading his story and his wife made a special appearance and performed a song on her ukulele at the end. I have to admit that I didn't know any of the special guests... (turns out that one of them was Lenny Henry - who I do know! But he looked so slim and young from our faraway seats on the balcony!) And I could have done without the warm up intro, but I did really enjoy the rest of it. And it was very sweet when he told how his wife had surprised him by returning early from the USA. Isn't love lovely?
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| Cover, signed copy and special bookmark |
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| The Great Hall at Central Hall Westminster |
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