What does a gal do when invited to spend an afternoon talking about books?
She says YES!
A quick e-mail on Friday evening had me heading to London on Saturday, to meet up with a group of bloggers and authors, and talk about books for an afternoon, who couldn’t resist?
We met in the @Canal125 Bar, Restaurant- overlooking the Regent’s Canal in Islington near Kings Cross, London (Bizarrely just a little further up the road from the Bloggers Bash venue back in June for those readers who met there)
The idea is to meet up with a selection of authors and bloggers at an Author/Blogger Shenanigans
Event organisers; Kim Nash @kimthebookworm and Holly Martin @hollymartin00 run these events alternating between London and Birmingham.
Here’s a little gallery of pictures thanks to Chris and Susan for the photos
So who else was there? My chance to name drop with abandon…
Anne Williams @Williams13Anne blogging at Being Anne
Book reviewer Rebecca from @Ifonlyread blogging at If only I could read Faster
Book reviewer Karen @karendennise blogging from My Reading Corner
Author Annie Lyons @1AnnieLyons more from Annie here
Author Jessica Norrie @Jessica_norrie Facebook link here
Book reviewer Laura from @lozzabookcorner blogging at Lozza’s book corner
Author Fiona Wilson @FWilsonAuthor Facebook link here
Book reviewer Susan @Susanhampson57 blogging at Books from Dusk till Dawn
Book reviewer Joanne @jocatrobertson blogging at My Chestnut Reading Tree
Book reviewer Dawn @crooksonbooks blogging at Crooks On Books
Author Jan Brigden @JanBrigden Romaniacs link here
Author Sue Fortin @suefortin1 more about Sue here
Author Jan Ellis @JanEllis_writer more about Jan here
Book reviewer Rachel @Gilbster1000 blogging at Rachel’s Random Reads
Author Barbara Copperthwait @BCopperthwait more about Barbara here
Author TA Williams @TAWilliamsBooks more about TA here
Author Abigail Osborne @Abigail_Arthur more about Abigail here
Book reviewer Neats @lilac_hippo blogging at The Haphazardous Hippo
Author Christina Philippou @CPhilippou123 more about Chris here
Author Steven Hayward @stevieboyh more abut Steven here
Book reviewer Linda @LindaHill50Hill blogging at Linda’s Book Bag
Author Eva Holland @HollandEva more about Eva here
Apologies to anyone I missed. Do yell and I’ll add you in.
Rosie Amber 
What a great gathering 🙂
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I’m so glad you went – I love these events so much. I normally attend the Birmingham one but wish I could have made this London bash. Great photos!
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Sounds great fun
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These meet ups are such a great idea. I’ll get to one one of these days!
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This sounds fun! 😃
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It was Simon, definitely worth stepping out from behind the computer for a good bit of networking.
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It’s good to leave the screen behind!
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It was so great to meet you Rosie, and thank you for the mention. One of the loveliest afternoons out I’ve had in a long time 😊
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Thanks Anne, think I could have stayed chatting to you all afternoon, so much more to be said, thank you for the warm welcome.
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The feeling’s mutual Rosie – let’s do it again, eh? x
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Certainly! I’ll get Neats and Chris to keep me informed about dates etc as the facebook group stuff is complicated for me.
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Excellent stuff! Recognise some of them from the Twitter pics – Linda Hill looks exactly the same on this photo!!!!!
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Very photogenic gal then!
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It was a lovely event and great to meet you, Rosie 🙂 X
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Thanks Jan, sorry if I chewed your ear off talking, I get a bit passionate about books.
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That sounds wonderful! So sad you’re not on this side of the pond. Thanks for sharing, Rosie.
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Oh I have the enthusiasm to come, just need a little help with the material aspects he he! So one day….
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Great idea! 🙂
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Great idea. Sounds so much fun.
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It was Christine and with a good mix of book reviewers and authors look out for more if you are interested. Next one is in Birmingham on October 29th.
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Wish I could have been there!
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Sounds fantastic! Glad you could go… 🙂
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