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[bookzombie]

Other than my whinging the other day, things are okay at the moment. I took Friday off work and as well as a certain amount of sitting in the garden with a glass of wine and a good book, I cleaned most of the windows, inside and out. I know that may not seem very exciting to anyone else but you have no idea how long it's been since it was last done. I keep looking out of the windows and admiring how clear it all is...

This weekend has been pleasantly quiet - haircut yesterday, takeaway in the evening, some more housework and slobbing in the garden today. I'm making the most of it as things are likely to get busy in the next few weeks. Next weekend we are going to see Propeller (the all-male Shakespeare company we've seen a number of times before) at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. It's either 'A Comedy of Errors' or 'Richard III', can't remember which. And whichever we are not seeing next Saturday we are going to see on Good Friday.

In between I've got auditions. It's a concert of music from mainly fairly modern shows and I'm auditioning 'Razzle Dazzle' from Chicago and 'Stars' from Les Mis. Two very different styles of song!

Then on the Saturday of Easter weekend we are heading up to Newcastle to stay with desperance  for a few days, which we are really looking forward to!

As you will gather from this we are not going to Eastercon this year. We've made the last four or five in a row and as we weren't greatly excited by the subject matter or location this year we decided to take a year off.

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[desperance.livejournal.com]

the Watermill theatre in Newbury

I saw Pinter's "The Caretaker" there, when I was a teen. Loved the space, loved the production.

[bookzombie.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely theatre. For those who don't know it it's a wooden stage built in the round.

It strikes me that it must be a scary place to perform: there's absolutely no-where to hide - no shadows, no backdrop, nothing.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

I assume you know about

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I assume you know about <a href="http://www.keelrowbookshop.co.uk/"Keel Row</a>

I've yet to get to <a href="http://www.blackflamebooks.co.uk/>Black Flame Books</a>

How can you skip Eastercon when there's SEX!

Experts to discuss sex in science fiction at Birmingham's Illustrious Easter event.

Apr 10 2011

ORGANISERS of a big science fiction convention in Birmingham are hot under the collar ... about SEX.

A panel of experts will discuss the hot topic during the Illustrious event at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel.

Under the banner ‘Sex and Sensawunda’ delegates will examine the way sex is shown in sci-fi novels.

“There is plenty of bad sex in science fiction and there’s plenty of titillation for men and women alike,” say organisers.

“But over and above all that, there is a lot of thoughtful fiction about sex and what we humans do about it.

“Our panel will take a look at how science fiction uses sex to give us a sense of wonder.”

The event runs at the NEC site hotel from April 22 to 25.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

We can go to Keel Row! It is the bookshop of my friend Anthony! And there are pubs close by, and walks along the seafront, and friends to go to the pub with, and and and...

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Tyneside Sunday market - nothing in Land of Green Ginger anymore, alas.

Bay Books and Records seems to open randomly.

Ditto for Olivers

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Squeaks with excitement!

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Black Flame has closed as a bookshop, I see. Good job I didn't go wandering in search of it.