My fellow Eboracum Roman Festival Writers!

Hello!

The day is almost here. Since I'll be heading down to York in about 36 hours, I'm getting the case out ready to pack up everything I think I'll need for the Eboracum Roman Festival. Not having been before, it's going to be a pure guess as to how many books are reasonable to take. Since I have a healthy stock sitting ready in my cupboards for my normal Craft Fairs, I have a bit of a dilemma. Take too few and I'll be annoyed if I could sell more. Too many? Shouldn't be such a problem since I'm now going by car. I'll be hoping for a refund on my return train ticket but whether one transpires, or not, will be for another day. 

I’m incredibly excited about joining some super-special writers who write Roman related fiction and non-fiction. The  Tempest Anderson Hall, York Museum, is the venue for the following authors, many of whom I've heard of though I've met none of them in person. I've read some of their novels already but browsing their stock will be a pleasure I look forward to! 

Assuming they can make their way to York by some means other than the trains, which are definitely on strike, I look forward to meeting these lovely people!  

Click on the link to find out more about them.

 Simon J. Turney

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simon-Turney/e/B07P6X628F

Ruth Downie

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ruth-Downie/e/B001JP8EN0

Alex Gough

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alex-Gough/e/B001JRVJTO

Paul Chrystal

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Chrystal/e/B004YG5MTA/

Jane Finnis

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jane-Finnis/e/B0034NATE2

Clive Ashman

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clive-Ashman/e/B0034Q1A1U

Edwin Pace

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edwin-Pace/e/B0025L2BZ4

Alison Morton

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alison-Morton/e/B007JZ1XRS/

Roll on Friday 24th June when I set off for York with my lovely daughter who is accompanying me, keeping me right, and ensuring I don't get lost along the way! 

Slàinte!

Eboracum beckons!

Monday Matters!

I'm delighted to announce today that my plans are gearing up for the Eboracum Roman Festival, June 25/26th 2022.  

I'm very much looking forward to being there this year with other fantastic authors who write in the Roman Era. I was first booked for the Eboracum Roman Festival in 2020 but, very disappointingly, it was cancelled due to Coronavirus restrictions. 

This year of 2022, approximately 9 authors will be holding book signings, book sales and probably impromptu history lessons in part of the Yorkshire Museum. We will be ensconced in the Tempest Anderson Hall near the reenactment marquees, which sounds like an ideal location.

We hope the author enclave will be very busy during the two days of the festival. If you happen to be in York that weekend, then please do visit our area and have a natter, browse what's on offer, and get your Roman era reading all sorted for months ahead. 

The one drawback to my plans for York is that a nation-wide train strike is planned for three days straddling the Eboracum Roman Festival dates. I have train tickets (booked in early May) but it looks more and more like I will - instead - be driving down to York from Aberdeenshire. Most of the other authors will also need to change travel plans to attend the festival, as will many of the tourists who are planning to be in York that weekend. 

More details of my fellow Eboracum Festival authors to follow this week. 

Happy Reading.

Slàinte!