Two New Events at Waterstones Piccadilly
Or: Keeping My Hand In
First up, we have a Pokémon day over half term! Join us on Tuesday 27th May from 11am to 6pm to catch ‘em all, and enjoy:
· Games and card swaps
· Quizzes and activities
· Find the hidden Pokémon trail
· Sweeties, freebies and giveaways
This event is open to kids and adults, so do bring your cards and enjoy!
All Pokémon and people were born because they have a part in the world - Ash Ketchum
And second, I’m delighted to say that Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith are coming in, on Saturday 20th September from 1 – 2pm, to sign Who Killed Nessie?
Paul is the award-winning writer of such graphic novels as I Walk With Monsters, Saucer Country and The Witches of World War 2. He's also written for Doctor Who and co-hosts the podcast Telefantasy Time Jump.
Rachael is an award-winning illustrator and writer best known for making comics that deal with mental health issues with warm, relatable humour, such as Wired Up Wrong, Quarantine Comix, and NAP COMIX. She has created work for The New Yorker, Image, Titan, and Mad Cave, among others.
And, after a huge crowdfunding success, Who Killed Nessie? is a comedy cryptozoological whodunnit about finding confidence through rationality and accepting a world of mysteries… by solving one.
It’s Lindsay Grockle’s first day as the manager of the Lakeview Hotel. Her boss has handed her the keys and departed for vacation. And then the convention attendees start showing up, each more peculiar than the last.
Lindsay’s a confirmed sceptic, and the Convention guests are cryptids from all round the world. Not only that, but one of them has murdered the Loch Ness Monster. And it’s up to Lindsay to solve the case!
Do come along and say hello, grab your copy of the book. please note, though, that if you have a lot of stuff, we may ask you to get two items signed, and then wait until the end. That way, everyone gets a chance to meet Paul and Rachael!
Neither event needs a ticket, and both are free to attend.
Reading: I’m on holiday, so have returned to one of the favourite places of my youth, to the Forgotten Realms Underdark. Returning twenty-plus years later to Menzobarranzan (both within the narrative and without) is proving genuinely enjoyable, something of a blanket against the current darkness (no pun). The titles aren’t going to win the Booker any time soon, but they’re easy to read and good, rompy D&D fun.
Watching: the first series of Picard, which I didn’t really get, the previous time I watched it. This time, though, I’m appreciating its slower pace and the fantastic, magnetic horror of the Borg Reclamation Project. Good to see old faces reappearing (particularly Hugh), and loving the step away from Star Fleet protocol.
Playing: Sniper Elite, and having some fun with Karl Fairburne. Very much ‘generic hard arse first person shooter dude’ but also starting to think he’s not quite right in the head.
All that growling to himself and too long alone, y’know?