ON THE EVE OF WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2013.

Amazing and quite terrifying the way some things have a habit of snowballing out of your control. 

Having been accepted as a giver for WORLD BOOK NIGHT I found myself agreeing to participate in 'something' to mark the event at the college where Husband dearest works ...... not in a million years thinking that that something would be my agreeing to (nervously gulps) give a talk to a group of students about the world of book blogging (See below for my draft copy).

Not the only one to do so there will also be talks from author Tricia Smith (Remember my interviewing her HERE and Hd's review of her novel, Distant Suns, HERE?) about her experiences of writing a novel, as well as presentations about the art of illustration and, the place of comic books/graphic novels plus of course we three 'givers' have 20 books each to give away.  ......

Not that the cover of my book choice, The Knife Of Never Letting Go, which incidentally I'll be reviewing tomorrow, will look anything like the original cover (top left) as this year WBN has had special editions commissioned just for them. What do you think, like the original cover or prefer the special edition (top right)?

I've always loved books, in fact it's a standing joke that I was born with a book in one hand and a Farley's Rusk in the other, so it came as no big surprise that when I started to blog it would mainly be books that I'd write about.

Starting out as a journal in which I reviewed every novel, whether it be good, bad or indifferent, that I read, over the four years I've been blogging Pen and Paper has developed so now I not only post here but also review books for a magazine as well as for publishers such as Random House and up and coming authors who approach me directly. 

Encouraged by Hd and a group of other bloggers who oddly enough weren't book bloggers that blogging was not only a great way to communicate my passion for the written word but also a great way to make friends and, of course, find out about authors and books I sat and wrote my first review and haven't looked back since.

So that now having read and reviewed some 428 books its become a joke amongst our friends that no longer to be found with a Farley's Rusk in my hand I am however likely to be found sitting there a book in one, a mouse in the other.

So, wish me good luck - I've a feeling I might need it.

PS. This week's Media Monday post will be on Wednesday.

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