I'm baaaaaack

The Great Entangled Book Tour is over.

I visited ten schools.
I met some incredible librarians and teachers and lots of brilliant students.
I drank approximately twenty gallons of water, four gallons of tea and one gallon of gin. (Just kidding about the gin... honest.)
I ate one spectacular cupcake (thank you, Library Mice!).
I was given a plant and a card and a folder full of picture books written by students (thank you, Queens Park Community School!).
I signed copies of ENTANGLED, exercise books and scraps of paper.
I apologized for my rubbish handwriting many, many times.
I laughed a lot.
I nearly cried (once).

And now it's over. And I kind of miss it (apart from the crazy early mornings). Thanks to all the librarians and teachers and students for being so lovely and not throwing things at me. And thanks to Niamh at Quercus for being awesome. (Please bear in mind that she had to listen to my spiel over and over and over again. A fate worse than... something quite bad.)

Now onto the next challenge: The Great House Move of February 2011. It's going to be epic.

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YES! The spectacular boy band responsible for this little number back in the year 2000. I like to think that this video proves the old adage that BOY BANDS ARE BETTER WHEN WET.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, I went to visit a couple of schools on Wednesday with a couple of lovely ladies from Scottish Book Trust. I am now a bit ill. (Not saying that the two are connected... just sayin'.) I went to St Augustine's RC High School in Edinburgh and Dunfermline High School (in Dunfermline, obviously). If you head here, you can check out some pics.

So the whole day was a total blast. The students were lovely and welcoming and asked brilliant (and sometimes downright hilarious) questions. I got to have a chocolate brownie at lunchtime, which is always a bonus. And I think I may have overcome my school phobia. Perhaps this helped...

And this...

And here's a close-up on the bunting. BUNTING! With my face on it! St. Augustine's has made a friend for life here.

I'd like to say a big fat thank you to Scottish Book Trust and to both schools. The day was approximately 253% better than I could have ever imagined. THANK YOU!