Silvercon Strikes Back!

Yes, we've decided to do it again. (Hurrah!)

We're going to celebrate our silver wedding yet again.  We're also celebrating Richard's birthday a couple of days early, and offering my husband and sons a chance to buy me a very belated present for my October birthday (see my user info page...).

We are therefore inviting anyone who would like to come along to come and join us for a long weekend of gaming and generally hanging out with a mixture of interesting people.  Food will all be provided by us.  (If you have a specialised diet, you may need to being some stuff)

The dates are 28-31 May.  The venue is our house in Dorset (just ask, if you don't know the address)

The nearest station is Poole.  There's a bus service from Poole to close to our house.  (Number 3, runs twice an hour, get off at 'Corfe Mullen Library', more details of navigating to/from bus stop available on request.)

There will be LOTS of board games and card games to play.

There's an inflatable double bed which goes to the first couple to ask for it. After that, it's bring a sleeping bag (we have a few spare, ask if you need one)

If you're a regular reader of this journal, then consider yourself invited.

Let me know if you want to come, so that we have an idea of numbers.  We seem to average 10-15 people.

The unexpected risk of programming...

It's an interesting task sorting out the programme for Odyssey.  It takes up several hours of my life each day, but that's not the biggest hazard.

It's the writers.  I get regular emails from writers who want to be on programme.  So, I chat to them to find out what kind of panels they'd be good on, take a peek at their books (to see if they're by well-known publishers), and sometimes take a look at their blogs to see what kind of people they're like and how they express themselves.

And they're such an interesting bunch of people!

If I'm not careful, I'm going to leave Odyssey with enough new books to keep me going for the next six years!

I've just scheduled a generic autograph session for Saturday in the middle of the day, and I think there's going to be a lot of people there...

BTW, I could use a volunteer to oversee the autograph session, just to make sure there's enough tables, and to run for snacks if there's any writers who have a long queue and need a drink or something to eat.  Anyone fancy this?  (The bad news is that it's up against Ben Goldacre and the Hay Lecture on Geoengineering...)