RARE18 London in Pictures

#RARE18London #RARE18 You were AWESOME!!
Despite having nearly having to cancel going due to the cold which seems to be doing the rounds I dragged my butt to RARE and I'm SO glad I went!!

More of my pics from the event will be on my Pinterest Events board & Instagram account but here are a few of my favs from the day and after party.

Fangirl moments (even though in a complete blogger fail I forgot to tell Sam Towle my name and to ask for a picture):

Lots of bookish swag, goodies and fun in the RARE after party Photobooth:

I'm looking forward the next one...

I'm Off to Get My RARE On!

#RARE18London I'm headed your way... 

I'm looking forward to buying lots of lovely books, meeting some fab authors, bloggers and fellow book worms and of course looking at all the pretty goodies!

To look at all my pics from the event then head over to my Pinterest Events board & my Instagram account.

Are you headed to RARE this weekend?!

YALC Bound

YALC and London Film & Comic Con I'm headed your way dressed as the TARDIS... 

I'm looking forward to buying lots of lovely books and of course looking at all the pretty cosplay costumes!

To look at all my pics from the event then head over to my Pinterest Events board & my Instagram account.

Are you headed to YALC & London Film and Comic Con this weekend?!

RARE18 London Calling

So who joined in with the epic stress-fest that was trying to get tickets to RARE18London this weekend?

I managed to get my tickets pretty quickly and avoided (touch wood) the PayPal issues.

So I'll see you all in London next year for the big event!!!

RARE18 LONDON'S CALLING

#RARE18

#RARE18London

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February 24, 2018

London Olympia

Thanks to the team at RARE for the graphics!

Author lists may change!

2000 Blog Post Winner Winner

Thanks for all the entries - there were a lot of them so I've decided to pick two winners!

The first winner gets the swag pack advertised (see Prize Pack 1 image) and the runner-up wins the second pack which is full of bookish tasters and samplers and goodies (see Prize Pack 2 image)!!

Prize Pack 1 - winner is:
Patricia A

Prize Pack 2 - winner is:
Kelly H

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The winners have 3 days to reply to winner notification emails before I redraw.

Giveaway T&C's:

I cannot be held accountable for winners & prizes - I am not responsible for missing prizes & anything lost in transit or any damage. Prizes are sent by standard mail (signed for and tracking is extremely expensive & I'd rather offer more prizes than pay more for postage) and will not be replaced (but proof of postage is gained) . I check all entries before giving out prizes to make sure your entry is still valid. I'm sorry kiddies but you need to be 18 or older to enter, or have a parent enter for your (or have recognised parental permission) as some of the books are for adults. I have purchased or been given these prizes for giveaway purposes & the giveaway is not linked to the publisher, author, company, or any social media unless stated otherwise. You use any product at your own risk & I will not accept responsibility for any reaction you may have to products. If you're not legally allowed to enter then your entry is void. Incomplete entries or giveaway only accounts are also void!! If you don't agree to these conditions please do not enter.

Essex Author Extravaganza in Pictures

I had a fab time at Essex Author Extravaganza 2016 last weekend and want to say a HUGE thanks to all the authors, organisers, readers, bloggers who helped make it such a fab weekend & of course to the lovely Shannon for organising the event. 

It can be a bit weird going to these events alone but I had a blast and thanks to everybody who adopted me for the weekend.
I know you don't want to look at the 100s of pics I took at the event and party (yes there were that many) but here are a few of my fav's...

Only at a romance book event would you get these lollies...

Lots of lovely authors & cover models!

She made me do it...

Check out just some of the book & swag haul from the event. Lots of this will be featuring in GIVEAWAYS coming very soon (once I've organised it all)...

For more info on #EAE2016 head here!

Other pics from the event can be found on my Facebook, Twitter & Instagram pages!!

YA December is coming...!!!

Hi lovelies,
If anybody wants to be involved in my YA themed December posts let me know. 
I'm going to be looking at favourite past, present & future YA books - there will of course be giveaways and plenty of BBFs!!!
Zx

Coming Soon - KISS KILL LOVE HIM STILL

Who murdered Jackson Landis?

Follow the CLUEs in the Kiss Kill Love Him Still by Jamie Blair and Dawn Rae Miller  scavenger hunt coming Nov 4th-10th!

In the meantime find out more here!

Hosted by the lovely teams at: 
Release the Kraken & The Fantastic Flying Book Club

My Crazy and Fab Saturday at YALC & LFCC

I had a crazy, busy, extremely random and completely awesome time at YALC and London Film & Comic Con on Saturday. 
It was my first time at the event and as you can probably imagine I got extremely overexcited and snap-happy. I spent the majority of my day in the Young Adult Lit Con section but found the time to head into the main LFCC floors. 

The queues:
When I came out of the station I wasn't expecting the already HUGE queues outside the Olympia (I was there by 8am), but thankfully the #YALC line was a lot shorter. Once the doors opened for early entry at 9am it didn't take long to get inside. Plus there are always lots of people to chat to whilst you're waiting (Katniss, Moaning Myrtle and the Avengers were all very friendly).

I went into the 'talk area' early (thanks to Helen for showing be around) and managed to get front row seats for the Young Authors talk, and for the #Shadowhunters talk with Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees-Brennan. Both talks were great and I especially appreciated Cassie and Sarah handing out lots of set pics and concept art from location in Toronto.

The book signings were extremely busy and because I was front row for Cassandra Clare's talk, I managed to miss that there was a ticket system for her queue. I joined the LONG line without one, only to be send to the back again for a ticket. This meant I'd queued for a long time without a ticket and ended up waiting off and on for over 3 hours & I only had one book signed by Cassandra in the end. 



BUT Cassandra and Sarah both stayed on WELL BEYOND their two hour signing slots to make sure everybody got a book signed. I'm extremely grateful to them for doing this as they really didn't have to and were both super nice!! 

My only complaint would be that the ticket system should have been implemented clearly from the start when we entered the building. I did manage to get my other books and tote-bag signed whilst waiting for my CC number to be called - I even snuck upstairs to see Luke Pasqualino aka d'Artagnan from The Musketeers and had a #Shadowhunter Rune temp tattoo done - so tbh it wasn't all waiting around (and although it was a bit of a scramble, it was my fault for missing the queue/ticket system).

I spent time in the main #LFCC areas off and on all day. Where I befriended a friendly alien who had a spare ticket for a certain time travelling BTTF talk. I'm not sure how we blagged our way past the lines, but we managed to see the entire cast on stage! 
#LFCC itself was insanely busy and hot so some people were getting stressed. I have to admit it was difficult to move around the rooms/floors, but most people seemed to take it in their stride and were uber friendly to the short girl in the zombie dress!  

I missed the beginning of The Hunger Games Quiz as I was sidetracked by a guy dressed as The Flash handing out free comics and 'Meade'. But the man running the quiz was a perfect Caesar Flickerman.

The publishers and organisers had lots of goodies to give out on the day, ranging from Penguin Platform's #FindingAudrey free coffee selfie pics, to the Lady Midnight samplers and many tote bags and badges. 


I have lots of swag which I'll be giving away soon...

Will I go again? MOST DEFINITELY! But next time I'm going for the entire weekend and I'll be wearing full cosplay!! 

Thanks to the organisers for arranging such a fun event!

To look at all my pics from the event then head over to my Pinterest Events board & my Instagram account.

What was your YALC or London Film and Comic Con experience like?!

I'm Off to YALC and LFCC 2015!

I'm extremely excited to be going to YA Lit Con at London Film & Comic Con today. 

As it's my first time at the event I'm going to be splitting my time between the Young Adult themed book events and between the main LFCC.
I'm not going to wear fancydress/Cosplay this time as I'm planning on checking out everybody else's costumes (for inspiration for the winter event). BUT my outfit is a Hell Bunny Zombie pinup girl dress which, I'm hoping will fit right it...

With SO MUCH going on at the event I'm not entirely sure of my plans for the day but here are a few of the things I hoping to see/do at YALC...
Shadowhunters: Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees-Brennan talk.

YA: The next generation talk with Alice Oseman, Lucy Saxon,
Helena Coggan & Taran Matharu. 

Charlie Higson & Arabella Weir talk.

The Hunger Games Quiz.

Meeting publishers, PRs, bloggers & readers.

Getting as many books as possible signed by the authors...





Plus hopefully meeting people from Game of Thrones and all my fav shows/movies!

Are you going to #YALC #LFCC ? 

The British Book Affair 2015 In Pictures

I had a great time at The British Book Affair 2015 yesterday and want to say a HUGE thanks to all the authors, organisers, readers, bloggers & bored husbands/BFs who helped make it such a fab day. 

It's always a bit weird going to these events alone but I had a blast & that was largely down to the kindness of the authors (much fan-girling happened) and my new crowd & queue buddies!
After running out of phone/camera battery in Dublin last year, I took my charger along to London, then promptly got so excited I forgot to take many pics. But here's how some of my day went...

Lots of queueing but lots of fun queue buddies.

I shoved my rather old & battered copy of Always You at Kirsty Moseley.

The lovely Jodi Ellen Malpas had lots of Jesse and Miller swag!

Not only did Samantha Towle have Galaxy chocolate (if you've read REVVED you'll know why) but also lots of fab goodies & Craig aka Real Life Jake! She's also SO lovely that my fan-girl moments were off the charts!

Emma Chase was so super friendly and chatted to everybody for ages :)

This is the second event I've meet Abbi Glines at and although she also has ridiculously long queues of people waiting, she's always so friendly!

Speaking of crowds, look how busy it was.

The lovely soldiers raising awareness for such a great cause (I did have to remind a few people they are actual soldiers and not strippers so wouldn't be taking their tops off)!

I found two Christians *ahem* Jamies! The Hot Bed girlies were hilarious (thanks for the sexy games book).

Check out my book & swag haul from the event. The good news is that lots of the swag & some of the books will be appearing in GIVEAWAYS coming soon...

For more info on #BBA15 head here!

All my other pics from the event can be found on my FB & Twitter pages!!