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Portsmouth Postponed

  So sorry, but due to freeze and flurries, my Portsmouth Book Fest talk is postponed.  When sunshine returns, says Fest chief exec Clare Forsyth, we'll reschedule.   She added, 'Because of all the different aspects of your show, we're not restricted to Book Fest time, either...'   No. I've done everything from Royal Marine shows in hangars in the Helmand Province, through Christmas Lunch for music execs at the Hilton, to Flower Festival appearances in St Peter's Church for the non-elected Dean of Booking.   RMC Rink-Dink said he's sad to miss my return to Portsmouth. 'Snow stops play. Honking. But your background what would we send to bring you down to Pompey when there's no trains?  Apache Helicopter, winged chariot, Liberace-like spangled winch?'   #mytutuwentawol @unbound_digital @lisaeveleigh #book #booktalk #booktour

Still Loving a Library

              I love library gigs, because I love libraries. Currently doing a library search nationwide for a tour.   Years ago I bought a copy of Cenerentola , for some Glyndebourne open day master classes.  That there were no markings in it from a previous library borrower made me feel oddly lonely.  No previous library borrower to hail as comrade for writing the instruction "Take bloody big breaths like  the stampeding horse".  Pristine page after pristine page.  Though  soon marked by me: “Too bloody ”, “Much too bloody fast”, “Supersonic boomingly too bloody fast”. #library #theatre #lgbtq #book