GX Summer Festival - TODAY

i went but lots ofplaces that had advertised free Food were actually closed, didn't offer anything not even for money like the fishchips shop  always charging for  only a very small cone of fries, the princely sum of  £1. ! however, at the Jordans fete this weekend, I spoke to and had fun with Brian Connoly who was walking about, accepting to have his photo/Selfie taken with ..ladies  

the name of funny man  is Brian Conley actually, not the scottish bloke with long hair. anyway, via GX book shop  I had the pleasure of meeeting and litsneing to Nick CLegg  { Qs & As session  and book-signing  event two days ago  on the 28th  at Merchants Taylor school in Northwood} .  I nearly fainted !  . Nicholas or Nick :)    does  speak 4 langugaes and is polite  to ladies.  an evening well spent, very charming young man

We had a very successful book shop in Chalfont St Peter - Chalfont Books - though it closed down a few years ago, not because of lack of business, but because the owner, then in his 90s, wanted to retire. It is now The Bread House café run by Gold Hill Baptists. The GX Book shop and its sister shop at Chorleywood are still going strong and its owners and staff are highly pro-active, running the annual Chorleywood Literary Festival as well as many other author events.

Statistics show that people still prefer physical books and that e books are a supplement to, not a replacement for, the real thing.

Children's books are more in demand nowadays than ever before, and the choice of children's authors is growing. You may notice that in many branches of Waterstones - which has a different carpet design in it's children's areas than in it's adults sections - they have expanded the children's sections. You can see by checking out the expansion beyond the 'children's carpet'!

Independent book shops are flourishing, however, not least because they often offer many books you won't find in chains like Waterstones. Their managers are not constrained by the book chains' reliance on selling only likely 'blockbusters' for big and fast profits. The Indies offer a personal service to customers, offer local themed books and support local authors, and can produce a book you order within 24 hours - faster than Amazon. It is rare to find GX book shop empty of customers.

i considered  posting  about that but worried i might get bullied , bullied againb by 1-2 women .  Off topic,  a friend went to a "literary " event   where  "celebrity" Nik or nick Powel  showed slides  on his  'merits'  him  sleeping with  underwear-challenged sandy shaw. who didn't she  sleep with in the swinging sixties and after?to "make it" as an" artist". he also boasted about  ie  piggy backed  on ,  the fame  and real success of richard branson who was ie might have been, his mate. what was shocking was that Film School nick 's career-slides  were full of spelling mistakes. I felt  sorry for the Literary-fest  audience having to hear his empty  talk and see misspelllings-ridden slides and for £10. a ticket 

people bought some books then and learnt some spelling 50 years ago. now, half a century later, our youngsters don't do anything of the sort but might even consider  going  not just to glasto but  Hay "literary " festival to hear another showbiz/media "personality"  some washed out  loose "actress"  like cosmetic-surgery-very-modified  "talented"  liz harley boast about her "Cultural " achievements"   i.e.  not being able to spell,  but to sleep around very quickly and young, with celebrity , rich  or   powerful men.  My friend wanted  to bet that nick's  daughter is already "working"  in the same field. if it's not the sugar-daddy it might be your own daddy helping you "make it"  even when you or him, cannot spell, cannot write your own language, but know people and  Party { drug, sleep with , make illicit Money , drink or gossip}  with certain people!The surgeon gents i recommended in  the other message,   might want to help their own kids, but their   daughters do know { do need to know} how to operate on patients ie do a real  job and  do it well .  

Edited by GODDESS - 01 August 2017 at 3:09pm