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BCUK UnConvention 2007 June 29th – July 1st 2007 Newsletter no. 2 Hi everyone and welcome to the second official BCUK UnConvention 2007 newsletter. The committee have been hard at work behind the scenes and we have some exciting news to tell you! You’ll find a couple of forms attached to this email – more details about them later. AUTHOR TALKS We’re delighted to announce that three top authors from Transita will be giving talks at the UnConvention, and we’ll also be running a writers’ workshop. The talks will take place between 11am and 2pm and the workshop at 3.30pm upstairs at Joogleberry’s so you won’t even have to leave the building! Places at these events are limited but everyone is entitled to attend one of the talks for free, as part of your UnConvention fee – and if that doesn’t satisfy your literary urges you can also book places at additional talks and the workshop for only £1.50 each, spaces permitting. So, a brief introduction to our BCUK UnConvention 2007 authors: Kicking off the day bright and early at 11am is Christine Coleman, author of The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society. Christine spent her childhood in the Sussex countryside, and her late teens and early twenties in Dublin, where she learned to enjoy Guinness and climb mountains while gaining a degree in English at Trinity College. She now lives in Sutton Coldfield and works as manager of an Adult Education Centre in Birmingham, devoting most of her spare time to writing fiction and poetry. Coming all the way from the Isle of Skye is Linda Gillard, who will talk at 12.30pm. Having pursued an acting career and accidentally fallen into journalism, Linda started writing while raising her family. She then re-trained and taught English and Art in a Norfolk primary school for twelve years before a further rethink saw her giving up teaching and downshifting to the Isle of Skye to write full-time. Linda now lives with her teacher husband in a big house overlooking the Cuillins, a mountain range featured in her novel Emotional Geology. Linda will also run our writers’ workshop at 3.30pm. Last but not least, at 2pm you will be able to hear Sue Moorcroft talk about her work. Sue was born in Germany but spent much of her childhood in Cyprus and Malta, which plays its part in her first novel Uphill All the Way. Sue is a hugely successful short story writer, committee member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and a past winner of the Association’s Katie Fforde Bursary award. Now settled in Northamptonshire with her husband and sons, Sue’s love for Malta runs deep – as well as returning to the island regularly she keeps in touch with its history and culture through a website forum specifically for the Maltese and those who have lived on the island. Attached to this newsletter is a form – if you would like to attend one (or all) of the talks or the workshop, please indicate your order of preference. Remember that everyone is entitled to attend one of the talks; additional places and the workshop can be booked at a cost of £1.50 each, dependent on availability of places. Please do not send any money now – we will be in touch nearer the time to confirm which talk you will be able to attend and to organise payments. Forms need to be returned by June 8th. DA DAAAAAA ….. And the winner of our T-shirt competition is …… Yokospungeon. Congratulations, Yokospungeon! “literally unconventional – BCUK Unconvention 2007” is now our official BCUK Unconvention 2007 t-shirt. We will have a very limited supply of t-shirts on sale at the Unconvention, but to guarantee yours you can pre-order now and collect them on the day! T-shirts are £10 each, one colour (black) only and come in sizes S (35/37"), M (38/40"), L (41/43"), XL (44/46") and XXL (47/49"). Simply fill in the form attached to this newsletter and return it to us with payment by May 20th. EVENTS DURING THE WEEKEND As well as the author talks and writers’ workshop there will be plenty going on to keep you occupied over the weekend including live Bookswaps, quizzes (including one devised by Netstation which is bound to be fiendish!), release walks, raffle, tombola and more. More details to come soon! RAFFLE AND TOMBOLA We are still looking for prizes for our raffle and tombola from which all proceeds will be shared between our Transita authors’ chosen charities - Depression Alliance Scotland, British Heart Foundation and the Birmingham BC group’s Library for India fund. If anyone has anything (no matter how small) you’d like to donate as a prize, please contact the committee: bcukunconvention2007@googlemail.com . SPONSORSHIP We’re still looking for sponsors for the event – if anyone is interested in sponsoring us or donating items for goodie bags etc. please contact us: bcukunconvention2007@googlemail.com CALLING ALL CREATIVE TYPES!! One of our raffle prizes is a wonderful BookCrossing throw/blanket type afghan. This amazing project is being organised by ozone-nut with the help of BookCrossers from around the world, who are knitting and crocheting squares which will be joined together to make a unique work of art. If you’d like to join in then simply knit or crochet one or more 10cm x 10cm squares in whatever takes your fancy by way of stitch, colour, wool etc — the more variety the better. As ozone-nut says, "If you're actually any good at this knitting thing and can incorporate your screen name or some other motif into your square then so much the better." Mail your square(s) to ozone-nut (PM to http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/ozone-nut for address) by May 31st. THE ESSENTIAL STUFF: OUR VENUE This year’s UnConvention is in Brighton, with the main event held on Saturday downstairs at The Joogleberry Playhouse, 14 - 17 Manchester Street, Brighton BN2 1TF. Their website, which includes a map and menu, is at http://www.joogleberry.com . They do have disabled and pushchair access to most areas – if you would like more info please contact us: bcukunconvention2007@googlemail.com ACCOMMODATION Hopefully you’ve all got your accommodation booked up by now but if you are still looking please email us for an accommodation list: bcukunconvention2007@googlemail.com ATTENDEES This is the most up to date list of BookCrossers signed up for the UnConvention. If you know of someone who’s coming who’s not on the list, please let us know! afir anglers-rest beckydore betty22 Big Boss bigcurlyloz bookgroupman Caffcaff Calalilly candy-is-dandy Caterina Anna chelseagirl colanne constantweader cornelia craftyangler CrazyRunner csc23 & friends cycleman Cyzaki daemonwolf diamondluca diamondlucy diomedes dododumpling Droogie Drusillamac Fire-Dragon Forager Gazza1980 gingerboy | gizangel gizmopuddy glitterlover Heaven-Ali Herrgirl Jazz-ee2 jemimaj jenatleisure Jillbe JudeK Karen07814 Katie1980 katisha50 Kaz007 KBHR Klll LindyB28 LittleLutrus Lutrus lwpallett Lyzzybee meddyg molekilby mrsbridgewater mytilus necroscope & partner notingnothing owlmusic ozone-nut pennina perfect-circle | petespanda & family pumpkin-head PurpleRosebud Rahar109 rdwirral rebus5 Rillaith RubyBlueLady Scotsbookie SirRoy Snoopy56 & partner Sterile & partner stoatonstilts Suedo sunlightbub swanofkennet Teachie Tehuti thegreenman thing-1 Tigzz Twicky urbanspaceman vauxhallcrosser & wife vegan bob veganknitter weebly WistfulDragon wubbaducky wyldetwo Zaireeka |
PLACES STILL AVAILABLE!! We still have a few places left so if you know of anyone who would like to come, please let us know so we can send them an application form: bcukunconvention2007@googlemail.com . Places are £10 each or £15 for a couple; children are free. CONTACTING US We’ll be in touch in a few weeks time with more news on what we’re planning for you. In the meantime, if you have any questions, suggestions or ideas, please contact us at bcukunconvention2007@googlemail.com . You'll also find all the info on the UnConvention at http://community.livejournal.com/bcuk_uncon/ . Take care and bye for now, The BCUK UnConvention 2007 committee Michelle/perfect-circle Julie/anglersrest Sally/Rillaith Alison/chelseagirl | ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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