tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post3067016966768078084..comments2023-06-06T08:13:43.101-07:00Comments on Vanessa Gebbie's news: STOKE NEWINGTON READINGVanessa Gebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-89012137682636541402008-07-18T03:22:00.000-07:002008-07-18T03:22:00.000-07:00Hi Vanessa,Just to say I really enjoyed the readin...Hi Vanessa,<BR/><BR/>Just to say I really enjoyed the reading and will be getting in touch with Jen to see if she would like to get involved with CompletelyNovel.com...which is about short-stories too (not just Novels!)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849608694385588127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-51849364833655940702008-07-15T13:13:00.000-07:002008-07-15T13:13:00.000-07:00hey, it's a rite of passage. Some ya wins, some ya...hey, it's a rite of passage. Some ya wins, some ya was never gonna get anyway.<BR/><BR/>Good to hear from you, S.Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-56384687447715049182008-07-15T12:54:00.000-07:002008-07-15T12:54:00.000-07:00Sigh. I am so sorry to hear of this rude rude woma...Sigh. I am so sorry to hear of this rude rude woman. You seem to have handled it with customary dignity, so bravo for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597852661913928616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-81414871603448809372008-07-15T10:51:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:51:00.000-07:00Hi Martin,Glad I ignored it successfully!Hi Martin,<BR/><BR/>Glad I ignored it successfully!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-80604090158938307462008-07-15T10:33:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:33:00.000-07:00I heard the wine at the Stoke Newington readings i...I heard the wine at the Stoke Newington readings is cheaper than the pub a few doors down. £2.50 vs £3.20 a glass. And there are free books to read too - that is if you can put up with the strange woman who decides to stand right in front of you and insists on reading hers out loud. How rude.<BR/><BR/>Seriously though, Vanessa, I was three rows back and completely unaware of this. Good on you for carrying on regardless - you didn't let her ruin the reading for anyone else.martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135696728911936792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-54400080561750168072008-07-15T08:06:00.000-07:002008-07-15T08:06:00.000-07:00Oh no! The we wouldn't be having his fun comment t...Oh no! The we wouldn't be having his fun comment thread!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-24053521875673308172008-07-15T06:25:00.000-07:002008-07-15T06:25:00.000-07:00unreal! i think it would have been ok for you to h...unreal! i think it would have been ok for you to have suggested to her that next time, she just quietly leaves.<BR/><BR/>xSparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164454977209779849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-6834698058198061882008-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:002008-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:00My god, I've just thought. If she's getting all th...My god, I've just thought. If she's getting all this vicarious 'airtime', she'll be out in force at as many readings as she can. Next time she'll take a large milkshake and a straw. Maybe she's related to those women who knitted by the guillotine?Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-77274770394292910662008-07-15T05:57:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:57:00.000-07:00Thanks for the Sean O Faolain plug. The closing da...Thanks for the Sean O Faolain plug. The closing date approaches - 31st July. I have received some absolute gems. Such fun! No colonics yet, but some other bodily function-related fiction...Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-70781535489426318912008-07-15T05:51:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:51:00.000-07:00What strange element is breeding these daft rude l...What strange element is breeding these daft rude literary saboteurs...is there a generation of older people with ADD?<BR/><BR/>I understand about the taxi - not madness but a deserved luxury.<BR/><BR/>I can only imagine how posh comics cope with the unreceptive northern clubbers....at least she didn't throw anything. (Mind you, then you could have thrown something back)Julia Bohannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256768387861899456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-63819245096922327082008-07-15T05:36:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:36:00.000-07:00Hi TI know who it was.. It was the dreaded Mimi!Wh...Hi T<BR/><BR/>I know who it was.. It was the dreaded Mimi!<BR/><BR/>What a hoot.Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-33473252605085533152008-07-15T05:30:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:30:00.000-07:00Hi NikIndeed... it was lovely of the bookshop to g...Hi Nik<BR/><BR/>Indeed... it was lovely of the bookshop to get Glass Bubble in. lets hope it sells for them!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-88675828920860442092008-07-15T05:28:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:28:00.000-07:00Hi NI gave the comp a good plug.... there were qui...Hi N<BR/><BR/>I gave the comp a good plug.... there were quite a few short story writers in the audience. <BR/><BR/>I did stress that it was 'voice' you responded to, not necessarily stories about poo, though. Watch out for a deluge of work on colonic irrigation.(!)Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-37403375028527826752008-07-15T04:32:00.000-07:002008-07-15T04:32:00.000-07:00Wow, how rude and annoying! If someone is coming t...Wow, how rude and annoying! If someone is coming to a reading (Sylvia, are you listening?) and isn't sure it is to her taste, she should sit nearer the back....Unless she is part of some disruptive militant group who hates writers.... Sorry, V, and sorry to hear that they hadn't got your books in, that just seems very sloppy and a waste of time. Sad Jen couldn't come, I am sure everyone enjoyed you both greatly, and especially your fab Irrigation story!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-55877728814601677202008-07-15T04:30:00.000-07:002008-07-15T04:30:00.000-07:00Sheesh, that lady was RUDE. Why go to a reading if...Sheesh, that lady was RUDE. Why go to a reading if you don't want to listen?<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear of the silver linings.<BR/><BR/>NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-88229820443407924702008-07-15T04:27:00.000-07:002008-07-15T04:27:00.000-07:00Oh Lordy - the 'I am a bored audience member' synd...Oh Lordy - the 'I am a bored audience member' syndrome. And she sits in the front row?!? The rudeness of some people beggars belief. Someone blogged recently about being at a reading of mine, not understanding the poems, and so reading the festival brochure instead. Well, you won't understand them if you don't listen, will you?<BR/>Great choice of story, Vanessa, BTW ;-)!<BR/>Onwards and upwards, girl.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-65167369209301016692008-07-15T03:30:00.000-07:002008-07-15T03:30:00.000-07:00Hi KerryHow's the little window?Sorry not to get t...Hi Kerry<BR/><BR/>How's the little window?<BR/><BR/>Sorry not to get to meet you yesterday, but nemmind. Don't work too hard!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-53804617808388394062008-07-15T03:27:00.000-07:002008-07-15T03:27:00.000-07:00A lady of indeterminate age, I'd have said. Maybe ...A lady of indeterminate age, I'd have said. Maybe she looked like a Sylvia, I dunno, I didn't take too much notice of what she looked like, despite the obvious crying for attention that was going on!<BR/><BR/>We went to an EXCELLENT Indian restaurant. I was only cheesed off to have to leave before I'd really finished...Abi Rushi's, round the corner from the bookshop.<BR/><BR/>Will you do a reading there, C?? I will come and sit in the front row, just in case...(!)Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-2412184851987396682008-07-15T02:43:00.000-07:002008-07-15T02:43:00.000-07:00Ah, I'm so sorry I wasn't able to make it. It soun...Ah, I'm so sorry I wasn't able to make it. It sounds like it was packed anyhow! If only to give the rude woman a poke in the back - unbelievable!<BR/><BR/>I couldn't get off work in the end - very frustrating as the store is about 100 yards from my flat. I'll just have to travel further afeild for another reading :)Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021142277030520755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-15707863791048648752008-07-15T01:47:00.000-07:002008-07-15T01:47:00.000-07:00The older I get the more inflamed I become about i...The older I get the more inflamed I become about ill-mannered behaviour. Yet I bet she wasn't young herself, was she? I wonder who she was. Sylvia? Can you hear me? Was it you?<BR/><BR/>As you'll have gathered, I know the bookshop well. If you ever go back there, try the totally ecumenical pub just up the road, the Rochester Castle, blessedly muzak-free and very cheap. And I hope you landed in one of the better Indian restaurants - they're mostly good but there are a couple of humdingers...Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.com