Novel Nerd Gifts

"I'm sorry, sir, but Dostoyevsky is not considered summer reading. I'll have to ask you to come with me."

Poet's Corner

Hecklers On Poetry Night

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

"We'd like to publish it, do nothing to promote it, and watch it disappear from the shelves in less than a month."

"No wonder you can't write, you're not plugged in!"

'What's terrifying is, though they walk among us, there's no way to tell science fiction readers from the rest of us.'

Producer, Director and Novelizer.

Literature 101. Really? There are writers who describe deep, complex feelings without using emojis?!

'I have no money to pay my tab, but I will give you a free reading of my novel.'

3:00 pm - Meet the author

Kurt Vonnegut

Encyclopedic Novel Slam.

Returning to reading

'Like to read, huh? Me, too. I'm a big reader. I just finished a book by Brown. you know Dan Brown? Great writer...'

George Orwell

'Where's fiction? This is self-help. Go find it yourself!'

'Robert writes books for the hard of seeing.'

''Animal Farm' by George Orwell is definitely my favourite book...'

Boris Pasternak.

'No kidding?... That little place is H.G. Wells' birthplace?'

'In my opinion the series should have stopped after the first 3 books.'

The Hardware Store of Oz

David Storey.

Reading

Kingsley Amis.

A Journey Book-Signing!

John Bunyan

John Updike

"Shall I buy you a manual typewriter and break your legs?"

Tolstoy and Dostoevsky plan a collaboration.

"'The Invisible Man?' - sorry, but it seems to have disappeared. . ."

Jack London

"Señor Giant, don't listen to Don Quixote. That is my windmill, not your cousin Pedro."

V S Naipaul