thing in Watford on the 7th of June

i am reading at Watford Library at 2pm on the 7th of June:

it's a very nice poster.

i imagine i will read two sections from The Bird Room, for an absolute maximum total length of 20 mins.

then there is a 'book-buying and signing window'.

i imagine this will last somewhere between 0 and 6 mins (max).

it's a free event.

it's in association with Art and Things Magazine.

i like the AAT people a lot.

this person writes for AAT.

[i just wrote a long thing here and then deleted it.]

please come along and say hello if you live nearby or something.

book club reading

if you have nothing to do tomorrow night and live in Chorlton, Manchester, i am reading at this event (scroll down) as part of the Chorlton Arts Festival. it's in the upstairs function room of the Lead Station, starts at 7:30pm, and is free to get in.

it's a 'festival highlight', apparently.

i think a book club is going to discuss my novel and then i will read something.

i feel scared.

i like this music video a lot at the moment.

interview

Writer's Bloc posted an interview with me a couple of weeks ago. i didn't link to it, for some reason.

here is the link.

i describe lots of things in the interview.

here is my 'internet technique':

gmail

log in - 2-4 times a day.
read all new emails, except Goodreads updates, Twitter notifications, and Guardian Soulmates updates.
reply to hardly anything, for some reason.
use the 'star' function haphazardly, in an attempt to remember to reply to things later (doesn't work).
feel some kind of 'extreme magical force' stopping me from replying to things. walk around -- in Chorlton, near the uni, etc. -- feeling extreme panic at not replying to things.

facebook

log in - 1-2 times a day.
accept all friend requests.
look at things.
ignore almost all "what-kind-of-car-are-you?" requests/music events/wall posts/etc.
look at inbox.
reply to nothing. (feels like some kind of computer game, where not replying 'doesn't matter'.)

myspace

log in - once a day.
look at messages (almost always from 'horny single American girls who don't exist').
look at friend requests.
accept friend requests if they are: single attractive girls/people who have written books/people who have read my book/people or bands from Manchester.
consider changing profile song.
don't change profile song.

twitter

log in - 3-5 times a week.
read 'tweets' by people i like/am friends with (Socrates, Tao Lin, etc.).
write 1-5 'tweets' in quick succession.
extreme, long-lasting feeling 'i am a fucking twat' afterwards.

goodreads

log in - 0-1 time a month.
read reviews by friends/people i like.
look for new reviews of The Bird Room.
consider 5-starring some books i like.
don't star any books.

[i don't know why i just wrote that.]