Luckily, a few of the Edmonton Book Bloggers were extra keen, and showed up early to reserve seats for our group (which was so awesome of them!). While the first 100 people got seats, the rest of the crowd stood in a line that wound throughout the entire bookstore. And thanks to those who showed up early, we got front row seats!
The author's that are present change a bit from city to city. In Edmonton, we had the pleasure of meeting Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Veronica Roth, Ally Condie, Beth Revis, Margaret Stohl, and one 'chuck-for-good-luck', Charles De Lint. They came out as a panel and spent about an hour engaging the audience with Q&A's and trivia. I have never laughed so hard at an author event and it was so neat to get to know the faces behind the books. I know most books have the author's mug shot on the back flap of their book, but it's still so different to see them in person and have their personalities come to life before your eyes. When it was time to get our books signed, I wished I had had a book of each author's to get signed. Sadly, I only had books by Veronica Roth and Beth Revis.
I really cannot put into words how fun and amazing this event was. Meeting author's is for book-lovers what meeting a movie-star is for a fan. We were all a little star-struck! ;) I think it's fair to say this event was even more special because I got to share it with a great group of people who all share a love for books.
What's the best bookish event you've ever attended?
