Oshawa, by gosh!
The by-car in Southern Ontario part of the Rollback book tour is off to a roaring start.
Carolyn and I decided to drive over to Oshawa starting at 3:00 p.m., to avoid the rush-hour traffic (we had to get from the west side of the Greater Toronto Area, where we live, to the east side). We got to Oshawa around 4:30 and did a drop-in signing at the Chapters bookstore there.
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They had a lot of my books on hand, which was great.
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After the books were signed, Olga Filina, the Customer Experience Manager at that Chapters, took Carolyn and me out to dinner at Caseys; I had an excellent bison burger (but didn't eat the bun!)
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Then it was off to the Oshawa Public Library, where I gave a talk about the science-fiction genre to an audience of 30, and did a reading from Rollback. My talk was advertised in part by this large poster in the library.
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Greg Rist from Rogers Durham is doing a half-hour TV documentary about me and my work; he interviewed me in my home on April 2, 2007, and came out tonight to get more footage, as well as some quotes from people in the audience
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As always, I like to think I made a few good points in my talk. The library gave people cards to rate my talk -- I got five out of five from everyone, except one patron who gave me four out of five. The nerve! :)
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1 Comments:
Robert - I was at your Oshawa talk - you gave an amazing talk, you are an extremely erudite speaker. I even posted on one of my writing groups that if anyone is in the areas where you are speaking, that they definitely should make an effort to see you. 5 out of 5 from this participant.
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