I spent Sunday afternoon on my table selling Surprise! in amongst a diverse and fascinating range of literary journals, zines, and small publishers. I was sharing my space with Helen and we both looked after each other’s things while the other occasionally ducked off for food, and so I didn’t get as much of a look at the other stalls as I would’ve liked out of worry I was neglecting my post! But I did buy a few things – made possible out of the proceeds of the sales of Surprise!
I feel lucky that we were next to Elise Hurst who was (as you’d expect) a great drawcard.
Adam and the kids arrived at the end of the afternoon, saw a few performance poets, and generally ran amok before it was time to pack up and come home.
Possibly the best thing all day was a zine I bought for $1 made by a three year old boy, being sold by his mum (and I wish I got her name) on a stand. Dammit, next year I’m putting the kids to work to make more of their books and then I’ll sell them! Brilliant!
