Week two of The Tour had me hopping around the UK. On Monday we started off at Gardners, where I signed some stock at the distribution centre:

Then we were off to Eastbourne, where we had lunch while admiring this view:

Then went on to sign stock at Waterstones in Eastbourne and Horsham before heading to Woking for a reading and signing:

Where a lovely fan gave me cupcakes decorated in the colours of the magicians' robes. Yummm!

On Tuesday we headed to Staines, Bracknell and Reading to sign more stock. Here I am in Reading:

We headed back to Orbit headquarters in London to do a Twinterview via the Waterstones twitter address. It was a whole lotta fun! Thanks to everyone who submitted questions and sorry to those those questions I didn't get to. Twitter said I'd made 49 posts over the hour, though some were 'dud' posts where I'd forgotten to add the hash tag. You can see the transcript here.

On Wednesday we travelled to Cambridge and checked into the awesome Varsity Hotel and Spa. This was our room:

After a quick dash to Bury St. Edmonds Waterstone for another stock signing, we headed for Heffers Bookshop for a big SSF night: ten sf author signing books and taking it in turns reading. It was a fabulous night, with a delicious dinner afterwards and a chance to chat with other writers.

On the Thursday we popped into Heffers and signed some stock, since it was too busy the night before to do it. Then after a spot of shopping, we headed for Lincoln. Once settled in, we visited Waterstones to sign some stock, then headed for the Alt Fiction event at the Lincoln Festival. I did a reading in an old court room. the acoustics were great!

Afterwards I signed books, then we headed back to the hotel and had a lovely hour chatting over drinks with Alex from the festival.

Friday we headed to Manchester, staying at the very cool Malmaison Hotel. I love a good pun, and there were plenty in the labelling of toiletries and such.

I signed stock at Waterstones and WHSmith at the Trafford Centre and Waterstones at the Arndale Centre before heading to Waterstones Deansgate for another evening event. A big crowd this time, and the signing went late so thanks to everyone who stayed back. Some very inspiring stories from fans.

Saturday we headed for Poland, but that's another story for another post!