These are some of my favourite photos from our recent tripJim Frenkel and ‘close friend’ David Coemy drinking buddies Kaaron Warren, Alisa Krasnostein, Rob Hood and James SweetingMe with the extremely awesome Tim PowersOrganisers of the Aussie party: Garth Nix, Jonathan Strahan, Trevor Stafford and Deb BiancottiHolly BlackMe with buddies Matt Reiten and Ken ScholesThe Neilsen-HaydensRob and I fawning over Kim NewmanGarth ‘Two Seabreeze’ NixMe & Alisa atop The Empire State BuildingMe with plastic replica Pierce Brosnan
travels abroad: a summary
So all up Rob and I spent just under two weeks taking in NYC, World Fantasy Convention and a little bit of London. The chronology went something like this: Long plane flight to NYC accompanied by Alisa, party at Scott and Justine’s apartment, sightseeing, Aussie embassy party, dinner with Ellen Datlow & others, a few drinks out on the town. Big hangover & grazed knees the following morning [see previous blog post for details], more sightseeing, Amtrak train to Saratoga Springs with the rest of the Aussie writers. World Fantasy Convention. Awesome people everywhere, books, books and more books. Four of us squashed into a hotel room, lots of parties including the official Aussie one organised by Trevor, Deb, Jonathan & Garth. The launch of Paper Cities in which Kaaron, Ben and I had stories. Catching up with my WOTF buddies Ken, Eric, Matt and Lon [but not Sidra, unfortunately],…