Comments on: On the way to Hay http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Sat, 19 May 2012 08:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julia http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/comment-page-1/#comment-87757 Julia Sat, 26 May 2007 15:53:21 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/#comment-87757 Oooh I'd love to meet Dawkins. <strong>jb says</strong>: I'll mention that, Julia, if I see him. Oooh I’d love to meet Dawkins.

jb says: I’ll mention that, Julia, if I see him.

]]> By: kimbofo http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/comment-page-1/#comment-87699 kimbofo Sat, 26 May 2007 13:19:25 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/#comment-87699 Hope you enjoy it! ArtsWOM asked me to go too, but unfortunately due to other commitments I couldn't make it. Kicking myself now because then I could have met you in person!! Looking forward to reading your posts about the event. <strong>jb says</strong>: Real pity, Kim. Maybe there'll be another chance? Hope you enjoy it! ArtsWOM asked me to go too, but unfortunately due to other commitments I couldn’t make it. Kicking myself now because then I could have met you in person!! Looking forward to reading your posts about the event.

jb says: Real pity, Kim. Maybe there’ll be another chance?

]]> By: Anne http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/comment-page-1/#comment-87331 Anne Fri, 25 May 2007 18:02:44 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/#comment-87331 <i>Much</i> more than merely enjoying, John. I'll write more when I'm done. I'm very concerned about Stone, though. You'd better not have done anything really bad to him. (I'm not as idiotic as that sounds, just trying to convey how vivid the story is.) Different subject, sort of. Did you read and/or see "Notes on a Scandal"? I saw it yesterday and, although I'm not sure I think this, I think I think it's a nasty nasty piece of work. Or I might be missing something. <strong>jb says</strong>: That was the Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench movie, right? I missed it deliberately. No overtly conscious reason, just that I picked up by overhearing the conversations of others that it wasn't my kind of thing. Sounds like I did the right thing. Much more than merely enjoying, John. I’ll write more when I’m done. I’m very concerned about Stone, though. You’d better not have done anything really bad to him. (I’m not as idiotic as that sounds, just trying to convey how vivid the story is.)

Different subject, sort of. Did you read and/or see “Notes on a Scandal”? I saw it yesterday and, although I’m not sure I think this, I think I think it’s a nasty nasty piece of work. Or I might be missing something.

jb says: That was the Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench movie, right? I missed it deliberately. No overtly conscious reason, just that I picked up by overhearing the conversations of others that it wasn’t my kind of thing. Sounds like I did the right thing.

]]> By: Anne http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/comment-page-1/#comment-87311 Anne Fri, 25 May 2007 16:46:21 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/#comment-87311 As I wend my way through the end of The Chinese Girl (which I don't want to finish even though I do - which I'm sure you understand), I'll think enviously of you in Hay. It's one of those events I've always wanted to attend. I look forward immensely to your reports. Incidentally, with the Guardian sponsoring, if you happen upon Stephen Bates (brilliant, delightful - one of their writers), please tell him Nicky's Anne sends greetings and wishes I were there. He'll be startled but amused. And you can also tell him you're one of the two writers I was waxing rhapsodic about at my brother's wedding. (It's very cool that, as one ages, the degrees of separation really do winnow down to a very very few.) Have a ball!! <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Anne. Yes, I'm going to have a good time. I've packed all the right gear and am looking forward to a slice of life in the fast lane for a couple of days. Hey, it's great you're enjoying <em>The Chinese Girl</em>. Makes my day, that. As I wend my way through the end of The Chinese Girl (which I don’t want to finish even though I do – which I’m sure you understand), I’ll think enviously of you in Hay. It’s one of those events I’ve always wanted to attend. I look forward immensely to your reports.

Incidentally, with the Guardian sponsoring, if you happen upon Stephen Bates (brilliant, delightful – one of their writers), please tell him Nicky’s Anne sends greetings and wishes I were there. He’ll be startled but amused. And you can also tell him you’re one of the two writers I was waxing rhapsodic about at my brother’s wedding. (It’s very cool that, as one ages, the degrees of separation really do winnow down to a very very few.)

Have a ball!!

jb says: Hi Anne. Yes, I’m going to have a good time. I’ve packed all the right gear and am looking forward to a slice of life in the fast lane for a couple of days.
Hey, it’s great you’re enjoying The Chinese Girl. Makes my day, that.

]]> By: Lee http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/comment-page-1/#comment-87163 Lee Fri, 25 May 2007 10:01:02 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/on-the-way-to-hay/#comment-87163 I'll be looking forward to your posts, because I'm an anti-festival, anti-bookreading/signing sort of a person, and maybe you'll change my mind. <strong>jb says</strong>: Or confirm it, Lee. I’ll be looking forward to your posts, because I’m an anti-festival, anti-bookreading/signing sort of a person, and maybe you’ll change my mind.

jb says: Or confirm it, Lee.

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