Part of me wants to crawl into bed, pull the duvet over my head, and sleep for a week, but I need to write about this before my head bursts.

What possessed me to plan a five day literary festival at the library? Was I totally insane? We could have had maybe two readings, but oh no, Nina the Crazy Library Lady had to totally go over the top. Then I added book quizzes and a literary hunt around the town for the kids. Thankfully the Friends of the Library organised those for me in cahoots with the local shops who hosted book clues in their window displays.

It was all fine when I booked the authors. Alex has always said that I have a better network than I realise. Richard, my director on Storyteller and Bear, put me in touch with Nikki Baxter, a children’s author who agreed to a talk...

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